Lorraine Hansberry
1999 Lorraine Hansberry was posthumously inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.
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Kimberle Crenshaw
Kimberle Crenshaw legal scholar and educator in critical race theory and intersectionality. Founded African American Policy Forum. Launched Say Her Name initiative.
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Audrey F. Manley 2nd black Surgeon General of the U.S. 1994.
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Deratu Tulu 1st Ethiopian to win Olympic gold, 1992.
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Dr. David Satcher, 1998, 2nd black Surgeon General appointed, 1st black male appointed.
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Ronald McNair, 2nd black in space, 1978, and first Baha’i.
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Katherine Dunham known as the matriarch and queen mother of modern black dance.
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Dr. Carla Hayden was the 1st black Librarian of Congress, 2016.
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Bernice Johnson Reagon founded the all-black a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, 1973.
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Eleanor Holmes, appointed by President Jimmy Carter, was the 1st black female Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1977.
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