Be Steadwell born in 1987 is a singer, songwriter and filmmaker.

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Saeed Jones born 1985 poet and executive editor for culture at BuzzFeed.

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Kehlani born in 1996 in Oakland. CA is a singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer.

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Michael Sam born 1990, in 2014 was the first NFL draft pick to come out, and in 2015 was the first openly gay player in the CFL, Canadian Football League.

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Angela Davis born in 1944 co-founded Critical Resistance which called for the abolition of the so-called prison-industrial complex and she came out as a lesbian in 1997.

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Roy Simmons 1956 – 2014. Second former NFL player to come out as gay, first to reveal that he was HIV positive.

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Siya born in 1987 is a hip-hop recording artist.

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Natalie Devora born 1962 is an activist, writer and author of Black Girl White Skin: A Life in Stories.

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Ruth Beckford, 1925 – 2019, toured with Katharine Dunham, founder of Oakland Dance Association.

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Melvin Dixon 1950 – 1992 professor, author, poet

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