“The Scottsboro Boys” were nine teenagers and young men ages 13 to 20 who were falsely accused of raping two white women. Their sentences were all overturned or they were granted pardons.

Vicki Randle born 1954 is a composer, singer, and musician. She is an out lesbian and the first and only woman in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1992.

Ruth Ellis 1899 -2000 LGBT activist.

Big Freedie (Freddie Ross), born on January 28, 1978, is best known for popularizing the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music.

The Internet is an band from Los Angeles, California. It currently consists of vocalist Syd, keyboardist Matt Martians, bassist Patrick Paige II, drummer Christopher Smith, and guitarist Steve Lacy. The band’s 2015 album Ego Death was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album.

Simone Manuel born 1996 is the first Black swimmer to win a gold medal at the Olympics in 2016.

Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig is a writer and new media journalist.