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As an inventor of black hair care products, this woman became the first Black woman millionaire
Madame C.J. Walker
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He comes from a large family, they were once a musical group, and he has a sister who is also in the music industry
Michael Jackson
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She is known for her role as the eldest daughter in the shows Blackish and Grownish. She also attends Harvard
Yara Shahidi (Zoey Jackson)
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She is best known for her 2010 book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, and is an opinion columnist for The New York Times.
Michelle Alexander
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Most famous for the invention of peanut butter, this man also contributed to developing over 300 uses for peanuts, including soap, skin lotion, and paint
George Washington Carver
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This Compton-based hip-hop group made a major impact on society in the late 80s.Two of the most famous artist in the group were Ice Cube, Eazy-E, and Dr. Dre. They had deep hatred from the police and expressed that through their musical hit F The Police
NWA
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He has a cousin named Day Day, and his dad and uncle owned a restaurant called Bros BBQ
Craig from Friday
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In 2013,3 women formed the Black Lives Matter Network in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman. (name one of the women)
Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi
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These women were highlighted in the hit movie Hidden Figures for their bright minds as NASA Engineers (Name at least one)
Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan
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This poet and civil rights activist is most known for her literary success I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
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She is the star of the Disney Show Shake It Up, she was the love interest in Spider Man, and she has a hit show on HBO right now
Zendaya (Rocky Blue, MJ, Rue)
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The movie Judas and the Black Messiah, follows the life and death of this Chicago Black Panther Leader
Fred Hampton
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With only an elementary school education this famous inventor invented the 3 light traffic signal we use today
Garrett Morgan
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Known for her role in Orange is the New Black as a transgender woman
Laverne Cox (Sophia Burset)
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She coined the term Intersectionality. She has co-authored the reports “Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected” and “Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality against Black Women,”
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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Feeling unsafe due to her neighborhood’s high crime rate, the full-time nurse rigged a motorized camera to record her home entryway and project images onto a TV monitor, creating the first modern home security system
Marie Van Brittan Brown
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Star of the hit show How to Get Away with Murder
Viola Davis (Annalise Keating)
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An acclaimed intersectional feminist writer whose most notable work includes All About Love, Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity, Aint I A Women: Black Women and Feminism
Bell Hooks
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