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Before Brown vs Board of Education (1954), there was Mendez et al. v. Westminster School District (1946). Learn more about Sylvia Mendez and this historic case leading to integration of LA-area schools www.uscourts.gov/about-federa...

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Say her name: NASA Astronomer Rosie Ferreira

Martina Arroyo | New York City Opera

Harlem-born soprano, Martina Arroyo www.nycopera.com/leadership/b...

El Maestro, Rafael Cordero y Molina aleteia.org/2019/09/07/t...

Celia Cruz Celia Cruz (1925–2003) was a Cuban American singer popularly known as the "Queen of Salsa."

Trailblazer, performer, Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz nmaahc.si.edu/latinx/celia...

Pedro Albizu Campos (1891 - 1965) | Boricua.com Pedro Albizu Campos (1891 - 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney, social activist, and politician known for his work in the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico.

Scholar, activist, patriot. Pedro Albizu Campos boricua.com/pedro-albizu...

Activist, actor, dancer, choreogrpher: Sylvia del Villard www.womensactivism.nyc/stories/8097

How NYC's First Puerto Rican Librarian Brought Spanish To The Shelves When Pura Belpré became a librarian in 1921, she couldn't find Spanish language books for kids — so she wrote them herself. Belpré would go on to become a champion of bilingual library programs.

Pura Belpré Afro-Puerto Rican librarian who brought Spanish to the NYPL to serve the growing Latine/Puerto Rican disapora. www.npr.org/2016/09/08/4...

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938) was a Puerto Rican American historian, writer, curator, and activist.

Puerto Rican historian, writer, curator, activist, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
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Came across this gem last night. Take some time to watch it www.psburnthisletterplease.com

Sylvia Rivera in Time magazine. Photographer not credited. Portrait of Puerto Rican woman in a yellow dress with medium length curly brown hair in front of a tree and some city buildings.

Mother of the modern day trans rights movement, Sylvia Rivera. www.homosensual.com/cultura/hist...

Sepia portrait of Madame E Toussait. Black woman wearing hat and fur collared coat.

Madame E. Toussaint Welcome - Renound silent era filmmaker www.harlemworldmagazine.com/legendary-ha...

Black and white portrait of Tressie Souders. Close up of black woman wearing hat and scarf around head. Face is pressed into a camera eye piece.

Tressie Souders - Pioneering early cinema film director tellersuntold.com/tressie-soud...

LEGEND

Black and white portrait of Mary Ellen Bute. White woman sitting in front of editing bay desk.

Mary Ellen Bute - film animator, producer, director. www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Bute.htm

Black and white portrait of Fatima Begum. Indian woman reclining on cushion, wearing sari.

Fatima Begum - Early cinema film director, actor, screenwriter. homegrown.co.in/homegrown-vo...

Black and white portrait of Margaret Booth. White woman with an up do sitting next to film editor desk.

Margaret Booth - Silent era and early Hollywood film editor womenfilmeditors.princeton.edu/booth-margar...

Black and white portrait of Alma Reville. Woman with long sleeve jacket and glasses.

Alma Reville - Screenwriter, editor. www.brentonfilm.com/alma-reville...

Passport photo for Ruth Anne Baldwin. Portrait of white women wearing a hat with a feather

Ruth Anne Baldwin - director, editor, screenwriter. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-...

Black and white portrait of Dorothy Davenport. White woman wearing hat.

Dorothy Davenport - actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Black and white portrait of Mary Wilson. White woman with black dress and glimmering shawl.

Margery Wilson - Silent era director, actor, producer, acting coach, screenwriter and so much more! wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-...

Actress Mary Pickford (1893 - 1979), at left, and Frances Marion (1887 - 1973) on the set of the United Artists war drama 'Straight is the Way' on Dec. 28, 1920General Photographic Agency / Getty Images

Frances Marion - United Artists screenwriter time.com/4186886/fran...

Anita Loos. Photograph by Everett

Anita Loos - Hollywood screenwriter and novelist.
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June Mathis portrait. Copyright Allan Ellenberger Collection

June Mathis - Early Hollywood film producer, screenwriter, casting director, and film editor www.altfg.com/june-mathis/

Black and white portrait of Mary Manning.

Mary Manning - filmmaker, film critic, co-founder of the Dublin Film Society wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/mary...

Germain Dulac - French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic www.sensesofcinema.com/2002/feature...

Marion Wong - American company director, costume designer, director, actress, producer, music performer and screenwriter thestory.bar/blog/2018/9/...

Maria P Williams - Film director and producer filmschoolrejects.com/flames-of-wr...

Esther Eng - film director outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

Mabel Normand - Early Hollywood film director and actor www.theguardian.com/film/2018/se...