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  2. African-American women in the civil rights movement - Wikipedia

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    Many Black women participating in informal leadership positions, acting as natural "bridge leaders" and, thus, working in the background in communities and rallying support for the movement at a local level, partly explains why standard narratives neglect to acknowledge the imperative roles of women in the civil rights movement.

  3. Shoshana Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Shoshana Nyree Johnson (born January 18, 1973) is a Panamanian-born former United States soldier, and the first black female prisoner of war in the military history of the United States. [1] Johnson was a Specialist of the U.S. Army 507th Maintenance Company, 5/52 ADA BN, 11th ADA Brigade.

  4. List of African-American activists - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.

  5. 11 inspiring Black American heroes whose stories deserve to ...

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    How Black Americans like the Harlem Hellfighters, Ronald McNair, Bessie Coleman, Alexa Canady, and Robert Smalls made history. 11 inspiring Black American heroes whose stories deserve to be celebrated

  6. 100 Greatest African Americans - Wikipedia

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    100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.

  7. List of African-American abolitionists - Wikipedia

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    Slavery and military history during the Civil War; Reconstruction era. Politicians; Juneteenth; Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement; Post–civil rights era; Aspects; Agriculture history; Black Belt in the American South; Business history; Military history ...

  8. Jackson woman becomes first Black female admiral in Coast ...

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    In April, Capt. Zeita Merchant, raised in Jackson, will become the first Black woman to earn the admiral rank in the Coast Guard's 233-year history.

  9. List of civil rights leaders - Wikipedia

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    women's rights activist, abolitionist John Neal: 1793 1876 United States: feminist essayist and lecturer active 1823–1876; first American women's rights lecturer [1] [2] John Brown: 1800 1859 United States: abolitionist, orator, martyr Angelina Grimké: 1805 1879 United States: advocate for abolition, woman's rights William Lloyd Garrison ...