Dee Johnson
Dee Johnson, Founder ‘Lend a Hand Foundation’ (LAHF) whose mission is “to enhance the Quality of Life for Impoverished Children, Youth & Families.”
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Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison born in 1963, in 2018 was the first Black person elected to statewide office in Minnesota and the first Muslim person elected to a statewide office anywhere in the U.S.
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Renée Cummings Founder/CEO Urban AI.
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Constance Baker Motley, 1921 – 2005, first Black woman in the New York State Senate and first Black woman to argue a cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Robert Henry Ryland Jr. 1920-2020. First Black tennis player to turn pro in 1958.
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Gloria DeNard 1927 – 2020. Founded “Manna House Workshops” in 1967.
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Carmen Best born 1965 Seattle’s first Black Police Chief resigned to reduce the police force and reform policing.
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Viola Davis born 8/11/1965 in St.Matthews, South Carolina. First Black actress to win an Emmy, Tony, and an Oscar, the so-called Triple Crown of Acting.
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Michael Derrick Tubbs born 1990. Youngest and first Black mayor of Stockton, California in 2017.
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Blesbian is a “Black lesbian” coined by Kiki in 2016 with nods to Tiger Woods for caublanasisan and Bill Bellamy for “booty call”.
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