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Jan 1
January
Baptist
Civil Rights
Prathia Hall
Dr. Hall (1940-2003) was a pastor, educator, dynamic speaker and a powerful figure in the Civil Rights Movement. She challenged misogyny in the movement and was one of the first women field leaders in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). While working with SNCC, she was shot at and jailed multiple times. On September 9, 1962, Hall led a prayer at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in 'Terrible Terrell' County, Georgia, where Martin Luther King Jr. was present. Her rhythmic repetition of 'I Have a Dream' during this prayer influenced King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech at the March on Washington. After witnessing the traumatizing aftermath of Bloody Sunday she left SNCC in 1966. She eventually earned her Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, becoming a prominent womanist theologian who advocated for the intersection of race, gender, and faith in religious practice.
Pennsylvania
Mar 10
March
Actress
Singer
Dancer
Baptist
Jasmine Guy
A quadruple threat as an actress, singer, dancer, and director, Guy's dynamic career spans from her early days as a dancer for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to her continued work in television and film. Her versatility is evident in her two albums (Jasmine Guy and Try Me), Broadway performances in Grease!, Leader of the Pack, The Wiz, Dancin' in the Street, Bubbling Brown Sugar, and Chicago, and roles in Spike Lee's School Daze, Harlem Nights, Stompin' at the Savoy, and The Vampire Diaries.
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Mar 26
March
Singer
Actress
Baptist
Diana Ross
Michigan
Mar 27
March
Jazz
Singer
Pianist
Baptist
Sarah Vaughan
New Jersey
Apr 15
April
Singer
Jazz
Harlem Renaissance
Baptist
Bessie Smith
Smith (1894 - 1937) was known as the Empress of the Blues and was preeminent during the Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance.
Tennessee
May 2
May
Civil Rights
Educator
Baptist
Activist
Entrepreneur
Nannie Helen Burroughs
Burroughs (1879-1961) was one of the most influential women of the early 20th century. She was a businesswoman, unbowed social and political activist, and a key figure in the women’s suffrage movement.
Virginia
May 7
May
Medicine
Nursing
Suffrage
Civil Rights
Baptist
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Mary was the first licensed African American nurse in the United States and first African American graduate of an American nursing school. She was born in the spring of 1845 in Dorchester, Massachusetts to freed, formerly enslaved people who relocated from North Carolina for a chance at better civil and economic opportunities for their family.
Massachusetts
Jun 6
June
Law
Civil Rights
Activist
Baptist
Marian Wright Edelman
Spelman College and Yale Law School graduate, the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar (1964), founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and the first woman alum elected to the Yale University Corporation, Marian Wright Edelman has dedicated her life to advocating for children's rights and serving her community.
South Carolina
Jul 15
July
Banking
Journalism
Civil Rights
Baptist
Educator
Maggie Lena Walker
On July 24, 1903, Maggie L. Walker became the first Black woman to serve as president of a U.S. bank, as well as the first woman founder of a U.S. bank, when she rallied members of the Independent Order of St. Luke to charter and capitalize the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virginia.
Virginia
Aug 30
August
Civil Rights
Journalism
Baptist
Xernona Clayton
Clayton is a retired broadcasting executive, talk show host, philanthropist and lifelong civil rights activist and leader. She worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She has remained committed to honoring and advancing the cause of racial equality and empowering African American communities throughout her career.
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Sep 13
September
Baptist
Civil Rights
Alberta King
King (1904-1975) was a formidable Civil Rights advocate, Choir Director, Musician, and mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Georgia
Sep 15
September
Civil Rights
Baptist
4 Little Girls
Ku Klux Klan bombing of 4 little girls in Birmingham, Alabama - Denise McNair (11), Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14).
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Dec 19
December
Actress
Baptist
Cicely Tyson
New York
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