Activist

Athlete · Activist

Arthur Ashe, the only Black man to win Wimbledon and the U.S. and Australian Opens, was born in Richmond, Virginia.

Politician · Activist

John Mercer Langston, Virginia's first Black congressman, was born in Louisa County, Virginia.

Business Leader · Activist

Maggie L. Walker, the first Black woman to charter a bank in the United States, was born in Richmond, Virginia.

Historical Figure · Activist

Nat Turner, who led the most consequential slave rebellion in U.S. history, was born enslaved in Southampton County, Virginia.

Activist · Jurist

Oliver Hill, a civil-rights lawyer whose work fed into Brown v. Board of Education, was born in Richmond, Virginia.

Jurist · Activist

Spottswood Robinson III, a civil-rights lawyer and federal judge, was born in Richmond, Virginia.