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Topics for organizations: Black Fraternal Organizations: Understanding the Development of Hegemonic Masculinity and Sexuality., The National Council for Black Studies.,**Interorganizational Influences on the Founding of AfricanAmerican Organizations, 1955-1985.

Guetty Felin[edit]
Guetty Felin, a director and producer was originally from Haiti and had come to the United States. When she was younger she had an interest in cinema and felt that she was able to be apart of society and claimed through the Sacredthemovie.org that she “denounce[d] social and political injustice,...[by] explore[ing] haunting themes such as memory, exile, foreignness, and the unending search for home, while interconnecting our common global humanities”. She was known as the first female director of the film Ayiti Mon Amour (Haiti My Love in english) that not only addresses the post life after an earthquake, however it also creates a new genre for the movie industry. This film was also nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.

K'naan[edit]
K’naan originally from Mogadishu, Somalia is known as a poet, rapper, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. He transitioned to New York City where his father was at due to the civil war in somalia in 1991. He then begin to use his experiences to create music. He was most successful for creating a powerful music video for the song "Wavin' Flag" based off of the play “Hamilton”, that reminds people about how the United States was built on the backs of immigrants.

Wyclef Jean[edit]
Wyclef Jean originally from Haiti is recognized as a rapper, musician and actor. He came to Brooklyn, New York at the age of nine with his family to have a better life. His success came from his rap group named the Fugees short for refugees and has been successful in receiving 3 Grammy awards. Jean has used his platform as an artist to advocate for immigrants and refugees.

Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie[edit]
Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie originally from Nigeria was recognized as a successful novelist, writer of short stories and nonfiction. Her father was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Nigeria and her mother was the first female registrar. She attended this school for a year and a half and later received a scholarship to the united states to attend Drexel University in Philadelphia where she studied communication. She then received her degree in communication and political science at Easter Connecticut State University. Later she also achieved her masters degree in creative writing in Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. One of her successful works was known as the “Americanah” about her African immigrant experience in the United States. She also wrote about social issues and feminism. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/haiti-africa-immigrants-making-america-great/