Born Laurence Tureaud May 21, 1952.

Saint Kitts and Nevis officially Saint Christopher is a West Indies Caribbean island whose majority population is of African descent.

Dominica is an island country in the Caribbean whose majority of population is of African descent.

Saint Lucia is an island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The population is 85% Black.

Cappie Pondexter born in 1983 in 2009 became the first player in WNBA history to win three consecutive Western Conference Player of the week awards.

Basil A. Paterson 1926-2014. Lawyer and politician. In 1972 he became the first elected Black Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Along with David Dinkins, Percy Sutton, and Charles Rangel, he was a leader of the influential Gang of Four (also known as the “Harlem Clubhouse”)

Zanele Muholi born in 1972, South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation.

Carlett A. Brown born 1927. Transgender sailor, performer, cook.

Norma Merrik Sklarek 1926-2012 was a pioneering architect. She was the first black woman to be a licensed as an architect in the states of New York and California.