Tornado Alley (PROG)

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"Negro failure is genetic" Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X,

"Unless of course ANTIFA 'members' emerge from them limos and busses with M-16's."

Phillis Wheatley
During a time when black people were discouraged from learning how to read and write, Phillis Wheatley, a Senegal/Gambia-born black girl who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, defied them all and published a book of poetry. She's not only the first African American to have a work of poems published (endorsed by John Hancock and George Washington), but also one of the first women to do so.

Afeni Shakur, Frederick Douglass, Barack Obama,

Zora Neale Hurston
Like so many other great authors throughout history, Zora Neale Hurston died without knowing how powerful a leader she would become. Hurston was born in Alabama, but was adopted to New York, becoming a significant contributor of the Harlem Renaissance and an honest voice for the black experience of her time. With her candid accounts of life, writers like Ralph Ellison were inspired by her and have carried her legacy into today.

Thurgood Marshall, Ta-Nehisi Coates, James Baldwin,

Muhammad Ali
He floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee … and went to jail for refusing to be drafted into a war he didn't believe in. You guessed it: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali made a name for himself in and out of the ring. Besides being considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxing champions of all time, Ali was a social activist, refusing to fight for something he didn't believe in

Sidney Poitier, Oprah Winfrey, Harriet Tubman,

Ella Baker
Arranging peaceful sit-ins and collaborating with other great leaders like MLK during the civil rights movement means Ella Baker was a prominent person in black history. She was inspired by the resilient stories of life as a slave, told to her by her grandmother, that moved her forward with purpose in life. Determined to bring justice and equality to America, Baker organized pivotal events that helped put a stop to segregation and Jim Crow laws.

Shirley Chisholm, Madam C.J. Walker, W.E.B. Du Bois,

Maya Angelou
It's an insult to call Maya Angelou simply a poet. She worked closely beside MLK (who was killed on her birthday) and Malcolm X during the civil rights movement. She acted in theater and film, while receiving dozens of honorary degrees. The title of great black American leader was just one of the many crowns worn by author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the first bestselling nonfiction book by an African American woman.

https://mom.com/momlife/205297-20-important-leaders-know-black-history-month/maya-angelou-3

And all the good people among the unsung folk.

I know why Wounded Men carry assault rifles.