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Damien Geter
Composer Damien Geter writes music centered around social justice and civil rights.
Chesterfield County
Virginia Young Lee
Roanoke librarian Virginia Young Lee created the largest collection of Black history and literature in southwest Virginia.
Roanoke
Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander believes in the power of poetry to engage young readers in language and literature.
Fairfax County
Kate Peters Sturgill
Ballad singer and songwriter Kate Peters Sturgill preserved the music of her Appalachian region through her recordings and collection of folk songs.
Wise County
Julia Garcia
A native of Bolivia, Julia Garciais a leader in the preservation of her native Quechua language and Bolivian folk traditions, especially dance.
Arlington
Farideh Goldin
A native of Iran,Farideh Goldinis the author of Leaving Iran: Between Migration and Exile and Wedding Song: Memoirs of an Iranian Jewish Woman.
Norfolk
Solomon Isekeije
A native of Nigeria,Solomon Isekeijeis currently the director of the Division of Fine Arts at Norfolk State.
Norfolk
Pryalal Karmarkar
A native of Bangladesh,Pryalal Karmarkar is co-founder of Prio Bangla, a major cultural arts festival in Northern Virginia.
Northern Virginia
Nhi Le
A native of Vietnam, Nhi Le is the founder of aVietnamese literary society and center for the preservation of Vietnamese culture in Northern Virginia.
Northern Virginia
Barbara Kingsolver
Acclaimed novelist and writer Barbara Kingsolver addresses issues of social justice, the environment, and human rights through her fiction and nonfiction.
Washington County