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Kat Blaque

Transgender Rights Activist; Animator, Illustrator & Youtuber

she has ultimately concluded that Social Media is a powerful

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Kate Bornstein

Author, Playwright, Trans Trailblazer, Performance Artist & Gender Theorist

Since 1989, trans trailblazer Kate Bornstein

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Peter Boykin

History Professor Specializing in African American & United States History

Peter Jeffrey Boykin was born on August 22, 1976 to the Honorable Ulysses W. Boykin III. and Mrs. Pamela T. Boykin.

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Xernona Clayton

Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Xernona Clayton is the Founder, President and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc.

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Justin Hansford

Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law

Justin Hansford is a Howard University School of Law Professor of Law.

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Elle Hearns

Transgender Rights Activist; Executive Director of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute; Co-Founder of the Global Black Lives Matter Network

Elle Hearns is an organizer, speaker, strategist, and writer. Hearns' voice as a community organizer and speaker.

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Kumu Hina

Hawaiian Transgender Teacher & Community Leader

She is fluent in Hawaiian language and can communicate in several other Polynesian dialects

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Cheyenne Jackson

Star of Broadway and TV's "Glee" and "30 Rock"

Cheyenne David Jackson is an American actor and singer-songwriter.

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Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins is a social historian, activist, and scholar in the areas of suffrage, education.

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Rashida Richardson

Director of Policy Research at AI Now

Rashida Richardson is a lawyer, researcher and the Director of Policy Research at AI Now Institute at NYU.

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Tommie Smith

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

Tommie Smith began life quietly, born to Richard and Dora Smith on June 6, 1944 in Clarksville.

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Reverend Al Sharpton

African-American Preacher & Activist; Foremost Civil Rights Leader; Radio Host on SiriusXM Urban View

Throughout his career, Sharpton challenged the American political establishment to include all people in the dialogue.

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Mohamed Ali

Mohamed Ali

Human rights advocate

In urban hubs like Mogadishu, says Mohamed Ali, we're losing our brightest minds to terrorism and violence.

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Aimee Allison

President of Democracy in Color & Founder of She the People

Aimee Allison is the Founder and president of She the People, the national network..

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Melba Pattillo Beals

Journalist, Author of "Warriors Don't Cry" & Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Melba Pattillo Beals was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941. Her parents were divorced when she was seven, and her mother and grandmother.

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