American singer and songwriter Gabrielle Olivia Mirville, better known by her stage name Abra (stylized as ABRA), was bo... View More

American singer and songwriter Gabrielle Olivia Mirville, better known by her stage name Abra (stylized as ABRA), was born on March 30, 1989. She was previously signed to Awful Records but is now signed to RCA Records and Polo Grounds Music. View Less

Born Michael Todd Robinson Jr. on October 14, 1981, Yolo Akili is a community organizer, writer, poet, counselor, and ac... View More

Born Michael Todd Robinson Jr. on October 14, 1981, Yolo Akili is a community organizer, writer, poet, counselor, and activist who promotes meeting the mental and emotional health needs of the Black community. In addition to being the founder and executive director of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective), he is the author of Dear Universe: Letters of Affirmation and Empowerment. View Less

Amalia K. Amaki, an African-American artist, art historian, educator, film critic, and curator, was born Lynda Faye Peek... View More

Amalia K. Amaki, an African-American artist, art historian, educator, film critic, and curator, was born Lynda Faye Peek on July 8, 1949. She most recently lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she served as the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa's Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art from 2007 to 2012. View Less

Born on June 23, 1964, Sandra Lynn Barnes is an American documentary filmmaker, novelist, educator, and ordained Baptist... View More

Born on June 23, 1964, Sandra Lynn Barnes is an American documentary filmmaker, novelist, educator, and ordained Baptist minister. She is the chair of Brown University's sociology department and the C.V. Starr Professor. She served as a collaborative professor of sociology in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University and the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Peabody College of Education and Human Development from 2008 to 2021. View Less