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KC Washington is an English Language Lecturer at Gyeongsang National University in South Korea, a novelist, travel blogger, and freelance independent historian. She has a Master of Arts in Bilingual Education/ ESL and Reading from the University of Texas Permian Basin and writes articles on travel, feminism, African American culture, and education.

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978)

Educator, political campaigner, and women’s rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Olufela Folorunso Thomas on October 25, 1900, in Abeokuta, Nigeria, to prominent farmer Chief Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas and dressmaker Lucretia Phyllis Omoyeni Adeosolu. Ransome-Kuti was one of only six girls admitted … Read MoreFunmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978)

Aoua Kéita (1912-1980)

Aoua Kéita was a Malian independence activist, politician, feminist, writer, and midwife. Born on July 12, 1912, in then Bamako, French Sudan to Karamogo Kéita, a member of the colonial hygiene service and Miriam Coulibaly, Aoua was one of the few African girls allowed to … Read MoreAoua Kéita (1912-1980)

Madam Yoko (c. 1849-1906)

Madam Yoko, born Soma in the Gbo Chiefdom, was the head of the Mende people of Sierra Leone. She ruled the extensive Kpa Mende Confederacy for decades before her death. Also known as Mammy Yoko, she and three brothers were raised by their warrior father … Read MoreMadam Yoko (c. 1849-1906)

The Golden 14 (1918-1919)

The Golden 14 were the first Black women to muster into the United States Navy. First recognized by scholar Kelly Miller in his 1919 book “Kelly Miller’s History of the World War for Human Rights,” but subsequently nearly lost to history after the war, the … Read MoreThe Golden 14 (1918-1919)

Fani Willis (1971- )

Fani Taifa Willis is the first Black woman to hold the office of District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia. Willis was born on October 27, 1971, in Inglewood, California, and raised by her father, John Clifford Floyd III, in Washington, D.C. Learning at the feet … Read MoreFani Willis (1971- )

Cecilia Rouse (1963- )

Cecilia Elena Rouse, an American labor economist and dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, is President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she is the first African American … Read MoreCecilia Rouse (1963- )

Nikema Williams (1978- )

Nikema Williams is the first Black chairwoman of the Georgia Democratic Party, a former state senator, and the first woman to serve as representative of Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, filling the seat held since 1987 by the late civil rights icon John Lewis. Williams was … Read MoreNikema Williams (1978- )

Roland G. Fryer, Jr. (1977- )

Roland G. Fryer, Jr. is an economist, the youngest African American to receive tenure at Harvard University, and one of the youngest professors in the school’s history. Roland Gerhard Fryer, Jr. was born in Daytona Beach, Florida on June 4, 1977 to Roland Gerard Fryer, … Read MoreRoland G. Fryer, Jr. (1977- )

Kwame Raoul (1964- )

Kwame Yves Raoul is a lawyer, a member of the Chicago Chapter of 100 Black Men, and the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois. A first-generation Chicagoan, Raoul was born on September 30, 1964 to Haitian immigrant parents Dr. Janin and Marie Therese Raoul. The third … Read MoreKwame Raoul (1964- )

Tamika Montgomery-Reeves (1981- )

The Honorable Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves is a lawyer and the first African American to serve as an Associate Justice on the Delaware Supreme Court. Justice Montgomery was born on April 29, 1981 in Jackson, Mississippi to Bettye Cribbs and Dewery Montgomery. She attended the University … Read MoreTamika Montgomery-Reeves (1981- )