Sheila Fortson (born 1983), American television journalist, model, and writer
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Danny Fortson (born 1976), American professional basketball player
Fortson is the cousin of former NBA power forward Danny Fortson, and the sister-in-law of former NFL and Arena League football player Jafar Williams, who now coaches at the collegiate level for Kent State University.
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Fortson is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Council of Negro Women, the National Congress of Black Women, and one of the four prestigious and exclusive African American sororities, Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.