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The Black Movement LEaders Gallery
Harriet Tubman, 1820-1913
Pauli Murray
Clennon King, 1920-2000
Jennie Fulgham, 1922-2013
James Baldwin, 1924-1987
Hikmah Gardiner, 1929-
pearl Johnson, 1931-2002
Jacki McKinney, 1934-2021
Ben Riley, 1936-?
Ruby Rogers, 1937-2009
Ethel “Effie” Smith, 1938-2020
Delois Scott, 1941-2009
Lionel Aldridge, 1941-1998
Ola Mae Quarterman, 1942-2007
Quincy Boykin, 1944-2003
Frances Priester, 1947-2021
Yeye Luisah Teish, 1948-
DeWitt Buckingham, 1948-2012
Cookie Gant, 1949-2003
Cindi Fisher, 1950-
Yvonne Smith
Wali Mutazammil, 1952-
Victoria Gaines, 1952
Wilma Townsend, 1954-
Malidoma Patrice Somé, 1956-2021
Darnell Levingston, 1958-2012
Stephanie Colon, 1959-
Denise Camp, 1959-
Linford Gayle, 1959-2018
LaVerne Miller, 1960-
Cathy Cave, 1960-
Vanessa Jackson, 1960-
Keris Jän Myrick
Tracy Love, 1962-
Carlton Whitmore, 1962-
Dwayne Mayes, 1962-
Dana Smith, 1963-
Sharon Wise, 1963-
Julius Green, 19??-2001
Jonathan P Edwards, 1963-
Celia Brown, 1964-2022
Helen “Skip” Skipper
Mitzy Sky
Chyrell Bellamy, 1967-
Iden Campbell, 1967-
Lois Curtis, 1967-2022
Larry Thomas, 1968-
Daryl McGraw, 1969-
Terresa Ford, 1969-
Teena Brooks, 1972-
Taina Laing, 1977-
Gogo Ekhaya Esima, 1980-
Ro Speight, 1980-
Ebony Flint, 1982-
Regina Renaye, 1983-
ala Ochumare-Harris, 1984-
Kelechi Ubozoh, 1985-
Earl Miller, 1986-
Imadé Nibokun, 1987-
Lorenzo Lewis, 1988-
Elizabeth “Mya” Haley, 1992-
stella Akua, 1995-
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