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She was born into slavery, she escaped to the north, and she became the most famous conductor for the underground railroad.
WHO WAS HARRIET TUBMAN.
She created hair care products, the straightening comb, and is the first black female millionaire.
WHO IS MADAME C.J. WALKER.
She was the first African-American female aviator, born in Atlanta, Texas, where she grew up promising to make something of herself.
WHO WAS BESSIE COLEMAN.
She is known for starting the Montgomery Bus boycott in 1955 which started the Civil Rights movement, and led to the popularity of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
WHO WAS ROSA PARKS.
WHO ARE VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS.
She was a distinguished U.S. poet laureate, born Marguerite Johnson, and author of "I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing"
WHO WAS MAYA ANGELOU
She was a dedicated Civil Rights Activist, and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.
WHO WAS MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN.
WHO WAS WILMA RUDOLPH.
She started a one-room schoolhouse built on a dumping ground. This one-room has grown into Bethune Cookman College.
WHO IS MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE.
She is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017. She ran for governor in 2018, and is credited for leading Biden, Ossoff, and Warnock to victory in the State of Ga.
WHO IS STACEY ABRAMS.
WHO WAS CICELY TYSON.
She is an American talk show host, TV producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She was the first woman of color to own her own TV network.
She is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all around champion, and the 2015 world all around silver medalist.
WHO IS GABRIEL CHRISTINA VICTORIA DOUGLAS, ALSO KNOWN AS GABBY DOUGLAS.
She is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as an award winning writer, and is a graduate of Harvard University, and author of "The Hill We Climb"
WHO IS AMANDA GORMAN.
She is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice-president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in history, and the first woman of African-Asian American.
WHO IS KAMALA DEVI HARRIS.
She us retired American artistic gymnast, known in the gymnastic community as 'Awesome Dawesome," She was a ten year member of the U.S. National Gymnastics team, and a member of the olympic Gold winning 1996 gymnastics team in Atlanta, Ga.
WHO IS DOMINIQUE DAWES.
She is an American Ballet Dancer for American Ballet Theatre, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, she became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal in ABT'S 75 year history.
WHO IS MISTY DANIELLE COPELAND.
She became the first female mayor of Atlanta, and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major southern city. In 2001, she was elected to serve as the 58th mayor of the city.
WHO IS SHIRLEY FRANKLIN.
WHO IS SIMONE BILES.
She was the first African-American elected to the US Congress and the first African-American to launch a campaign for a major presidential nomination.
WHO WAS SHIRLEY CHISOLM.
She is an American attorney, who served as first Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position, and is known for her best selling book, "Becoming"
WHO IS MICHELLE LAVAUGHN ROBINSON OBAMA.
This superstar currently holds the record for the most Grammys won by a woman, and any singer, male or female, with a whopping 28 grammys.
WHO IS BEYONCE KNOWLES.
She was an American singer and actress. She is one of the best selling recording artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. She is best known for her popular rendition singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl in 1991.
WHO WAS WHITNEY HOUSTON.
She was an American track and field athlete. She is the fastest woman of all time; the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand. She was also known as FLO-JO.
WHO IS FLORENCE DELOREZ GRIFFITH JOYNER.
She was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and she has an all Girls Preparatory Academy school named in her honor in Atlanta, Ga.
WHO WAS CORETTA SCOTT KING.