Brough Brothers Distillery

Brough Brothers Distillery in 2020 became the first Black owned distillery in the state of Kentucky.

Joyce Ladner

Joyce Ladner born 1943, civil rights activist, author, and sociologist.

Elmer C. Stoner 1897 – 1969. Comic, believed to have created “Mr. Peanut”

Victorine Q. Adams 1912 – 2006, first Black woman to serve on Baltimore City Council.

Reverend Raphael Warnock born 1969, in 2021 became the first Black U.S. Senator from the state of Georgia.

Ida E. Jones first University Archivist hired at Morgan State University.

Bianca Smith first Black woman to coach baseball professionally in history in 2020.

Hawa Abdi 1947 – 2020 “Mother Theresa” of Somalia.

Bruce Boynton 1937 -2020. Civil rights activist who inspired the Freedom Rides.

Judith Batty first Black woman to become CEO of Girl Scouts, USA in 2020.