Alison Désir

Alison Désir founded Harlem Run in 2013. Harlem Run is “a collective of runners passionate about running and community.”

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 2014’s President of Liberia and Africa’s first female head of state, won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in promoting Liberian reconciliation and in atoning for Liberia’s history of civil war.

Euphemia Haynes

Euphemia Haynes was known as the first black woman mathematician after earning her PhD in mathematics in 1943.

Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill in 1999 became the first woman of any race to garner 5 Grammy awards in one night.

Andrea Lewis

Andrea Lewis, in 2019, is the first black woman pilot with the Georgia Air National Guard.

Vernice Armour

Venice Armour became the first black woman to become a female combat pilot, 2002.

Summer Lee

Summer Lee is the first black woman elected to the state Legislature from southwestern Pennsylvania in 2019.

Hope Wiseman

Hope Wiseman, at the age of 26, is the youngest black cannabis dispensary owner in the country in 2018.

Simone Eccleston

Simone Eccleston was named the Kennedy Center’s first director of hip-hop culture in 2017.

Jemele Hill

Jemele Hill was awarded the (NABJ) National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year in 2018.

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