Marley Dias
16-year-old author and founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks and author of Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!
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Amanda Gorman
Activist and poet laureate who was the first person named National Youth Poet Laureate and handpicked by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to deliver her poem
Fayemi Shakur
Shakur, director of arts and cultural affairs for the City of Newark, proved to embody the characteristics, skills, vision and spirit of a “Phenomenal Woman”
Nikki Giovanni
A world-renowned poet and one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement, her notable books of poetry are Black Judgment
Mary Kenner
She came up with the idea of a belt to hold a menstrual towel in the 1920s, but it was not until 1956
Dr. Shirley Jackson
As the first African American woman to graduate with a doctorate in particle physics, Dr. Shirley Jackson’s inventions are the foundation for a lot of modern technology.
Alice H. Parker
In the early 20th-century, Ms. Parker was best known for patenting a central heating system that uses natural gas.
Amanda Gorman
Activist and poet laureate who was the first person named National Youth Poet Laureate and handpicked by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to deliver her poem
Fayemi Shakur
Shakur, director of arts and cultural affairs for the City of Newark, proved to embody the characteristics, skills, vision and spirit of a “Phenomenal Woman”
Nikki Giovanni
A world-renowned poet and one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement, her notable books of poetry are Black Judgment
Mary Kenner
She came up with the idea of a belt to hold a menstrual towel in the 1920s, but it was not until 1956
Dr. Shirley Jackson
As the first African American woman to graduate with a doctorate in particle physics, Dr. Shirley Jackson’s inventions are the foundation for a lot of modern technology.
Alice H. Parker
In the early 20th-century, Ms. Parker was best known for patenting a central heating system that uses natural gas.