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LGBTQ+ Pioneers
LGBTQ+ Pioneers
TV personality known for hosting their own drag competition.
American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Who is Barack Obama
American poet who wrote and delivered "The Hill We Climb" at 2021 US Presidential Inauguration.
Who is Amanda Goreman
4x NBA Champ (2012,13,16,2020.)
Who is Lebron James
This activist & former member of the Black Panther Party teaches classes on race, women’s rights, & equality at UC Santa Cruz
Who is Angela Davis
An openly gay, African American writer living through the battle for civil rights; one of his books just recently became a movie
Who is James Baldwin
First Black woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisolm
Won a Grammy for "Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album" for "Phenomenal Woman."
Who is Maya Angelou
This athlete won the Australian Open while pregnant.
Who is Serena Williams
Author of “How to be Antiracist,” “Antiracist Baby” and STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You”.
Who is Ibram Kenzi
First openly gay Black man elected mayor of an American city.
Who is Ron Oden
The most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century
Who is George Washington Carver
This leader of the Harlem Renaissance wrote the poem, “Let America be America Again.”
Who is Langston Hughes
Longest running SNL Cast Member
First Black man to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
Transgender rights activist known for saying that the "P" in her name stood for "Pay It No Mind".
Marsha P. Johnson
6 y/o Black girl that desegregated an all-white Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges
First African-American author to publish a book of poems in the 18th Century.
Who is Phillis Wheatley
Known for her portrayal of strong Black women with a career spanning over seven decades
Who is Cicely Tyson
Who gave a now-famous speech in 1851 at a women's rights convention in Ohio titled ,"Ain't I a Woman?
Who is Sojourner Truth
Was an LGBTQ and civil rights activist best known for being a key adviser to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and organized the March on Washington in 1963.
Who is Bayard Rustin
On March 2, 1955, this woman was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus
Who is Claudette Colvin
Author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God," published in 1937.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
Was an actor and comedian who was born and raised in the south side of Chicago who went on to become one of The Original Kings of Comedy
Who is Bernie Mac
Who’s most notable works include The Fire Next Time (1963); No Name in the Street (1972); The Devil Finds Work (1976); and Notes of a Native Son?
Who is James Baldwin