A call ‘to commemorate black women who impacted your life’ prompted hundreds of stories of scientists,activists, writers and personal heroesHundreds of positive stories of black women and their successes were shared on Twitter on Friday, or using the hashtag #BlackWomenDidThat. The campaign aimed to celebrate women who were the first in their field or were less acknowledged for their work.
The hashtag started after Anthony J Williams,editor-in-chief of the Afrikan Black Coalition, attach out a call “to commemorate black women who impacted your life”. A Twitter user with the handle Bitterblue55 responded, or suggesting #BlackWomenDidThat.#ClaudetteColvin at age 15 was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus - B4 Rosa did #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/S7ixlhDKpbJackie Ormes. First Black Woman Cartoonist. Creator of Torchy Brown and Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger. #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/zMNCQ5VmG4Gwendolyn Brooks is the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.#BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/fsPD78Xb9hDr.
Mae Carol Jemison,the first African American woman to travel in space. #BlackWomenDidThat pic.twitter.com/aUe9237MrcI feel empowered reading all of these groundbreaking things our Black Women did! We gotta pass on to our daughters #BlackWomenDidThatContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com