Santia Deck
Santia Deck born in 1991 is the first woman athlete to own a sneaker company, TRONUS, founded in 2020.
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Mandela Day also known as Nelson Mandela International Day is July 18th, his birthday. Honoring his legacy through volunteering and community service. “Nelson Mandela has fought for social justice for 67 years. We’re asking you to start with 67 minutes.”
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John Robert Lewis sunrise 2/21/1940, sunset 7/17/2020. John Lewis was a politician and activist. He was one of the original 13 Freedom riders. As chairman of SNCC he helped organize the March on Washington in 1963.
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Lillian Richard 1891-1956. actress who portrayed “Aunt Jemima”.
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Velda Christian Barbour 1905-2001. Creator of the original Playboy Bunny outfit.
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Shani Dowell is the first Black woman to raise $1 million for a tech start up in Tennessee
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Naya Rivera 1987 – 2020.
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Baba Ken Okulolo musician born in 1950 in Nigeria.
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Anna Murray-Douglass, 1813-1882. Born free and the first wife of Frederick Douglass. She was an abolitionist who supported her husband’s work financially.
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Anna Julia Cooper 1858-1964 author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black Liberation activist, aka “mother of Black feminism”.
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