Lena Horne
Legendary singer/actor Lena Horne has fought against racism in the entertainment industry throughout her career and against racial discrimination in this country throughout her life.
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Hannah Tomiko Holmes
Educator and disability rights activist
Nannie Helen Burroughs
African-American educator, speaker, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman
Willa Brown
Brown earned her pilot license in 1938, her commercial license in 1939 and earned her Master Mechanic Certificate in 1935.
Ada Deer
Ada Deer laid the foundation for the successes of many modern American women through her political trailblazing and activism.
Sallie Wyatt Stewart
African American educator, real estate broker, civil rights activist, and community leader based in Evansville, Indiana.
Grace Lee Boggs
Chinese American civil rights and labor activist whose support for causes such as the Black Power movement, feminism, and the environment spanned over 70 years.
Myrlie Evers–Williams
Civil rights activist
Betty Reid Soskin
Civil rights activist, musician, and pioneering businesswoman.
Elizabeth Harden Gilmore
Civil rights leader who pioneered efforts to integrate her state’s schools, housing, and public accommodations and to pass civil rights legislation enforcing such integration.