Ora Washington 1899-1971. AKA “Queen of two courts”. Played basketball and tennis.

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Lucy Diggs Slowe 1885-1937 first Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. Also a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority founded by women.

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Bobby Rivers born 1954 in 1979 became the city of Milwaukee’s first Black film critic on tv.

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Scottsboro Boys 9 boys and men falsely accused of rape in Alabama in 1931.

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Qween Jean founder of Black Trans liberation.

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Emmitt Till Anti-Lynching Act enacted March 29, 2022. Makes lynching a federal crime.

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Diane Abbott born 1953. In 1987 became the first Black woman elected to Parliament.

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Claressa Shields in 2022 became the first boxer of any gender to be crowned undisputed champion three times and the only boxer in history, of any gender to hold all four major world titles in boxing—WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO—simultaneously, in two weight classes.

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Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945) blues guitarist, singer, and evangelist. Known for “holy blues”.

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Ruby Pearl Elzy 1908-1943. Operatic singer and actress. Created the role of Serena in “Porgy and Bess” in 1935.

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