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Discover Black women's legacies month by month. Explore history's milestones and celebrate the remarkable achievements of influential figures.
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Oct 4
October
C. Delores Tucker
“I am here to put the nation on notice that violence perpetuated against women in the music industry in the forms of gangster rap and misogynist lyrics will not be tolerated any longer.” Tucker (1927-2005), dubbed “the most hated woman in hip hop” …
Pennsylvania
Oct 6
October
Mississippi
Oct 13
October
Gertrude Elise McCougald Ayer
"We find the negro woman figuratively struck in the face by contempt from the world about her. Within her soul, she knows little of peace and happiness. But through it all, she is courageously standing erect, developing within herself the moral strength to rise above and conquer false attitudes...The wind of the race's destiny stirs more briskly because of her striving."
New York
Oct 17
October
Dr. Mae Jemison
Physician, NASA Astronaut, Author, Chemical Engineer, avid Star Trek fan, and the first Black woman to travel into Space, flight STS-47, Spacelab-J.
Alabama
Oct 18
October
Maryland
Oct 19
October
Florida
Oct 24
October
Virginia
Oct 26
October
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