When one door closes, a black woman sticks her foot in and kicks it back open. We have always made a way out of no way. Whether it’s civil rights, education, sports, or entertainment, black women arrive and then thrive.
The hashtag, #BlackWomenDidThat, proves we are always on the front lines, invoking change one first at a time.
Bow in the presence of greatness.
This black woman designed Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding dress. Ann Lowe. #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/zKJKK2Wg44
— (((Magic & Real))) (@DarlingEbony) July 29, 2016
JESSIE MAPLE. First Black woman admitted to the New York camera operators union. Indie filmmaker #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/CXKGrsqgMV
— Robin Shanea (@rshanea722) July 29, 2016
Henrietta Lacks – her cells (used w/o her permission) were used to create the immortal cell line #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/GRBhuTz8qH
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) July 29, 2016
Queen Nanny successfully defeated British army many times in 1700’s Jamaica & freed 1000+ slaves #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/MQ806rqecd
— Ida’s Revenge (@profsassy) July 29, 2016
Dr.Mae Carol Jemison, the first African American woman to travel in space. #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/aUe9237Mrc
— ☜═㋡ J!M (◣﹏◢) (@_JMOxQ) July 29, 2016
Diahann Carroll 1st BW 2 star as a non-domestic in her own tv show, https://t.co/2eiODocGd6 #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/63I61Jadxn
— Tonya GJ Prince (@TonyaGJPrince) July 29, 2016
@violadavis – First Black actress to win Leading Actress In A Drama Emmy #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/s24NzSeBfP
— Rebecca Theodore (@FilmFatale_NYC) July 29, 2016
#BlackWomenDidThat cracked that glass ceiling that just shattered #ShirleyChisholm pic.twitter.com/j1poFbzdPk
— #TroilusCresibo (@LeslieMac) July 29, 2016
Thank these women…
Jackie Ormes was the 1st African-American woman 2 work as a professional newspaper cartoonist.#BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/GvUpsNKn5K
— ♐Skin of Becky♐ (@IKilledBecky) July 29, 2016
Roxane Gay, the first black woman ever to write for Marvel. Let that sink in. IN. EVER. #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/jzcSCuHFGS
— The Lemonade (@LemonadeShow) July 29, 2016
Gwendolyn Brooks is the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.#BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/fsPD78Xb9h
— ♐Skin of Becky♐ (@IKilledBecky) July 29, 2016
for breaking barriers one record at a time.
Florence Griffin Joyner world record holder of 100m & 200m dash. One of the greats T&F athletes #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/vvt206TkT0
— Regine Hunter’s Wigs (@PorterPizzazz) July 29, 2016
Serena Williams: 22 grand slam titles, one of the greatest athletes of all time#BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/S8KgvmOlqz
— Regine Hunter’s Wigs (@PorterPizzazz) July 29, 2016
Simone Biles, first woman ever to win 3 straight all around World Championships in gymnastics. #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/URfB2dCXbU
— Da Funky Wakandan♿♒ (@Tripping_Crutch) July 29, 2016
They went from segregation to graduation.
Dorothy Counts 15 years-old when she walked into an all-white school. https://t.co/Btapdn2Ipx #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/3ZTCDXTRcX
— Tonya GJ Prince (@TonyaGJPrince) July 29, 2016
Skipped 2nd grade. salutatorian. 2 degrees from Ivy leagues. Writer. Lawyer. & rocking Givenchy #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/4JFJ80k9Lq
— Ruthless (@RuthOhanu) July 29, 2016
Tera Poole became the first Black Valedictorian at the world’s first school of dentistry. #BlackWomenDidThatpic.twitter.com/7snVlp43rf
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 29, 2016
So don’t rain on our parade.
“white women: y’all tweeting #BlackWomenDidThat is raci-” pic.twitter.com/2t5V9LjCkP
— ️ (@tidesbarone) July 29, 2016
This ain’t for you. It’s for us.
