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Yes, indeed... but Debi was the first to win an Olympic medal in winter sports! Not to downplay other athletes' contributions, I just thought she deserved a special shout-out for that.
Well, Debi's contribution was well-noted in the mass media and our nation's consciousness.
Did you know about the black hockey players in Canada? I didn't.
That's what Black History Month is about -- learning stuff.
One of the first female lead guitarists in rock & roll, Peggy Jones is most notable for her work in Bo Diddley's backing band, for which she earned the affectionate -- and appropriate -- nickname Lady Bo. However, her musical resume is much longer, boasting stints as a doo wop singer and an R/soul bandleader. Born in New York, Jones began her career as a professional dancer
Sarah Gammon Bickford, 1st African American woman to own a utility company. Former slave & chambermaid purchased 2/3 of the Virginia City Water system in 1888 with her husband Stephen Bickford. They replaced the wooden troughs that carried waters from mountain sources with iron pipes making indoor plumbing possible & installed street hydrants. They also ran a farm that sold produce & poultry to a Chinese miners' colony. She became sole owner of both in 1900 after husbands death.
10 gold gloves, 630 home runs, 13 time All-Star, helped to restore baseball's image after the 1994 strike, helped to lead the Seattle Mariners to its first playoff appearance ever.
Civil Rights Leader Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964. Spear-headed voter registration drives in Mississippi, catching the attention of SNCC leadership and sympathizers. As Vice Chair of the Freedom Democrats her testimony on hardships for black voters, her own false arrest & physical abuse received major support, making it difficult for President Johnson to secure reelection without considering her plight. She went on to help organize grass roots projects including Head Start & the Poor People's Campaign.
Approximately 235,000 black soldiers and 30,000 black sailors fought in at least 450 battles for the Union during the Civil War. There were 68,000 casualties (including 37,000 killed); 23 Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded.
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