African/Black Women Global Leaders THEN and NOW

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Angela Davis: Educator; Human Rights and Social Justice Activist
Photo Credit: Teresa Grau Ros (cropped) / licensed under CC BY SA 2.0

Oprah Winfrey: First Black Female Billionaire in the US
Photo Credit: Tradlands (cropped) / licensed under CC BY 2.0

Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weeks: President of Trinidad and Tobago
Photo Credit: OEA - OAS (cropped) / licensed under CC BY ND 2.0

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Former President of Liberia
Photo Credit: U.S. federal government (cropped) / public domain

Ida B. Wells: Educator; Journalist; Activist
Photo Credit: Mary Garrity, Restored by Adam Cuerden (cropped) / public domain

Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Leader/ Activist
Photo Credit: Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine; Restored by Adam Cuerden (cropped) / public domain

Toni Morrison: Nobel Laureate for Literature; Howard Alum
Photo Credit: Angela Radulescu, Modifications by Entheta (cropped) / licensed under CC BY SA 2.0

Sahle-Work Zewde: President of Ethiopia
Photo Credit: J.Marchand (cropped) / licensed under CC BY 2.0

Dorothy Porter: Former Librarian; Archivist; Howard Alum
Photo Credit: Library of Congress (cropped) / public domain

Harriet Tubman: Abolitionist
Photo Credit: Benjamin F. Powelson (cropped) / public domain

Leymah Gbowee: Nobel Peace Laureate; Women's Activist
Photo Credit: Fronteiras do Pensamento (cropped) / licensed under CC BY SA 2.0

Samia Suluhu Hassan: First Female President of Tanzania
Photo Credit: Gospel Kitaa (cropped) / licensed under CC BY SA 2.0

Madam C.J. Walker: First Black Female Millionaire
Photo Credit: Scurlock Studio (cropped) / public domain

Vice President Kamala Harris: First Female Vice President in the US
Photo Credit: Lawrence Jackson (cropped) / public domain

Her Excellency Mia Mottley: Prime Minister of Barbados
Photo Credit: BLPVoter (cropped) / licensed under CC BY SA 4.0

Carla Hayden: Librarian of Congress
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Life (cropped) / public domain

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Director General of World Trade Organization
Photo Credit: International Monetary Fund (cropped) / public domain

Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist; Freedom Fighter
Photo Credit: National Portrait Gallery (cropped) / public domain