Great Alumni: Community Activists
Individuals are listed only with the degree(s) they earned from the University of Minnesota.
Robert Traynham Coles, B.S. '53, received the 1993 Ebony and Ivory Award; founder of several community organizations, committees, study groups, and arts councils
Janet Hagberg, M.S.W. '62, cofounder and director of the Silent Witness National Initiative; speaker and author on career, personal development, and leadership training
Fouzia Saeed, B.S. '81, M.S. '84, Ph.D. '87, founding member of Bedari, a Pakistani women's nonprofit group; worked with several U.N. human rights organizations
Nealcheng Thao, M.S.W. '88, founder of Hmong Village Family Services Inc., promoting social justice and advancement of the Southeast Asian community
Roy Wilkins, B.A. '23, civil rights activist and former executive director of the NAACP (deceased 1981)
Whitney Young, M.S.W. '47, civil right leader and former head of the national Urban League (deceased 1971)
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