Reverend Doctor Jacqueline Thompson first woman to be appointed Senior Pastor of Allen Temple Baptist church in its 100 year history.

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VIRGINIA P. POWELL FLORENCE aka Florence Powell 1897 – 1991 FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN LIBRARY SCIENCE.

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Dorothy Beam 1925-2019. Ally and LGBT activist and mother and archivist of Joseph Beam.

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Iola Williams, 1936 -2019 first Black person to serve on the San Jose City Council and also served as vice mayor.

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Zozibini Tunzi, Miss South Africa what crowned Miss Universe 2019 first time ever Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America are all black women.

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Joan Johnson 1929 – 2019. Co-founded Johnson Products which made Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen.

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Viola Burnham 1930-2003 first woman Vice President of African descent in the Americas, Guyana.

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Paule Marshall 1929 – 2019, writer, debut novel “Brown Girl, Brownstones”.

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Norma Miller 2019. “Queen of Swing”

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Helen Miller b. 1945, labor leader for home care workers

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