Thanks to Mom, This Toddler Gets to Dress Up as a Trailblazing Black Woman for Every Day of Black History Month

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#rmjbhm Day 1 of 28 @mistyonpointe #blackherstory #blackballerinas #blackhistorymonth Misty Copeland an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancerin ABT’s 75-year history @target

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#rmjbhm Day 2 of 28 Shuri from Black Panther, He is the first black superhero in American mainstream comic books; very few black heroes were created before him, and none with actual superpowers. #blackherstory #blackhistorymonth #blackpanther #shuri #day2of28 #28daysofblackhistory #wakandaforever @target #letitiawright Wright

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Day 4 of 28 @staceyabrams #blackherstory #blackhistorymonth #rmjbhm Stacey Yvonne Abrams (born December 9, 1973) is an American politician, lawyer and novelist who served as Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was her party’s nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election. Abrams was the first black female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the history of the United States. #staceyabrams @target #rileyjohnson

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@serenawilliams Day 5 of 28. #serenawilliams #blackhistorymonth #blackherstory Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player. The Women’s Tennis Association ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002 #rmjbhm @target @rileymj2016

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#day8of28 #laurynhill Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer, songwriter and rapper, known for being a member of Fugees and for her solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which won many awards and broke several sales records. #rmjbhm #blackhistorymonth #blackherstory @target

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@simonebiles #day9of28 #blackhistorymonth #rmjbhm Simone Arianne Biles is an American artistic gymnast. Biles is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist, and balance-beam bronze medalist. She was part of the gold-medal-winning team dubbed the “Final Five” at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro @target #blackherstory

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Day 14 of 28! Day of love! @michelleobama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American writer, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American First Lady. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. In her early legal career, she worked at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met Barack Obama. She subsequently worked in non-profits and as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago and the Vice President for Community and External Affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Michelle married Barack in 1992 and they have two daughters. #rmjbhm #blackherstory #blackhistorymonth #love #ancestorswildestdreams @target #michelleobama @rileymj2016

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Day 17 of 28 #ninasimone #blackhistorymonth #blackherstory Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the civil rights movement. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and popSimone’s social commentary was not limited to the civil rights movement; the song “Four Women” exposed the eurocentric beauty standards imposed on black women in America,as it explored the internalized dilemma of beauty that is experienced between four black women with skin-tones ranging from light to dark. #rmjbhm #rileyjohnson @rileymj2016

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Day 18 of 28 #shirleychisholm #blackhistorymonth #blackherstory #rmjbhm #rileyjohnson Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbossed and Unbought—illustrated her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. #rmjbhm @target @rileymj2016 #ancestorswildestdreams

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Day 19 of 28#rubybridges #blackherstorymonth #blackhistory Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960Bridges, now Ruby Bridges Hall, still lives in New Orleans with her husband, Malcolm Hall, and their four sons. After graduating from a desegregated high school, she worked as a travel agent for 15 years and later became a full-time parent.She is now chair of the Ruby Bridges Foundation, which she formed in 1999 to promote “the values of tolerance, respect, and appreciation of all differences”. Describing the mission of the group, she says, “racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it. #rileyjohnson #rmjbhm

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