Amen and Auser Thompson
Amen and Auser Thompson in 2023 became the first brothers to be drafted in the NBA top five.
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Aunt Polly Jackson
Aunt Polly Jackson was a former slave who escaped and in her freedom helped establish Africa, Ohio.
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Zenzile Miriam Mekeba 1932 – 2008. Aka “Mama Africa” popularized music from Africa world-wide.
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Teresa Graves 1948-2002 first Black woman to star in her own television show, in 1975, “Get Christie Love”
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Sylvia Robinson 1936-2011 “Mother of Hip Hop”. Produced “Rapper’s Delight”
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Ernestine Eckstein 1941-1992. Out leader in the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States.
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Jessie Maple 1947-2023. In 1981 the first Black woman to produce, write, and direct an independent feature film.
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Terry A. Francois 1922-1989 first Black person of any gender to be on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1964. A street is named after him in San Francisco.
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Marie C. Bolden won the first National Spelling Bee in 1908 when she was 14 years old.
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Vice President Kamala Harris born 1964 is the first woman of any race to deliver the commencement address at West Point in 2023.
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