Esther Jones

The iconic cartoon character Betty Boop was inspired by a Black jazz singer in Harlem, Esther Jones and Introduced by cartoonist Max Fleischer in 1930.

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Toni Stone

Toni Stone, born Marcenia Lyle Stone, was the first woman to play professional baseball as a part of the the San Francisco Sea Lions in the West Coast Negro Baseball League in 1945.

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