Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson was the first black woman to earn a doctorate from M.I.T. in 1973 and to be awarded the National Medal of Science.
Read more "Shirley Ann Jackson"Regina Jackson
Regina Jackson is the President and C.E.O. of the East Oakland Youth Development Center.
Read more "Regina Jackson"Luna Ekundayo
Luna Ekundayo founder/Creator KANJU GIRLS and organizer of the first Black Girls March Oakland March 30,2019.
Read more "Luna Ekundayo"Vanessa Wyche
Vanessa Wyche is the first black person of any gender to become the Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center in 2018.
Read more "Vanessa Wyche"Raya Reaves
Raya Reaves founder City Girl Savings
Read more "Raya Reaves"Virgie M. Ammons
Virgie M. Ammons invented the fireplace damper and received a patent for it 1975.
Read more "Virgie M. Ammons"Jacqueline Copeland-Carson
Jacqueline Copeland-Carson, COO of AnitaB.org.
Read more "Jacqueline Copeland-Carson"Cheryl Boone Issacs
Cheryl Boone Issacs was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, making her the third woman and first black person to hold the position in 2013.
Read more "Cheryl Boone Issacs"Deliah L. Beasley
Deliah L. Beasley in 1925 was the first black woman to be published regularly in a major metropolitan newspaper, the Oakland Tribune in California.
Read more "Deliah L. Beasley"Fania Davis
Fania Davis founded RJOY (Resorative Justice of Oakland Youth).
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