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  2. List of people from Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia Tech President Blake R. Van Leer. Carlos Valdes, actor and singer; Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech, the first to admit women and fought against segregationist Governor Griffin; Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer, artist and architect, women's rights activist; Fernando Velasco, football player; born in New York

  3. List of people from Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    educator and administrator in the Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia Woman of Achievement: lived in Atlanta [2] Blake Ragsdale Van Leer: former president of Georgia Tech, during his tenure, he was first to admit women and make steps towards integration lived in Atlanta James W. Wagner: former president of Emory University: lives in Atlanta

  4. List of African American jurists - Wikipedia

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    First African-American woman licensed to practice law in Illinois, and the third in the United States Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911) [14] First Black American female lawyer in the United States Scovel Richardson (1912–1982) [15] Party to a housing desegregation case anticipating Shelley v. Kraemer; also a judge in federal courts from 1957

  5. These 45 Famous Black Women Are Forces to Be Reckoned With - AOL

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    This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.

  6. Top 40 Black celebrities and what made them famous - AOL

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    As one of the most influential Black women celebrities, Oprah Winfrey is an actress, philanthropist, producer and global media leader. She hosted the highest-rated daytime TV talk show, “The ...

  7. List of African-American women in STEM fields - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...

  8. 19 Black figures who changed history - AOL

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    Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...

  9. List of people from Macon, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Lucy Craft Laney, African-American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia; Sidney Lanier, poet and musician; Harriet Nisbet Latta, founding State Regent of the North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Ellamae Ellis League, architect, first woman FAIA from Georgia