In honor of Black History Month, we’ve highlighted some of the first Black women who were honored for their achievements.
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Post by Hello Beautiful in Special Features > Black History Month on Feb 4, 2010 at 10:15 am
at 10:48 pm
lol type o …i`m thinking that the “shortage” of people in the gallery was silly so I typed the word instead of “feel”…smh the lack of support to all our other black sistas has me clearly not thinking straight
at 10:46 pm
@Dopegurlmagic17
I so silly you girl, had me wondering the EXACT same thing
at 5:00 pm
Go us, Go us. Go, Go, Go Us! Lol. Sike naw. But congratulations to them. Of course the list couldn’t include all the accomplishments black women have made over time, but yes, this is a start and it’s a very good list at that. Maybe the fact that we all recognize majority of the accomplishments being made by African American women today, we just need not forget the ones who came before all of this. But again, congratulations to them all.
at 11:56 pm
1.2.4 and 7 are total H-O-T-T-I-E-S……there are other that are not pictured that are the same; the rest are I just and history in their own endeavors….go ladies!
at 11:44 am
What????? did yal get tired after 8 ppl???? i was really looking forward to learning something that wasn’t taught classrooms this being a black site and all but once again “hello beautiful” disappoints ugh
at 5:11 pm
http://www.TEACHBLACKHISTORY.com
at 9:43 am
they need to change Michelle O’s pic comment from 2008? And where is Shirley Chilsolm? She was the first black woman elected to Congress,the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States AND the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in ‘72.. smh, Obama who? Give her respect!
at 1:19 pm
Its not that we’re never satisfied, its that we’re never portrayed in the light that we want to see ourselves in.
The complaints are VALID,
AND
these women still deserve their props. Whoever put this together could have chosen a wider variety of Black women and they could have dug a little deeper into the past.
at 11:14 pm
God darn it, we never satisfied are we, its disheartening to say the least. Arrielle u need to go back under the sea with sebastian because u head still full of coral and sea weed.
at 6:20 pm
this is why we will NEVER get ahead as a people…we never give props when props are due…its always what about or why didnt they…these woman accomplished great things. be happy. stop being so freakin negative…it gets old
at 4:37 pm
OMG! y’all are killing me. just congratulate these ladies and keep it moving. that’s why some of you all will never make the list, always looking for the negative. Every darn comment on here is who else they should’ve put, who they left out, what did this person do, etc? damn, get over it. they cant get everybody. Michelle Obama by herself is quite enough for me. Just be glad that they have something worth reading on here. The articles lately have been getting more meaningless by the day. so…..sheesh. give the people some credit for trying. thanks HB. Great Job!!!
at 1:29 pm
They couldve composed a better and more current list. Im mean come on…. Renee Tenison? How the hell was she meaningful to Black History or Women’s History?
at 6:31 pm
Yall don’t have to take away from what was posted, only add more names to the list and let’s see how long it can get…
Daisy Bates: 11/11/ 1914 -11/04/1999…
Occupation: journalist, newspaper publisher, civil rights activist, social reformer…Daisy
Bates was raised in Huttig, Arkansas, by adoptive parents. Bates’ mother was murdered while resisting three local white men who were attempting to rape her. Her father left the family shortly after her mother’s death and she was raised by friends of the family,
Orle and Susie Smith…
In 1941, she married L. C. Bates, a friend of her father. L. C. was a journalist, though he worked selling insurance during the 1930s…
L. C. and Daisy Bates invested in a newspaper, the Arkansas State Press. In 1942, the paper reported on a local case where a black soldier, on leave from Camp Robinson, was shot by a local policeman. An advertising boycott nearly broke the paper, but a statewide circulation campaign increased the readership, and restored its financial viability…
School Desegregation in Little Rock:
In 1952, Daisy Bates became the Arkansas branch president of the NAACP. In 1954,
when the Supreme Court ruled racial segregation of schools was nconstitutional, Daisy Bates and others worked to figure out how to integrate the Little Rock Schools. Expecting more cooperation from the administration in integrating the schools than they found, the NAACP and Daisy Bates began working on various plans, and finally, in 1957, had settled on a basic tactic. Seventy-five African American students registered at Little Rock’s Central High School. Of these, nine were chosen to actually be the first to integrate the school; they became known as the Little Rock Nine. Daisy Bates was instrumental in supporting these nine students in their action. In September of 1952, Arkansas’ governor Faubus arranged for the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the African American students from entering Central High School. In response to the action, and to protests of the action, President Eisenhower federalized
the guard and sent in federal troops. On September 25, 1952, the nine students entered Central High amid angry protests.The next month, Daisy Bates and others were arrested for not turning over NAACP records. Though Daisy Bates was no longer an officer of the NAACP, she was fined; her conviction was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court…
at 6:07 pm
I have one..How about Jackie Ormes..She was the first african american cartoonist.She was even investigated by the FBI because she was considered a leftist with her artwork and views…She transformed her cartoon character PATTY JO into a doll which is now a collectors item..
at 7:38 pm
Wow…an acknowledgment of first black woman playmate of the year! What ever happened to first doctor, government official, or in the military…wow. Too much time is spent on looks and not brains.
at 12:15 pm
Where is Madame C.J. Walker? The first BLACK MILLIONAIRE and first WOMAN MILLIONAIRE. Sarah Breedlove, who later became known as Madam C. J. Walker, was born into a former-slave family. Madam Walker has been listed in past editions of the Guinness Book of World Records as the first self-made American woman millionaire, who neither inherited her money or married someone who was a millionaire. While it is impossible to doc**ent with a certainty that this is the case, at the time of her death Madam Walker’s estate had an estimated value of $600,000 to $700,000 (equivalent to approximately $6 million to $7 million in today’s dollars). The total sales of her company, the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, during the final year of her life reached more than $500,000, making the value of her company several times that amount. The combination of her personal assets (real estate, furnishings, jewelry, etc.) and the value of her business was well over $1,000,000.
http://www.madamcjwalker.com
at 1:43 pm
Yes the first black woman who ran for President was Shirley Chisholm in 1972.
at 8:41 am
What about Candace Parker, the first rookie of the year/mvp of the wnba?
at 5:37 pm
Let’s not forget the williams sisters can be the first black tennis women champs former #1 players in the world
at 4:39 pm
Well we couldn’t include every single person! I think this is a good beginners list to celebrate the accomplishments of Black women out there!
at 2:42 pm
what about harriet tubman come on guys you slippin on you mackin lol but yea there are alot of things that women period have done like lisa leslie the first woman to dunk in the WNBA and there was a high school girl but i dont know her name
at 2:30 pm
Hey, where is Dorothy Dandridge?????
she was the first black women to be on the cover of Life magaizne and to be Oscar nomintaed as best leading actress…. :{
shame.