Celestine S. Cook (1924-1985) was the first Black woman to serve on the National Business Committee for the Arts in 1974.

Jackie Torrance 1944-2004. Storyteller.

James O. Plinton Jr. 1914-1996 one of the first Black people to serve as an executive for a major U.S. commercial airline.

Kim Hamilton (born Dorothy Mae Aiken 1932 – 2013) She was also one of the first Black actors to appear on the soap opera Days of Our Lives and was the only Black to appear in a speaking role on Leave It to Beaver.

Pamela Price born in 1957, District Attorney, Alameda County, California was one of the first Black women to argue a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mike Evans 1949-2006 actor and creator of The television show “Good Times”

Jackie Shane 1940 – 2019. Transgender R&B singer helped create the Toronto Sound and was honored with a historical marker in Nashville, Tennessee.

Betty Ann Sorkin, at 103, is the oldest active National Park Ranger” with the National Park Service.