Jean Childs Young
Jean Childs Young was the first lady of Atlanta during the mayoral terms of her husband, Andrew Young, in the 1980s and was known nationally and internationally as an educator and advocate for children’s rights.
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Grace Towns Hamilton
The first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly
Lucy Craft Laney
The founder and principal of the Haines Institute in Augusta for fifty years (1883-1933), Lucy Craft Laney is Georgia’s most famous female African American educator.
Kathleen Neal Cleaver
Black Panther Party Communications Secretary and the first woman in the Party’s leadership group who later became a university porfessor and also worked as a law clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals
Herschelle Sullivan Challenor
Civil Rights organizer
Cornelia Oatman
In the 1970s, Cornelia Oatman filed a federal lawsuit against the Augusta, Georgia sheriff, jailer, and judge alleging civil rights violations in the death of her son.
Elaine Brown
African-American political activist
Amy Mallard
On November 20, 1948, a mob of 20 armed white men shot and killed African American Robert Mallard in front of his family. The killing initially garnered little attention, but due in part to the outspokenness of Mallard’s wife, the case soon became national news, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) entered the case.
Annie L McPheeters
Annie L. McPheeters was one of the first African American professional librarians in the Atlanta Public Library and an influential proponent of African American culture and history.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
One of the first two African American students admitted to the University of Georgia. Also known for her career as an award-winning journalist, Hunter-Gault is respected for her work on television and in print.