Shirley Clarke Franklin
In 2001, Shirley Clarke Franklin became Atlanta, Georgia’s first African American female mayor, as well as the first African-American woman to be a mayor of a major southern US city.
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Unity Dow
Unity Dow a Motswana judge, human rights activist and writer currently who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from 2 November 2019 – 26 August 2020.
A C Bilbrew
Known as Madame A. C. Bilbrew, A. C. Harris Bilbrew was an American poet, musician, composer, playwright, clubwoman, and radio personality who lived in South Los Angeles. In 1923, she became the first black soloist to sing on a Los Angeles radio program. In the early 1940s, she hosted the city’s first African-American radio music program, The Gold Hour. LA County Library’s Willowbrook branch is named in her honor.
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
The only African-American Women’s Army Corps unit to serve overseas during World War II