Occupation – Activist
Leah Penniman (1980- )
Leah Penniman is a farmer and food sovereignty activist who cofounded Soul Fire Farm near Grafton, New York, in 2010....
Charles Smith (1940- )
Charles Smith, a visual artist, historian, activist, and minister, was born on November 11, 1940, to Bertha Mary Smith and...
Glanis Changachirere (1983- )
Glanis Changachirere is a Zimbabwean feminist, human rights activist, and scholar. Changachirere is the founding Director of the Institute for...
Paul Timothy Roberts Sr. (1963- )
Paul Timothy Roberts Sr. is an academic fellow of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey in Celigny, Switzerland, and an activist....
Jacob Vanderpool (1820-188?)
Jacob Vanderpool was the only person known to have been legally expelled from Oregon on the basis of its anti-Black...
Omali Yeshitela (1941- )
Omali Yeshitela, Pan-Africanist, socialist, and activist, was born Joseph Allen Waller Jr. on October 9, 1941, in St. Petersburg, Florida,...
Jill Scott (1972- )
Often called the Queen of Neo-Soul, R&B lyricist, vocalist, poet, actor, and social activist Jill Heather Scott was born on...
James L. Conyers Jr. (1961-2021)
Author, philanthropist, scholar, mentor, and activist James L. Conyers Jr. was born James (Jim/ Naazir) L. Brown Jr. on June...
Fatima Djalor (1989-2019)
Fatima Djalor was an international children’s welfare activist and the first woman of African ancestry to appear regularly on television...
