Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay's birth took place on August 24 on the 24th of August, 1972 in Long Beach California. DuVernay was introduced to art from her aunt Denise. Aunt Denise, who worked night shifts as a nurse, let her explore art and literature as well as the theater in the daylight. DuVernay was introduced to the 1961 movie West Side Story by her aunt. DuVernay recognized that art is a powerful tool to promote the cause of activism. DuVernay learned to be socially conscious through her mother. DuVernay was raised with her family in Compton was a summer resident at Lowndes County Alabama in the family home of her father. Her father recalled the civil rights marches over the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Selma town that was nearby, Alabama. The summers she spent in Alabama's Selma be the inspiration for her later an animated film on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DuVernay graduated from Saint Joseph High School at Lakewood in the state of California in 1990. Upon graduation, DuVernay studied in the University of California Los Angeles where she earned degrees in English and African American study. DuVernay developed an interest in journalistic broadcasting while in school. As an intern, she worked for CBS News at the time of the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay was tasked to watch and search the home of an individual Jury member. Her disappointment was evident in her journalism tasks and decided to change to the field of public relations. DuVernay started her career as a junior assistant to publicity in a tiny film studio following her graduation from the college. Her first venture was The DuVernay Agency, her public relations firm in 1999. Alongside PR, her agency also created a variety of social media and lifestyle networks, including The Urban Beauty Collective, Urban Thought Collective, Urban Eye and HelloBeautiful. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley is born with the birth symbol of. She is an actress popularly known for American Experience (1987) and A More Perfect Union (2009). Autumn has performed the role Rose in A More Perfect Union and Anna Payne of American Experience.