Thread by @VanCarlito2003

Amelia Boynton Robinson helped to organize the 1965 Selma march. She also became the first Black woman to run for Congress in Alabama! Although her candidacy was unsuccessful it helped to highlight and bring awareness to voter suppression. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHerstory

Jane Bolin, a graduate of Wellesley College became the first Black woman to graduate from Yale School of Law. In 1939, she became the first Black woman to become a judge. She ruled on family court cases.
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Dorothy Height was hailed as the “godmother of the women’s movement. Height used her background working in education to advance social work and women’s rights. She was present at the 1963 March on Washington. Height also served as the 10th national president of ΔΣΘ. #BHM

Gwendolyn Brooks is revered as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. Born in 1917, she became the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950. She was also the poet laureate for the state of Illinois.
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Daisy Bates helped to start one of the first Black newspapers entirely dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement and The National Women’s History Museum Notes. Her NAACP chapter where she served as president played a role in organizing the Little Rock Nine.
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Dr Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) became the first African American woman to earn a PhD in History and Romance Languages. She is one of the seminal scholars of Black feminist thought.
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Rosetta Tharpe,a queer Black woman born in Arkansas in 1915 is known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll. She was one of the only singers of her time to perform BOTH gospel and secular. She also performed alongside Duke Ellington. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHerstory