1982-present Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri First African American principal dancer with American Ballet New York Times Bestselling...

1973-present Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin Lawyer Voting Rights Activist Politician Author Served in the Georgia House of...

1964-present Birthplace: Oakland, California District Attorney, San Francisco, California Attorney General, State Of California. United...

1954-present Birthplace: Tylertown, Mississippi First African American student to desegregate an all-white school at 6 years old Civil...

Katherine Coleman Johnson 1918-2020 Birthplace: White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Widowed mother of 3 in 1959 remarrying 3 years later...

1820-22(?)-1913 Birthplace: Dorchester County, Maryland – born into slavery Conductor of the Underground Railroad Soldier Nurse Suffrage...