Occupation-Social Work
Valdez Venita (Butler) Demings (1957- )
Valdez (“Val”) Demings was the first female chief of police for the Orlando Police Department and now a member of...
Lizzie Koontz Weeks (ca. 1886-1976)
Lizzie Koontz Weeks was an early suffragist, activist, and the first black social worker in Portland, Oregon. Weeks was possibly...
Alexis Margaret Herman (1947- )
Alexis Herman, US Secretary of Labor, political activist, civic leader, social worker, and entrepreneur, was born on July 16, 1947...
Tarea Hall Pittman (1903-1991)
Tarea (Ty) Hall Pittman was a civil rights worker, social worker, and community activist. Born in Bakersfield, California in 1903,...
Edwin C. “Bill” Berry (1910-1987)
Civil rights activist Edwin C. “Bill” Berry was affiliated with the Urban League for over 30 years and served as...
Charles H. Bullock, Sr. (1875-1950)
Charles Harmon Bullock was a prominent leader in the early 20th Century Colored Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) movement. Born...
Benedita da Silva (1942- )
Benedita Souza da Silva Sampaio, prominent Brazilian politician and first Afro-Brazilian member of the senate in the country, was born...
Edolphus Towns (1934- )
Currently in his 13th term in Congress, Edolphus Towns is a Democratic Representative from the State of New York. Towns...
