Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay was born on August 24 1972 at Long Beach California. DuVernay discovered her love for art from the aunt Denise. Aunt Denise worked as a nurse who stayed overnight in order to give her the opportunity to study art literature or theater. She introduced DuVernay the 1961 movie West Side Story and DuVernay became enthralled by the film. DuVernay recognized that art is a powerful tool to promote activism. In the same way, her mother was socially aware and taught the importance of speaking up through the art of. DuVernay was raised in Compton by her parents but spent the summers with Lowndes County Alabama. This is where the family of DuVernay's father was for many generations. The father of DuVernay's mother recalled Civil Rights marches that occurred on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the nearby town of Selma, Alabama. The time she spent in Selma Alabama would later inspire her to write a script for a film based on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as his Civil Rights Movement. In 1990 DuVernay was a graduate of Saint Joseph High School in Lakewood California. In the year 1990 she completed her studies at Saint Joseph High School in Lakewood California. DuVernay started producing broadcast journalism as a student. She started as an intern at CBS News, during the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay remembers being assigned to watch the home of one member of the jury, and then examine their junk. Due to her work, she became dissatisfied with journalism, and shifted into the public relations industry. DuVernay started her career as a junior publicity assistant at a small film studio following her graduation from the college. The DuVernay Agency is her first agency for public relations. Additionally, she started a variety of lifestyle and promotion networks such as Urban Beauty Collective. Urban Eye, HelloBeautiful, and Urban Thought Collective. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. The birthstone for Autumn Riley is . She is an actress, popularly known for American Experience (1987) and A More Perfect Union (2009). Autumn was Rose In A More Perfect Union, and Anna Payne in American Experience.