Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay born August 24 72, from Long Beach California. DuVernay learned to love art through her grandmother Denise. Aunt Denise was a nurse and worked night shifts so that she could devote her days to art literature and theatre. DuVernay enjoyed the movie West Side Story, which she brought to her. DuVernay recognized that art is a powerful tool to promote the cause of activism. DuVernay was raised by her mother who was aware of her social circle and taught her to utilize the arts as a way of expressing herself. DuVernay resided in Compton during the majority of her life, but spent every summer in the company of the extended family of her father located in Lowndes County Alabama. The father of DuVernay's recollects seeing the historic march of the Civil Rights Movement across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was held in Selma Alabama, a neighboring city. DuVernay was inspired by her summers in Alabama to inspire her future film, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DuVernay completed Saint Joseph High School at Lakewood, California in 1990. After graduating she attended her first year at the University of California Los Angeles which she graduated with certificates in English and African American studies. DuVernay was in college at the time she began to become fascinated by the production aspect of television journalism. She was an intern with CBS News at the time of O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay recalls being asked to check the trash inside the house of a member on the jury. She was disappointed by the journalism assignments she was assigned and chose to move into the world of public relations. DuVernay began working in a small studio as a Junior Publicist right after college. The year 1999 was the time she launched her own business that specialized in public relations, The DuVernay Agency. She also started several lifestyles and promotions networks like Urban Beauty Collective. Urban Eye, HelloBeautiful, and Urban Thought Collective. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley was born under the sign of. Her name is associated with a well-known actress who has appeared in American Experience (1987), A More Perfect Union (2009) as well as other movies. Autumn has performed the role Rose of A More Perfect Union and Anna Payne of American Experience.