Political Activists
Daniel Bernard Roumain (1971- )
Opera composer, librettist, composer, violinist, pedagogic, and activist Daniel Bernard Roumain was born on May 3, 1971 in Skokie, Illinois....
Charles Caldwell (ca. 1831-1875)
Charles Caldwell was a prominent Mississippi Republican during the Reconstruction era who spent his political career advocating for increased racial equality in the state. Charles Caldwell is...
Charles Kenyatta (1921-2005)
Charles Sumner Kenyatta, also known as Charles 37X and Charles Morris, organized the Harlem Mau Mau Society and worked as Malcolm X’s bodyguard....
Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana (1949- )
Afro-German politician, human rights activist, and scholar Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana was born in Bamako, Mali, but grew up in Dakar, Senegal, the daughter of a Cape Verdean mother, Dona...
Williana “Liana” Burroughs (1882-1945)
Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs was an American teacher, radical political activist, and the first African American woman to run for...
Cliff Hooper, Sr. (1917-2001)
Cliff Hooper, Sr. was an artist, an activist, and a community leader. Though born in Evansville, Indiana, he became an...
Beverley Bryan (1950- )
University professor and political activist Beverley Bryan was born in 1950 in Portland, Jamaica. Her Jamaican parents were part of the “Windrush” generation, the post-World...
Manuel Cuesta Morúa (1962- )
Dr. Manuel Cuesta Morúa is a Cuban dissident leader, a scholar, and a political activist. He was born on December 31, 1962 in...
Berta Soler (1963- )
Berta de los Angeles Soler Fernandez is a Cuban dissident and activist. She is the co-founder and current leader of Ladies in White, or Damas...
