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African American Women

The women who are central to African-American History.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was truly a courageous woman who helped free countless slaves through the Underground Railroad.
Sally Hemings
Joan Johnson Lewis continues with her exceptional Woman's History site. This is a bio about Sally Hemings, who you have read much about on many sites, including mine.
Barbara Jordan
The first black student at Boston University Law School, the first black state senator in Texas history and in 1972, the first southern black to the U.S. Congress since Reconstruction. Her keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention showed the country to be one of the most commanding and articulate public speakers of her era.
Women of the Harlem Renaissance
Another of Jone Johnson's great articles for her Women's History site. This one is about some of the great women who were at the forefront of the Harlem Renaissance.

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