Rita Hester

The origins of Transgender Day of Remembrance can be traced to the killing of Rita Hester on November 28, 1998.

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Ce Ce Acoff

A transgender woman who was killed when an intimate partner discovered that she was transgender and stabbed her in 2013

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Ivenue Love-Stanley

The architectural firm Stanley, Love-Stanley was established in Atlanta in 1978 by Ivenue Love-Stanley and her husband William J. “Bill” Stanley III

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Eileen Jackson Southern

Today, both the American Musicological Society and the Society for American Music recognize African American music as worthy of scholarly study – thanks in large part to her work.

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Sherlie Hereford Rainey

Sherlie Hereford Rainey (3 Feb. 1939-7 Aug. 1992), mayor of Woodmere (1985-89), was the first African-American woman to hold a mayoral position in Cuyahoga County. Also an athlete, Rainey set an American record for the standing long jump (1958) and was National Amateur Athletic Union champion of that event for 3 years. She was elected to the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.

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Dawn Porter

Despite having directed or produced more than a dozen documentaries, Dawn Porter did not begin her career thinking she’d end up in film.

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