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Mary McLeod Bethune

1875–1955United States

Fifteenth of seventeen children born to formerly enslaved parents. She opened a school for Black girls with five students and a rented house; it is now a university. She advised Franklin Roosevelt and founded the National Council of Negro Women.

They made the argument

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Sojourner Truthc.1797–1883Frederick Douglassc.1818–1895Harriet Tubmanc.1822–1913Hiram R. Revels1827–1901Blanche K. Bruce1841–1898Ida B. Wells1862–1931