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Alphonso David

First Black President of the Human Rights Campaign, LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Attorney, and First Openly Gay Counsel To Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Andrea Jenkins

First Openly transgender Black woman elected to public office in the US, Poet, and Oral Historian

Barbara Jordan

Attorney, Civil Rights Leader, First African American elected to the Texas Senate, First African American and woman elected to Congress , and Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton

Don Lemon

Reporter for CNN and News Anchor

Dana Elaina Owens aka “Queen Latifah”

American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and producer.

E. Denise Simmons

First openly lesbian, African American to serve as mayor in Cambridge, MA.

E. Lyn Harris

Author

Emil Wilbekin

First openly gay Editor-of-Chief of Vibe Magazine, and is currently the Editor of Essence Magazine.

Felicia “Snoop” Pearson

Actress