Janisse Ray

Janisse Ray, an environmental activist and poet, is the award-winning author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, a highly praised book that combines elements of ecology and autobiography into a multifaceted work.

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Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin

Sociologist, activist, teacher, and writer, Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin spent a lifetime studying and combating economic and racial oppression. She is best known for her autobiography, The Making of a Southerner (1947).

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Dorothy Fuldheim

Dorothy Fuldheim entered the field of television at an age when most people begin to plan their retirement and lasted there long enough to become a living legend.

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