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For those who don’t want to google each name and for those who don't know them:
Ada Eastman was Shabaka Hutchings' great grandmother.
http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/premie ... da-eastman
Mamie Phipps Clark was a social psychologist whose work on black children's identity was integral to the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, which resulted in the desegregation of schools. She worked to bring education and resources to children in Harlem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Phipps_Clark
Harriet Tubman is most famous for freeing and providing protection to slaves with the Underground Railroad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
Anna Cooper was born a slave and became the 4th African-American to receive a doctorate. She is a famous scholar and literary activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Cooper
Angela Davis is a political activist. She was infamously accused of first-degree murder and was placed on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list for a crime she was not involved in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis
Nanny of the Maroons was a Jamaican slave kidnapped from Ghana. She escaped the plantation and created a settlement for escaped slaves called “Nanny Town”, where she harbored people from attacks of plantation owners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_of_the_Maroons
Yaa Asantewaa was a Ghanaian queen. She led a rebellion against the British after they kidnapped her grandson, a King of Ashanti. She was the first woman in Asante history to lead a war-effort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaa_Asantewaa
Albertina Sisulu was a vital voice for the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa.
Doreen Lawrence is a mother whose child was murdered in a high-profile racially motivated attack. She worked to promote police reforms, provided support to victims of hate-crimes, and founded a charity in her son’s name.