| |  Samada Nur - former member of the Board of Directors and Chair of Global Outreach Programs within the National Black Herstory Task Force.
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 Born in Johannansburg, South African and banned from her homeland in 1960 for her political beliefs about apartheid, Miriam Makeba acquired a multitude of fans as a true citizen of the world.
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Born in Alabama and raised in California, Odetta was dubbed by MLK as "The Queen of American Folk Music".
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Born a product of rape in SC and not knowing her real mother, Eartha Kitt claimed to have been given away by family. She overcame child abuse to become applauded for five decades on stage, in film, and throughout the music industry. . |
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