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#blackamerican — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was [a Black] American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first [Black Woman] publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada.

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    #blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blactivists #blackjournalists #blackpublishers #blackteachers #blacklawyers #blackmastodon

  2. Dorothea Towles Church (born Dorthy Mae Towles; July 26, 1922 – July 7, 2006) was the first successful [Black] fashion model in Paris…

    Racial barriers
    Church recalled her experience

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    #blackwomen #blackhistory #blackamerican #blackfashionmodels #blackmodels #blackfirsts #blackmastodon

  3. George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959) was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left his native Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the US, where he also joined the Communist Party.

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    #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackpanafricanists #blackjournalists #blackauthors #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blackhistory