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3rd EyE Unlimited Modern Black History Series:
Influential Black Figures To Know

People of color are making history all around us, every day, not just in eras past. It is important to celebrate black history but it’s equally important to celebrate current day inventors, artists, activists, scientists, athletes, etc. Get inspired and imagine what role you could play in Modern Black History.

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VERONE MANKOU

"The Congolese Steve Jobs"
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UMRA OMAR

For all the children who die before having a name
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GLADYS KALEMA-ZIKUSOKA

Who will protect endangered species from us, if not ourselves?
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KELVIN DOE

FIRE: Dream big, and then dream bigger!
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BOUCHRA MARMOUL

What if you could write your own destiny?
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LOÏC DABLÉ

Where no one ever expected me to be
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CLARE EFFIONG

When you dare to believe
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JUSTUS UWAYESU

Invisible children do have dreams too
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YETNEBERSH NIGUSSIE

Seeing the world in a thousand lights
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HENRIETTA LACKS

Because she was the subject of a medical experiment that is still saving lives today
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Because he was the warrior of nonviolence
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DR. CHARLES DREW

Because he was a true-blood pioneer who has saved, and is still saving, millions of lives
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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

Because without Basquiat, there’d be no graffiti. Without Basquiat, there’d be no Banksy. Get it?
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SERENA WILLIAMS

Because she’s simply the best
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ELLA BAKER

Because she didn’t let her gender keep her from defending her race
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SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

Because before ‘Yes We Can’ there was ‘Unbought and Unbossed’
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KATHERINE JOHNSON

Because she used numbers to find her voice at NASA
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JESSE OWENS

Because he was the sprinter who humiliated Hitler
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GORDON PARKS

Because he brought us pictures of black America
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RICHARD PRYOR

Because he was the comedian who reflected America’s racial pain and confusion
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MADAM C.J. WALKER

Because she found out you can never go broke working black women’s hair
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AUGUST WILSON

Because he is America’s Shakespeare
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MALCOLM X

Because he was the spark who sought to ignite equality by any means necessary
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JAMES BALDWIN

Because he embraced the responsibility to be a voice of his nation
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MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

Because the ‘First Lady of the Struggle’ left us an indelible legacy of love, hope and dignity
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