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Dec 24
December
Entrepreneur
Banking
Activist
Stephanie St. Clair, The Queen of Harlem
“I’m not afraid of Dutch Schultz or any other man living. He’ll never touch me.” After Schultz was shot in the stomach while on the toilet at his favorite restaurant, St. Clair sent a telegram to his hospital bed that read “So You Sow — So Shall Ye Reap.” signed “Madam Queen of Policy.”
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Dec 28
December
Actress
Nichelle Nichols
Actress; Star Trek; Blacksploitation
Illinois
Dec 31
December
Art
Educator
AME
Nursing
Selma Hortense Burke
Burke (1900-1955) was a sculptor, educator, art school founder, and fixture in the Harlem Renaissance. Her bas relief image of President Franklin Roosevelt is permanently displayed at the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C. and is the disputed inspiration for the American dime.
North Carolina
Dec 31
December
Singer
Donna Summer
The "Queen of Disco".
Massachusetts
Dec 31
December
Civil Rights
Recy Taylor
Alabama
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