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This Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre Became the First Black Woman in the U.S. Coast Guard
by Andrea Leitch November 16, 2020
Who: Dr. Olivia Hooker, first Black woman in the U.S. Coast Guard, civil rights activist, and one of the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre; February 12, 1915–November 21, 2018
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- military
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- United States
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This Art Teacher Designed One of the Most Divine Art Deco Landmarks
by Andrea Leitch November 16, 2020
Who: Adah Robinson, an art teacher who designed an ecclesiastical icon—Boston Avenue United Methodist Church—during the art deco movement in the 1920s; July 13, 1882–March 10, 1962
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- educator
- Tulsa
- United States
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This Congresswoman Inspired Generations of Women to Run for Office
by Andrea Leitch February 27, 2020
Who: Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress; first woman to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. president; educator; November 30, 1924–January 1, 2005
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This Educator From the North Published "Rare" Stories of Antebellum America
by Andrea Leitch February 27, 2020

Who: Charlotte Forten Grimké, the first Black educator from the North to teach freed slaves in the South; abolitionist, advocate of social justice, and author; August 17, 1837–July 23, 1914
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This Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre Became the First Black Woman in the U.S. Coast Guard