Evelyn Butts
Evelyn Thomas Butts led a successful challenge of Virginia’s poll tax all the way to the United States Supreme Court.
Edna Lewis
Edna Lewis created nationwide interest in southern cuisine and demonstrated that food could be more than just nourishment, but also a celebration of…
John Cephas
John Cephas has become a world ambassador representing the Virginia Piedmont Blues tradition.
Oliver White Hill
Oliver White Hill served as counsel in the groundbreaking Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954.
Claudia Whitworth
Claudia Alexander Whitworth has worked diligently over the decades to improve the quality of life in Roanoke.
Amaza Meredith
Amaza Lee Meredith broke through racial and gender barriers in architecture and artistic design.
Leland Melvin
Leland D. Melvin inspires young people and encourages them to aspire to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Dangerfield Newby
Dangerfield Newby was one of five African Americans who took up arms against slavery with fellow abolitionist John Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia,…