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Black Kids Make History

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Here is a collection of remarkable black kids all around the globe. We know that there are millions more. So this post is also for the unseen and unheard young heroes and world changers!


Black children making history

blackpast.org
lonnie johnson super soaker

hat They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World,” by Rochelle Riley and Cristi Smith-Jones

https://www.dosomething.org/us/articles/young-black-americans-making-history-right-now
https://onetoughjob.org/blog/2019/02/black-history-month-incredible-black-children-throughout-history#:~:text=In%20history%20class%2C%20you%20probably,who%20was%20doing%20it%20alone.

1 Ruby Bridges

@rubybridgesofficial
Ruby was only six years old, when she became one of the first black children to integrate New Orleans’ all white public school system in 1960.
By WBLS 107.5 NYC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV-tMaj1VXA, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137563996

2 Marley Dias

#1000blackgirlbooks
While In 6th grade, in 2015, she launched the campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks to collect 1,000 books with black female protagonists to donate for black girls in other schools.

3 Grace Moore

12-year-old Grace made history as she became one of the youngest composers for the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra in 2020.

4 Nicholas Jackson

@nic_jackson_bullrider
At only 13 years, he made history by becoming the first champion from the Northeast to win the 2020 Junior World Bull Riding Finals.

5 Mari Copeny

@littlemissflint
Mari is a youth activist that raised awareness about the Flint water crisis and raised money to support underprivileged children.
By U.S. Department of the Interior – 6878, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114180663

6 Mo’ne Davis

@monee_011
Mo’ne was one of two girls who played in the 2014 Little League World Series and was the first girl to earn a win and to throw a shutout in Little League World Series history.

7 Egypt Ufele

@bullychasers
Egypt responded to the bullying she regularly experienced with creativity. Her clothing line chubbiline debuted at New York’s Fashion Week, when she was only 10 years old.

8 Nyeeam Hudson

@kingnaah
Nyeeam was 10 when he became a motivational speaker in 2016 and made inspirational videos to help other children who are dealing with bullying.

9 Sharon Langley

@sharonlangley
At 11 months of age, in 1963 she became the first black child to go on a ride in Gwynn Oak, on the day of the March on Washington. The amusement park owner had just agreed to end the segregation policy.

10 William Tucker

11 Sarah Rector

https://www.blackpast.org/childrens-page/sarah-rector-1902-1967/ richest girl

12 BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN’S CRUSADE

13 Hephzibah Akinwale

@hephzibahworkshop

14 Dakota White

@isprintkota15

15 Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson

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16 Misty Copeland

@mistyonpointe

17 Mikaila Ulmer

@mikailasbees

18 cAUDETTE COLVIN

#claudettecolvin

19 Naomi Wadler

On Black Girl Magic: ‘Our Melanin is Gold’ #naomiwadler

20 Stacey Fru (11)

, african author

21 Tanya Muzinda

Zimbabwe’s 12-year-old female motocross rider

22 Michelle Nkamankeng

is a 10 year-old South African author, 23


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