Unita Zelma Blackwell
Born to sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta, Blackwell rose from humble beginnings to become one of many unsung Black female heroines of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
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Alice Dunbar Nelson
Harlem Renaissance poet, critic, journalist, and activist
Hilary Boyle
Irish journalist, broadcaster, and activist
Alice Allison Dunnigan
In 1961, President Kennedy acknowledged Alice Dunnigan as the first African American White House correspondent after two years of being ignored. She became the first Black woman in the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries.
Rona Bailey
New Zealand communist and an organiser of protest movements, particularly against the Vietnam War, apartheid and racism.
Mildred Pitts Walter
American author and educator, renowned for her children’s books and young adult novels that often explore themes of racial identity and social justice.
Nellie Griswold Francis
African-American suffragist, civil rights activist, and community leader.
Rachel B Noel
American activist for education and civil rights
Septima Poinsette Clark
American educator and civil rights activist
Miriam Makeba
Renowned South African singer and civil rights activist.