10 Most Influential Black Women! From members of the civil rights movement to leaders in politics and law…stay tuned to number 1 to find out about the 10 most amazing black women you may have never heard of! This top 10 brought to you by Zero2Hero!! Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu Click here to see the 10 Best Side Hustles!! https://youtu.be/Ip187yY4T_I Number 10: Diane Nash. At one point in her life, Diane Nash was not forced to face the segregation that was gripping the United States at the time of her birth. She was born in 1938, and lived in Chicago, Illinois, which is legendary for its integration and multiculturalism (which is even a mandatory course in certain colleges, like DePaul University). The north had always been further advanced than the south in that regard, so Nash didn't have to witness it. That is…until she went to Fisk University in Tennessee, and it was there that racism was on full display. Segregated bathrooms, lunch areas, and worse, were all around her. And one look at it gave her life an about face, because not long after experiencing this, she became a key member of the Civil Rights movement. She helped orchestrate sit-ins that helped integrate lunch rooms, she helped fight for desegregated highways, and helped bring the Selma Voting Rights to form, which allowed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to be made. Diane Nash may not have been as big as Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King Jr., but she had a big part to play in the history of the country. Number 9: Fannie Lou Hamer. Another key member in helping African Americans get voting rights was Fannie Lou Hamer. But she did it in one of the most charged places there was in the United States at the time: MIssissippi. She (along with Diane Nash) was on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which helped push the rights of black voters. And she helped lead this even when people would threaten or even attack any black person who "dared tried to vote". She never backed down. Oh, but her time in the spotlight was far from done, in fact, she was just getting started. Fannie Lou Hamer had the voice and passion to bring people to listen to her, and at the Democratic National Convention of 1964, she went and criticized the whole place because the entire Mississippi delegation was white. This act was even televised, so everyone got to hear her words and her passion. But she still wasn't done there. Because she was doing such a great job that President Lyndon B. Johnson called an emergency press conference just to get her off the air. That's right, they needed the President to come forward to stop her. That's impressive in any country. Number 8: Althea Gibson. Before we talk about this sports star, take a moment to like this video, and join the Zero2Hero community by subscribing to our channel! When you think about Tennis, there are a few names that come to mind. When you think of Women's Tennis, you likely think of Venus and Serena Williams, who were, and are, two of the most dominant female Tennis stars the world has ever seen. But, without a women named Althea Gibson, that may not have happened. Why's that? Althea Gibson was the first African-American woman to be allowed to play in a major Tennis tournament. In this case, Wimbledon. In many ways, she was the Jackie Robinson of Tennis, helping break down barriers. And make no mistake, she was a champion too. She won 11 titles during her 8-year career, and made 19 finals. She won the French Open, Wimbledon twice, the US Nationals twice, and even won as a double competitor. Many black women followed in her footsteps, and that led to the arrival of the Williams sisters who have dominated in the modern era. And for all of her victories and her impact on the sport, Althea Gibson was given the honor of being put into the Tennis Hall of Fame in the Class of 1971. Number 7: Ella Baker. When you think about the Civil Rights Movement, you no doubt picture many of the "faces" of the movement, as you should. But, there were hundreds, if not thousands working together behind the scenes to try and achieve this dream of a unified nation. And one of the people behind the scenes was Ella Baker…a woman who spent 50 years of her life to trying to bring equality to all. Including helping to organize events for some of the faces of the movement, such as: Thurgood Marshall and Martin Lither King Jr., to name a few. Not only was she an organizer, she was a mentor, she helped bring up people in the movement like Diane Nash, Bob Moses, and Rosa Parks, people who were vital to changing how the country worked. If it wasn't for Baker, many of them wouldn't be the names that you know now. She didn't stop there, though, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee had her as, not only an advisor, but as a key strategist to get things done, because they knew she was smart enough and crafty enough to do it.

• published: 09 Apr 2019
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