Beatrice Wright Fox
Educator, the first African-American administrator in the Mount Pleasant area, and an advisor/director with the Phillis Wheatley Association
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Rachel Walker Turner
African-American soprano who began her career in Cleveland and later toured the U.S. and Europe singing classical selections as well as songs such as “The Last Rose of Summer” and “Swanee River.”
Rita Hester
The origins of Transgender Day of Remembrance can be traced to the killing of Rita Hester on November 28, 1998.
Ce Ce Acoff
A transgender woman who was killed when an intimate partner discovered that she was transgender and stabbed her in 2013
Ivenue Love-Stanley
The architectural firm Stanley, Love-Stanley was established in Atlanta in 1978 by Ivenue Love-Stanley and her husband William J. “Bill” Stanley III
Eileen Jackson Southern
Today, both the American Musicological Society and the Society for American Music recognize African American music as worthy of scholarly study – thanks in large part to her work.
Sherlie Hereford Rainey
Sherlie Hereford Rainey (3 Feb. 1939-7 Aug. 1992), mayor of Woodmere (1985-89), was the first African-American woman to hold a mayoral position in Cuyahoga County. Also an athlete, Rainey set an American record for the standing long jump (1958) and was National Amateur Athletic Union champion of that event for 3 years. She was elected to the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.
Dr A Grace Lee Mims
Educator, a musician, and an advocate for African-American culture.
Victoria Earle Matthews
A writer, activist, club woman, and social worker, Victoria Earle Matthews dedicated herself to community uplift, civil rights, and helping others.
Tiffany Sturdivant
Executive director of Appalshop arts center