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Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer 0000000072528286 “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” —Fannie Lou Hamer Fannie Lou Hamer was a significant civil rights leader and voting rights activist. ...
Maegan Parker Brooks
Maegan Parker Brooks NONE Maegan Parker Brooks teaches in the Civic Communication and Media Department and the American Ethnic Studies Program at Willamette University in Salem, OR. Brooks also direc...
Kay Mills
Kay Mills 0000000114412223 Kay Mills (1941–2011) was a distinguished journalist and author, known for her advocacy of civil rights and women’s rights through her writing. Born in Washington, D...
Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole Boston Weatherford 0000000042539806 Carole Boston Weatherford, a New York Times best-selling author, has written over 50 books, earning multiple awards including three Caldecott Honors and two...
Agyei Tyehimba
Agyei Tyehimba NONE Agyei Tyehimba, born in Harlem, is a prominent figure in academic and social activism. His diverse pursuits range from being an editor, a motivational speaker, a teacher to an aut...
Gil Noble
Gil Noble 000000002469196X Gilbert “Gil” Noble was a notable television reporter, interviewer, and host of WABC-TV's weekly show “Like It Is.” His career in broadcasting started in 1962 at WLIB radio...
Keisha N. Blain
Keisha N. Blain 0000000454429590 Keisha N. Blain is an acclaimed historian, professor at the University of Pittsburgh, president of the African American Intellectual History Society, and Washington P...
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. MULTIPLE Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. (born 1948) was working a corporate job for AT&T when, at the age of 40, he discovered the art of letterpress printing on a tour of Colonia...