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Dekha Ibrahim Abdi 1964-2011 From: Kenya Fields: Activism and Social Service Key Words/Phrases: peace activist Maya Angelou 1928- From: United States: Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: poet, novelist, activist, actress Maryam Ibrahim Babangida 1948-2009 From: Nigeria Fields: Activism and Social Service Erykah Badu 1971- From: United States: Texas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Music Pearl Bailey 1918-1990 From: United States: New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Music, Stage and Screen Augusta Baker 1911-1998 From: United States: Maryland, New York, South Carolina Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Literature and Poetry Ella Baker 1903-1986 From: United States: Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Virginia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Josephine Baker 1906-1975 From: France, United States: Missouri, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: cabaret singer, dancer, star Maria Louise Baldwin 1856-1922 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Joyce Banda 1950- From: Malawi Fields: Activism and Social Service, Business and Finance, Government and Politics Joyce Baskins From: United States: Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service Daisy Gatson Bates 1914-1999 From: United States: Arkansas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Lillian Kennedy Beam From: United States: California, Ohio Fields: Activism and Social Service Mary McLeod Bethune 1875-1955 From: United States: Florida, South Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Ruby Bridges 1954- From: United States: Louisiana, Mississippi Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: first black child to attend a white school in New Orleans Mary Shadd Cary 1823-1893 From: Canada, United States: Delaware, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Loretta Claiborne 1953- From: United States: Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Sports Key Words/Phrases: Special Olympics Septima Poinsette Clark 1898-1987 From: United States: South Carolina Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Celina Cossa From: Mozambique Fields: Activism and Social Service, Agriculture and Horticulture Ellen Smith Craft 1826-1891 From: United Kingdom, United States: Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights, Sociology/Social Work Angela Davis 1944- From: United States: Alabama, California Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education Katherine Dunham 1909-2006 From: United States: Illinois, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Anthropology, Stage and Screen Marian Wright Edelman 1939- From: United States: Mississippi, South Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law Eka Esu-Williams 1950- From: Nigeria Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Health and Medicine Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett) c. 1742-1829 From: United States: Massachusetts, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: slavery, anti-slavery, activism, human rights, precedent Bertha Gilkey 1949- From: United States: Arkansas, Missouri Fields: Activism and Social Service Clara Hale 1905-1992 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer 1917-1977 From: United States: Mississippi Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1825-1911 From: United States: Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Barbara Harris 1930- From: United States: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion Patricia Roberts Harris 1924-1985 From: United States: Illinois, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Law Dorothy Height 1912-2010 From: United States: Pennsylvania, Virginia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Psychology Key Words/Phrases: civil rights activist, president of National Council of Negro Women, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal Drusilla Dunjee Houston 1876-1941 From: United States: Minnesota, Oklahoma, Virginia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, History, Journalism and Broadcasting Harriet Jacobs 1813-1897 From: United States: Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley 1818-1907 From: United States: Virginia, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Other Coretta Scott King 1927-2006 From: United States: Alabama, Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: civil rights activist Ellen Kuzwayo 1914-2006 From: South Africa Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Wangari Muta Maathai 1940- From: Kenya Fields: Activism and Social Service, Environment, Government and Politics Key Words/Phrases: activist, Nobel Peace Prize Graca Simbine Machel 1945- From: Mozambique Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education Key Words/Phrases: advocate for women's and children's rights Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 1936- From: South Africa Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics Hattie McDaniel 1895-1952 From: United States: California, Kansas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Stage and Screen Gcina Mhlope 1959- From: South Africa Fields: Activism and Social Service, Literature and Poetry Micere Githae Mugo 1942- From: Kenya, Zimbabwe Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Joyce F. Mungherera From: Uganda Fields: Activism and Social Service Pauli Murray 1910-1985 From: United States: Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Law, Religion Molara Ogundipe-Leslie From: Nigeria Fields: Activism and Social Service, Literature and Poetry Chief Bisi Ogunleye From: Nigeria Fields: Activism and Social Service, Business and Finance Rosa Louise Parks 1913-2005 From: United States: Alabama, Michigan Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Lucy Parsons 1853-1942 From: United States: Illinois, Texas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Management and Labor Relations Ethel Payne 1911-1991 From: United States: Illinois, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Journalism and Broadcasting Bernice Johnson Reagon 1942- From: United States: Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Music Key Words/Phrases: singer, composer, scholar, activist, Sweet Honey in the Rock Rachel Robinson 1922- From: United States: California Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Josephine Ruffin 1842-1924 From: United States: Massachusetts Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Key Words/Phrases: editor, journalist, civil rights leader, activist Edith S. Sampson 1901-1979 From: United States: Illinois, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Government and Politics, Law Mary Louise Smith 1937- From: United States: Alabama Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: Preceded Rosa Parks in defying bus segregation Maria Stewart 1803-1879 From: United States: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Religion Efua Theodora Sutherland 1924-1996 From: Ghana Fields: Activism and Social Service, Literature and Poetry Mary Burnett Talbert 1866-1923 From: United States: Arkansas, New York, Ohio Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education, Human Rights Mary Church Terrell 1863-1954 From: United States: Ohio, Tennessee, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education Sojourner Truth 1797-1883 From: United States: Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Harriet Tubman 1820-1913 From: United States: Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights Key Words/Phrases: slave, abolitionist, Underground Railroad Alice Walker 1944- From: United States: California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Literature and Poetry Faye Wattleton 1943- From: United States: Missouri, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Health and Medicine Ida Bell Wells-Barnett 1862-1931 From: United States: Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee Fields: Activism and Social Service, Human Rights, Journalism and Broadcasting Fannie Barrier Williams 1855-1944 From: United States: Illinois, New York Fields: Activism and Social Service, Education |
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