Activists

Jones was just a teenager in 1964 when she was galvanized by the Civil Rights Movement to travel from her home in Georgia to St. Augustine to participate in a …

He was the brother of civil rights icon Medgar Evers.

Milbern’s activism stressed the importance of listening to LGBTQ+ and BIPOC voices in the disability community.

Known for his play “The Normal Heart”

Kimura was a civil rights leader who fought for reparations for Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

Stephens was fired two weeks after she announced in a letter to her coworkers that, though she had been born male, she identified as a woman and would begin living …

(Sponsored Content | MADD) When Mothers Against Drunk Driving was founded four decades ago, 25,000 people a year were killed by drunk drivers.   One of those victims was Cari Lightner. On May 3, …

Henry Geller was the former general counsel for the FCC who helped in getting cigarette ads banned from TV and radio.    Died: Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (Who else died on April 7?)  Details of Death: Died …

She and her longtime partner, Del Martin, founded the Daughters of Bilitis and were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco in 2004.

Mitchell played with the Cleveland Browns before joining the Redskins, and he was later assistant general manager for the Redskins.