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- 4. Last name: First self-identified drag queen in the U.S. She was one of the first openly gay liberation activists and a key figure in the Stonewall riots in 1969.
- 6. First name: First Black woman to become chair of a college science department and possibly the first to be named a full professor at any institution of higher learning in the country.
- 8. Last name: The First Black African woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in environmental conservation.
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- 1. Last name: “The mother of the Freedom Movement”. When she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she was arrested. This led to a citywide boycott of buses that lasted more than a year, until the Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional.
- 2. First name: Founded the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta.
- 3. Nickname: The fastest woman of all time. A three-time Olympic gold medalist who set world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints in 1988.
- 5. Last name: One of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for Advancement of Colored People), and led a powerful anti-lynching crusade in the U.S. in the 1890s.
- 7. Last name: Overcame racial bias to become the first African-American tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament.
- 9. Last name: "Moses of her people". Documented to have made approximately 13 trips through the Underground Railroad, leading dozens of slaves to freedom and was never caught, despite a $40,000 reward for her capture.