Mildred Loving
In Loving v. Virginia, decided on June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down Virginia’s law prohibiting interracial marriages as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
For thirty years Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve has written children’s books with the intention of dispelling stereotypes and negative images of Native Americans. She has brought the richness of Native American culture and heritage to thousands of children.
Louise Erdrich
Award-winning American novelist
Virginia Salazar-Halfmoon
US National Park Service curator
Josephine Tauoa
A native of Fagaitua, American Samoa, and a Master of Science in Management graduate from Excelsior College, Master Chief Josephine Tauoa enlisted in the U.S. Navy in July 1996 as a Machinist Mate.
Mary Peltola
US Representative from Alaska
Yvette Herrell
US Representative from New Mexico
Kimberlyn King-Hinds
US Congressional Delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
Congressional Delegate from American Samoa
Anna Lapera
A Pushcart Prize nominee, she teaches middle school by day and writes stories about spunky kids stepping into their power in the early hours of the morning.