Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay born August 24, 72 at Long Beach in California. DuVernay was able to explore her creative and artistic side when she was a young girl due to her aunt Denise. Her aunt, a night-shift nurse, allowed her to study literature for art as well as theater in the daylight. DuVernay was captivated by the 1961 movie West Side Story after her aunt introduced it to DuVernay. DuVernay was educated by her mother about how art can be used as a tool for activism. DuVernay was trained by her mother, who was a social sassy and pushed DuVernay to show her creativity through art. DuVernay had her summers spent in Lowndes County Alabama, where DuVernay's father was born and was raised. Her father was a witness to the historic march of the Civil Rights Movement across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was in Selma Alabama, a neighboring city. DuVernay was inspired by her summers in Selma and decided to make a documentary about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the year 1990, DuVernay graduated from Saint Joseph High School in Lakewood California. In the year 1990, she graduated from the Saint Joseph High School located in Lakewood CA. When she was in school, DuVernay began to consider producing for the broadcast media. DuVernay was a CBS News intern during the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay recalled being assigned to watch the home of a member of the jury, and then look through their trash. She was disappointed by her journalistic duties and decided to move into the field of public relations. DuVernay got a job right out college, as a new publicist at a studio. She was hired in 1999 and launched her own company that specialized in public relations, The DuVernay Agency. Additionally, she started a variety of lifestyle and promotional networks, including 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. Autumn Riley, an American actress and popularly recognized for American Experience (1987), A More Perfect Union (2009) and A More Perfect Union (2009), was born under the zodiac sign of. Autumn was the Rose in A More Perfect Union and Anna Payne of American Experience.