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Dorie Ann Ladner was a lifelong Civil Rights Activist, beginning with becoming a Freedom Fighter in her youth. Ladner was born on June 28, 1942, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Her mother, Annie Woullard, was a homemaker, and her father, Eunice Ladner, was a dry cleaner. Ladner’s … Read MoreDorie Ann Ladner (1942-2024)
In 2020, Ella Jones became the first Black and first female mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb that became the focal point for national protests following the murder of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer. After completing high school in 1972, … Read MoreElla Jones (1954- )
Contralto, pianist, pedagogist, administrator, and advocate Lulu Vere Childers had a profound impact on African American Spirituals and European classical music. Childers was the seventh child of 12 born in Dry Ridge, Kentucky, on February 28, 1870, to former enslaved parents, Alex Childres and Eliza … Read MoreLulu Vere Childers (1870-1946)
Savannah Valentine Churchill, an actress, model, singer, and songwriter, surged to national prominence in 1945 with her hit song “Daddy, Daddy.” Three years earlier, in 1942, her first recording was the risqué “Fat Meat Is Good Meat” for Beacon Records. She also appeared as a … Read MoreSavannah Valentine Churchill (1920-1974)
Jane Serepta “Jennie” Dean, a former slave, missionary, and pioneering educator, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in Northern Virginia in October 1894. The Manassas School existed for 40 years as the only secondary school for students in northern Virginia. In 1906, Dean, … Read MoreJane Serepta Dean (1848-1913)
Elizabeth Mason Harden Gilmore was a trailblazing figure, a distinguished entrepreneur, and a significant civil rights leader. She was the first black woman to serve as a licensed funeral director in Virginia. Together with her husband, Silas Elihue Harden, she co-founded Harden-Harden Funeral Services in … Read MoreElizabeth Mason Harden Gilmore (1910-1986)
Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar is a Sahrawi human rights activist and a supporter of the independence of Western Sahara. Haidar was born on July 24, 1966 to Ali Haidar and Darya Mohamed in Akka, Morocco. Growing up, seven-year-old Haidar was introduced to the Sahrawi Liberation … Read MoreAminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar (1966- )
Lincoln I. Mulkey and Dorothy J. Mulkey were the challengers in a major lawsuit, Reitman v. Mulkey, that reestablished housing discrimination laws in the state of California. Lincoln I. Mulkey was born in Guadalupe County, Texas, to Wardie Daniel Mulkey and Edna Mae Randolph. He … Read MoreLincoln I. Mulkey and Dorothy J. Mulkey
Jayne Kennedy Overton is a model, actress, and corporate spokeswoman. Kennedy was born Jayne Harrison on October 27, 1951, to Herbert and Virginia Harrison in Wickliffe, Ohio. She attended Wickliffe High School in Wickliffe, Ohio, and graduated in 1969. In 1970, Kennedy was crowned the … Read MoreJayne Kennedy Overton (1951- )
Jazz singer Betty Carter was born Lillie Mae Jones on May 16, 1929, in Flint, Michigan, to James Jones, a church musical director, and Bessie Jones, an active member of the NAACP. However, Betty was reared in Detroit and sang in the Hartford Avenue Baptist … Read MoreBetty Carter (1929-1998)
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