Featured Civil Rights Activists/Abolitionists/Pioneers
- Coretta Scott King, Civil Rights activist, Icon and author , April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Coretta-Scott-King
- Octavia Spencer, May 25, 1970 – present; American actress, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Octavia-Spencer
- Roland Hayes, June 3, 187 – December 31, 1976; Internationally acclaimed American tenor and composer, https://afrovoices.com/roland-hayes-biography/
- Marian Wright Edelman, June 6, 1939 – present, American attorney, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marian-Wright-Edelman