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E. D. Nixon  — Research Starter

Edgar Daniel Nixon (1899-1987) was an influential American civil rights leader and union organizer hailing from Montgomery, Alabama. Born into a large family and raised by his aunt after the death of…

Dutch Morial  — Research Starter

Ernest Nathan “Dutch” Morial, born on October 9, 1929, in New Orleans, Louisiana, was a prominent civil rights attorney and politician, known for his groundbreaking role as the city's first African…

Dorothy Lavinia Brown  — Research Starter

Dorothy Lavinia Brown was a pioneering African American surgeon and political figure born on January 7, 1919, in New York. After spending her early years in an orphanage and later being raised by…

Dorothy Height  — Research Starter

Dorothy Irene Height was a prominent civil rights and women's rights activist, born on March 24, 1912, in Richmond, Virginia. Her family relocated to Rankin, Pennsylvania, during the Great Migration,…

Donny Hathaway  — Research Starter

Donny Hathaway was an influential American singer, songwriter, and musician born in October 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised by his grandmother in St. Louis, he showcased his musical talent early on,…

Donna Summer  — Research Starter

Donna Summer, born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, emerged as a prominent figure in the music industry, known as the "Queen of Disco." Raised in a devout…

Daniel Coker  — Research Starter

Daniel Coker, originally named Isaac Wright, was a significant figure in early American and African church history, born around 1780 in Maryland to a black slave and a white indentured servant. His…

Cyril V. Briggs  — Research Starter

Cyril V. Briggs was a significant figure in the early 20th-century African American civil rights movement, born in 1888 on Nevis in the Caribbean. He immigrated to Harlem in 1905, where he became a…

Countée Cullen  — Research Starter

Countée Cullen, born Countée LeRoy Porter on May 30, 1903, was a prominent African American poet and literary figure closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Raised in New York, he experienced…