Maggie Lena Walker (third from the left in the cover photo) was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1867 (or 1864, or 1865, depending on your source). She spent her lifetime working to empower the black community there, even as early as high school, when she led a protest against the segregation policy that prevented her class from holding its graduation ceremony in the same facility as white students. Walker was an active volunteer with the Independent Order of St. Luke, an African American organization that provided financial benefits to its members in times of sickness...