Except Parks wasnt weary and she wasnt old.
Black women simultaneously experience both racism and sexism, says Dr. Myers.
But theyve never gotten the widespread recognition they deserved, explains Dr. Myers.
ItsBlack women who have been doing the groundworkat the local level for hundreds of years, says Dr. Myers.
Below, just a few Black women whose names we should all know.
She took him to court and became the first African-American woman to sue a white man and win.
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(1862 1931)
Ida B. Wellswas a journalist, activist, and researcher.
She was born into slavery during the Civil War.
She was introduced to politics by her parents who were very active in Reconstruction Era politics.
She published her findings in a pamphlet and in several columns in local newspapers.
It became one of the most radical and influential branches of the civil rights movement.
(1898 1987)
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Clark later went on to become a teacher.
(1913 2005)
Rosa Parkswas born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
She grew up in poverty picking cotton and worked as a sharecropper herself until 1962.
They were denied after failing a literacy test, an early form of voter suppression.
(1934 -1992)
Audre Lourdewas born in New York City to West Indian immigrant parents.
She published her first poem inSeventeenmagazine when she was in high school.
In addition to calling for social and racial justice, Lourdes work also illuminated the queer experience.
(1945 1992)
Marsha P. Johnsonwas born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Todays Pride celebrations commemorate this event.
Rivera and Johnson will be honored with apermanent monumentin Greenwich Village.
Circumstances surrounding her untimely death remain unclear.
She is also a principal at theBlack Futures Laband the strategy and partnerships director for theNational Domestic Workers Alliance.
Her work as a writer has appeared in publications such asThe Guardian,Time, andCosmopolitan, among others.
(b.1984)
Patrisse Khan-Cullorswas born in Los Angeles, California.
She came out as queer when she was 16 years old and moved out of her parents home.
At the age of 22, Cullors received theMario Savio Young Activist Award.
1984)
Opal Tometiwas born in Pheonix, Arizona to Nigerian parents.
BAJI also helped win family reunification visas for Haitians displaced by the 2010 earthquake.
Tometi is a co-founder ofBlack Lives Matter.
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