Constance Baker Motley (September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan, New York City. She was the first African-American woman appointed to the federal judiciary, serving as a United Sta...
– Maya Angelou14, Author and Civil Rights Activist “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.”– Sara Blakely15, Founder of Spanx “We need to accept that we won’t always make the...
Coretta Scott King Civil rights activist, Author, Singer 306 votes Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. An active advocate for African-American equality, she was a...
7. Rosa Parks (Leader in United States) Rosa Parks was an African-Americancivil rights activist. She became famous on December 1955 when she refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger. She was arrested for civil disobedience, but her action led to the Montgomery bus boycott. Rosa P...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced the 18th class inductees on Thursday. TV cooking legend Julia Child, California's first poet laureate Ina Donna Coolbrith, Olympian Vicki Manalo Draves, civil rights pioneer Mitsuye Endo, civil rights activist Alice...
“FGM stems from men’s desire to subjugate women and is another sign of injustice rooted in imbalanced gender power relationships and men’s power over women’s bodies,” said Iranian Kurdish women and children rights activist ParvinZabihi. ...
Scott not only walks for brands like Dior, but also works as an artist and designer, black rights activist, and global creative consultant for famous fashion brands. Indira Scott, a young and stunning model, has taken the modeling industry by storm with her unique look and impeccable style. ...
Apart from being a trained ballet dancer, the openly bisexual Danish actor-model is also vegan and a prominent animal rights activist. 44 Karolína Kurková (Czech Actress and Model Known for Her Work as a Former ‘Victoria's Secret Angel’) Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities Birthdate...
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish Civil Rights activist and socialist from Derry in the North of Ireland; elected to British Parliament in a protest election, youngest member ever, at the time Lucy Parsons, African-American anarchist activist from 1880s through the 1920s in Chicago, Illinois, ...
She was a civil rights advocate and activist from the 1960s on. Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own material as well. 119 marcia hines 41 votes 120 Barbara Weathers 47 votes Barbara Weathers (born Decem...