Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey
Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey is a native of Concord, California, born on April 1. When he was 7 years old, he heard Nelson Mandela speak at the Oakland Coliseum, which he noted as one
Imam Daayiee Abdullah
(b. 1954) Imam Daayiee Abdullah (born Sidney Thompson) was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1954. He has 8 siblings and was baptized at the age of eight in a Southern Baptist church. A
A. Cornelius Baker
Antonio Cornelius Baker is a native of New York who was born on September 29. He attended Corcoran High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Te
Reggie Van Lee
(b. 1958) Reggie Van Lee was born on May 8, 1958, in Houston, Texas to Tommie Lee and Eva Elnor Jefferson Lee. He was raised in the segregated South. Lee attended and graduated fro
Ernest Hopkins
Ernest Hopkins was born on March 29. He co-founded the first Black Gay and Lesbian Pride Day in 1991, which helped to fund critical services for people living with HIV/AIDS in Wash
ABilly Jones-Hennin
(b. 1942) ABilly Jones-Hennin was born in St. John’s, Antigua in 1942. He was adopted at the age of three and grew up in South Carolina and Virginia. His parents were civil right
Phill Wilson
(b. 1956) Phill Wilson was born April, 22, 1956. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, where his parents moved to from the South after World War II. Wilson received a B.A. in theater an
Kenneth Reeves
(b. 1951) Kenneth Errol Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 8, 1951. He attended Cass Technical High School, where he graduated in 1968. Reeves attended Trinity Colleg
Darren Walker
(b. 1959) Darren Walker was born on August 28, 1959, in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was raised by a single mother in Ames and Baytown, Texas, where he attended public high school and
Darlene Nipper
(b. 1966) “Great leaders help others to experience transformation and become great leaders. Transformation occurs not just at the individual level, it occurs at the collective le