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Nkechi Amare Diallo (born Rachel Anne Dolezal; [a] November 12, 1977 [fn 1]) is an American former college instructor and activist known for presenting herself as a black woman despite being born to white parents.
Anna J. Cooper, civil and women's rights activist, author, educator, sociologist, scholar [11] John Anthony Copeland Jr., abolitionist; Patrisse Cullors, civil rights activist, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement [12] [13] [14] Elijah Cummings, civil rights advocate
Murray was the first Black woman hired as an associate attorney at the Paul, Weiss law firm in New York City, working there from 1956 to 1960. Murray was the firm's second Black associate after Bill Coleman. She first met Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Paul, Weiss, when Ginsburg was briefly a summer associate there. [56]
This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (born September 14, 1941) is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961, and was confined for two months in the Maximum Security Unit of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (known as "Parchman Farm"). [1]
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
A story was published on January 16, 1892, in the Cleveland Gazette, describing a wrongful conviction for a sexual affair between a married white woman, Julia Underwood (née Julie Caroline Wells), and a single Black man, William Offet (1854–1914) of Elyria, Ohio. Offet was convicted of rape and served four years of a 15-year sentence ...
Angela Davis was born on January 26, 1944, [8] in Birmingham, Alabama.She was christened at her father's Episcopal church. [9] Her family lived in the "Dynamite Hill" neighborhood, which was marked in the 1950s by the bombings of houses in an attempt to intimidate and drive out middle-class black people who had moved there.