Fatima Robinson
Described in the New York Times as “one of the most sought-after hip-hop and popular music choreographers in the world”
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Dr Mayme Agnew Clayton
A librarian, historian, and prolific collector of African American materials, Mayme Agnew Clayton spent much of her career in the western United States.
Eliza Jane Ashley
Eliza Jane Burnett Dodson Ashley spent more than thirty years as the cook in the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion, serving from the administration of Francis Cherry to Bill Clinton. Her 1985 book Thirty Years at the Mansion garnered her national attention.
Charlotte Moton Hubbard
When Charlotte Moton Hubbard was appointed deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs in 1964, she became the highest-ranking Black woman in President Lyndon Johnson’s administration, a testament to her many years of work in education, community relations, and government service.
Jennie Dee Booth Moton
Jennie Moton served briefly as director of Tuskegee’s Department of Women’s Industries and later was a field agent for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) and president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW).
Annie Zachary Pike
American farmer and community activist who became the first African-American appointee to a state board and was later appointed to a variety of federal organizations by President Richard M. Nixon.
Barbara Hendricks
American lyric soprano
Inez Robie Patterson
Philadelphia’s Inez Patterson integrated pools and encouraged other African-American girls to swim too
Martha Reeves
Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas
Eleanor Bumpurs
When people with mental health problems are in crisis, police often are the first responders. Since many officers have little to no training on how to assess or treat mental illness, these situations can easily become violent. One of the first cases to receive wide attention and spur reform efforts happened on Oct. 29, 1984. A white New York City police officer fatally shot 66-year-old Eleanor Bumpurs, a Black woman. Bumpurs, who lived in public housing and had a history of mental health problems, was killed during an eviction.