Fearless Leaders
Maya Angelou
Born in 1928, she spent early childhood between her birth place of Missouri and her grandmother’s home in Arkansas. At…
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 to sharecroppers in Mississippi, the granddaughter of an enslaved woman. She worked picking…
Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke is most notably known for starting the #Metoo hashtag in 2006! After graduating Burke encountered numerous women of…
Ida B Wells-Barnett
Born into slavery, Ida was the main source of support for her siblings by 16 and became a teacher and…
Mary Fair Burks
Mary was born in and raised in the Jim Crow south, a teacher who earned a doctorate degree in education…
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Robinson was born April 17th, 1912 in Georgia. She was the youngest of 12. She became the first…
Daisy Bates
When Daisy was three years old her mother was murdered by three white men. Despite her young age the death…
Womendez and Jimenez
Chris Womendez and Cherie Jimenez: Womendez and Jimenez lived in the same apartment building in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1975 and…
Shirley Chisholm
The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, Shirley Chisholm spent childhood between New York City and her maternal grandmother’s farm in Barbados.…
Umi (Shelia) Hankins
Hankins is the founder of Break the Cycle. Break the Cycle works with teenagers and young adults on how to…
Patricia Stephens Due
Patricia Stephens Due was born on December 9, 1939 in Quincy, Florida. At age 13, she and her sister challenged…