Solange, better known as Sonia, Pierre was born in Villa Altagracia, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, in 1963 to parents of Haitian origin. Her mother migrated with a temporary work permit in 1957, and her father entered the Dominican territory illegally. Both her parents worked as sugar cane cutters. One of twelve children, she was raised in a migrant worker

Coretta Scott King was one of the most influential women leaders in our world. Prepared by her family, education, and personality for a life committed to social justice and peace, she entered the world stage in 1955 as wife of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and as a leading participant in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Join the Steve Biko Foundation at the Steve Biko Lectures in Philosophy on the 8th of March 2016. Join the Steve Biko Foundation at the Steve Biko Lectures in Philosophy on the 8th of March 2016.

A leading campaigner for Aboriginal rights from the 1950s through the 1980s, Faith Bandler was the daughter of Pacific Islander, Peter Mussing, brought to Queensland from the island of Ambrym in the then New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) and an Australian-born mother, Ida Venno, of Indian-Scottish descent, who taught her the importance of education, self respect and elegant dress.