Social Figures
- Bates, Daisy (1914–1999), civil rights leader
- Cleaver, Eldridge (1935–1998), activist
- Elders, Joycelyn (born 1933), US Surgeon General
- Hill, Robert L. (born 1892, date of death unknown), black leader at Elaine Race Riot
- Jones, Scipio Africanus (1863–1943), African-American attorney
- Terry, Adolphine Fletcher (1882–1976), social activist
- Thaden, Louise (1905–1979), aviation pioneer
- Washburn, Cephas (1793–1860), Indian missionary
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