Christian Cooper
Christian Cooper is a board member of the National Audubon Society, who, on May 25, 2020, filmed a racist incident he endured in Central Park while birding.
Tykee James
Tykee James has been a member of the birding community since his late teens, and he helped organize the first #BlackBirdersWeek in 2020.
Arturo Schomburg
Afro-Puerto Rican Arthur A. Schomburg dedicated his life to researching and preserving black history by collecting literature, artwork, slave narratives, and materials related to the African Diaspora.
Lucy Terry
Lucy Terry is noted as the author of the oldest existing poem composed by a black American, but she was also a gifted storyteller and seasoned orator.
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman is a black American poet and activist. She is the youngest inaugural poet in history and the first-ever national poet laureate.
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was an unsung early civil rights leader, suffragist, researcher, and journalist who used her pen in ways that are yet to be rivaled.
Mary Church Terrell
Mary Church Terrell was a black suffragist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who also advocated for racial equality.