Ida B. Wells was a pioneering African American journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist who fearlessly crusaded against lynching and fought for equality.
Richard R. Wright Sr. was an African American educator, entrepreneur, and advocate for minority education, who founded the first African American-owned bank in the United States.
William Hooper Councill was an influential African-American educator, lawyer, and politician who fought for civil rights and education in the Reconstruction era.