Wakefield

International HIV/AIDS health advocate

Seattle, WA

Wakefield was born on September 12, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Both his parents served as role models of strong civic leadership — his father was...
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Sändra Washington

Lincoln City Councilmember, Racial Equity Advocate

Lincoln, NE

Sändra Washington was born on October 6th, 1960, in Columbus, Ohio. She and her identical twin sister, Sharon, spent their first four years in Westerville,...
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Karen Williams

Black Comic, Host, and Humor Educator

Oxford, OH

Karen Williams was born on August 12, 1952 in the Soundview area of the Bronx. Karen’s parents were only 18 years old when she was...
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David Wilson

Corporate leader and marriage equality advocate

Provincetown, MA

David Wilson was born in 1944 in Boston, to Black parents who worked as domestics for White families around the perimeter of Boston. They would...
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Phill Wilson

founder, Black AIDS Institute

Los Angeles, CA

Phill Wilson was born in 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Although his parents didn’t have much money, they gave him the most important thing: unconditional love....
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Dawn Josephine Wilson

Champion Fencer, Veteran, Trans Activist

Louisville, KY

Dawn Josephine Wilson was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1967. Dawn’s mother and father raised her in the Pentecostal church. After the passing of her...
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