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News anchor Stephanie Rochon raised breast cancer awareness through her award-winning “Buddy Check 6” news segments.

Richmond

Through his work in the ministry and as a community activist, Rev. Stan Maclin embraced diversity and inclusion and empowered others to work for racial justice.

Harrisonburg

Brigadier General Sheila Baxter was the first female and the second African-American brigadier general in the Army Medical Service Corps.

Franklin

One of the first women to work as a nuclear engineer at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Sheila Bowen Taylor is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM professions.

Norfolk

For decades, civil rights attorney Samuel Tucker fought for African-American equality and school desegregation in the nation's highest courts.

Emporia

As a union president from the 1930s to the 1950s, Samuel H. Clark fought for the rights of African-American railroad workers.

Roanoke

Early in the twentieth century, Robert Russa Moton was one of the foremost African American educators in the United States.

Hampton

The first orthopedic surgeon to fly into space, Robert L. Satcher's mission aboard the space shuttle Atlantis included spacewalks to repair robotic arms on the International Space Station.

Hampton

Hall-of-Fame basketball player Robert Dandridge uses his talents and experience to mentor youth in basketball clinics and education programs.

Norfolk

A civil rights pioneer, the Rev. Raymond R. Wilkinson courageously led the fight against racial injustice in his community.

Roanoke