Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay was born on August 24 1972 at Long Beach California. DuVernay was encouraged to pursue her love of art by her aunt Denise as a young kid. Aunt Denise was a nurse and was a night shift worker so she could devote her day to art literature and theatre. She showed DuVernay to the film of 1961 West Side Story and DuVernay became enthralled by the film. DuVernay learned that art can be a powerful instrument for activism. DuVernay had an aunt who was socially aware and taught her to use art as a method of expression. DuVernay was born in Compton with her parents however she was able to spend the summers in Lowndes County Alabama. This is where DuVernay's father's family was for many generations. DuVernay's father recalled watching the historical civil rights marches over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the nearby town Selma Alabama. DuVernay toured Selma in the summer months and was motivated to make a documentary about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 1990 DuVernay was a graduate of Saint Joseph High School in Lakewood California. She went to the University of California Los Angeles to obtain degrees in English as well as African American Studies. DuVernay began producing television news when she was just a young student. Her first job was as an intern for CBS News during the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay remembers being assigned to observe the house of one member of the jury as well as look through their trash. When she was dissatisfied with journalistic work by the assignments she was handed, DuVernay decided to pursue an interest in public relations. DuVernay was employed by a tiny studio as a Junior Publicist immediately after graduation. She was hired in 1999 and founded her own firm that specialized in public relations, The DuVernay Agency. Alongside PR, her agency also launched several marketing and lifestyle platforms, such as the Urban Beauty Collective, Urban Thought Collective, Urban Eye and HelloBeautiful. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley's birth sign is . Autumn Riley is a famous American actress, best known by her roles in American Experience (1997) and A More Perfect Union (2009). Autumn played Rose in A More Perfect Union as also Anna Payne from American Experience.