<div>The Black Women Lead Banner Project is an initiative of Greater Grove Hall Main Streets. We are raising $40,000, to cover project-related costs not covered by prior grants, to make the content more accessible and useful to teachers, and to start raising money for the selection of the next 200 women. The banners currently hang from light poles along two miles of Blue Hill Ave in Dorchester, where children are inspired by them, residents enjoy their beautification of the neighborhood, and 20,000 cars pass them daily.
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<div>The Black Women Lead Banner Project – A project to honor the collective accomplishments of Black women, in every area of life, in the greater Boston area since the 1700s. The project celebrates community, self-efficacy, and is a first step in educating children on the legacy of Black women, and changing the narrative. concerning Black women. This comes at a time when Black history is threatened, ignored, or misrepresented.
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<div>The 200 selected women come from every profession, social class, political and faith tradition, and sexual orientation. Over the last several centuries, Black women have overcome barriers to go from abolitionists, suffragists and subject to the fugitive slave law and become elected officials at the city, state, and federal levels. Black women have now reached the highest levels of success in numerous areas.
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<div>Pictured below are the honorees and their families at the Massachusetts State House, where they received citations from State Rep. Chris Worrell and City Councilor Brian Worrell.
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<div>"I realized that this project was bigger than me. It was part reunion, celebration and being in a room of women warriors and legends inspired the young ladies from Mother Caroline Academy and Pope John Paul ll Catholic Academy. I hope other cities and towns can find ways to visibly recognize the contribution of Black women to their cities and towns."
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<div><strong>List of 2023 Black Women Lead Honorees</strong>
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<div>1 Adelaide M. Cromwell, Ph.D
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<div>2	Adrienne R. Benton
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<div>3	Adrienne Smith
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<div>4	Alfreda Harris
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<div>5	Alice A. Casneau
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<div>6	Andrea Bradford
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<div>7	Andrea Campbell, JD
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<div>8	Andrea Herbert Major
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<div>9	Andrea J. Cabral, JD
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<div>10 Andrea L. Taylor
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<div>11 Angela Paige Cook, PH.D
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<div>12	Ann Hobson Pilot
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<div>13	Anna Bobbit Gardner
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<div>14	Anna Faith Jones
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<div>15	Anna Mae Cole
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<div>16	Audrea F. Jones Dunham, PH.D
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<div>17	Barbara Clark Elam
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<div>18	Barbara Gomes Beach
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<div>19	Barbara Smith
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<div>20	Belinda Sutton
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<div>21	Benaree P. Wiley
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<div>22	Berthé M. Gaines
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<div>23	Betty Jane Lesueur Wornum
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<div>24	Beulah Providence
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<div>25	Beulah S. Hester
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<div>26	Beverley Johnson
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<div>27	Bishop Barbara C. Harris
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<div>28	Bishop Nellie Yarborough
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<div>29	Blanche E. Braxton
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<div>30	Carmen Fields
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<div>31	Carol Fulp
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<div>32	Carole Copeland Thomas
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<div>33	Carolyn Wilkins
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<div>34	Charlene Carroll
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<div>35	Charlotte Forten Grimké
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<div>36	Charlotte Matthews-Nelson
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<div>37	Ché Madyun
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<div>38	Chloe Spear
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<div>39	Chrystal Kornegay
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<div>40	Clementina "Tina" Chéry
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<div>41	Cleora Carter Francis
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<div>42	Colette Phillips
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<div>43	Cora Reid McKerrow
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<div>44	Danielle Susan Allen, PH.D
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<div>45	DeAma Battle
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<div>46	Deborah C. Jackson
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<div>47	Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
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<div>48	Det. Dorothy E. Harrison
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<div>49	Dianne "Lady Di" Walker
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<div>50	Doris Bland
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<div>51	Dorothy Haskins
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<div>52	Dorothy West
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<div>53	E. Alice Taylor
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<div>54	Edna C. Robinson Brown, DDM
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<div>55	Edna J. Swan
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<div>56	Edna V. Bynoe
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<div>57	Ekua Holmes
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<div>58	Elaine Weddington Steward
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<div>59	Eliza Ann Gardner
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<div>60	Elizabeth "Beth" Williams
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<div>61	Elizabeth "Mum Bett” Freeman
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<div>62	Elizabeth Blakeley
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<div>63	Elizabeth Cook Riley
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<div>64	Ella Little-Collins
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<div>65	Ellen Banks
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<div>66	Ellen Swepson Jackson
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<div>67	Elma Lewis
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<div>68	Elta Garrett
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<div>69	Elva Lee C. Abdal-Khallaq
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<div>70	Estella Lee Crosby
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<div>71	Estelle Ancrum Forster
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<div>72	Eva Mitchell
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<div>73	Evelynn M. Hammonds, Ph.D
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<div>74	Fannie Barrier Williams
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<div>75	Fern L. Cunningham-Terry
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<div>76	Florence "Florrie" LeSueur
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<div>77	Florence B. Price
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<div>78	Florence Hagins
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<div>79	Florida Ruffin Ridley
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<div>80	Frances Carolyn Harris
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<div>81	Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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<div>82	Frances J. Bonner, M.D.
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<div>83	Frederica M. Williams
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<div>84	Gail Snowden
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<div>85	Georgette Watson
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<div>86	Geraldine Pindell Trotter
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<div>87	Gladys A. Moore Perdue
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<div>88	Gladys Holmes
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<div>89	Glendora Mcilwain Putnam, JD
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<div>90	Gloria Smith
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<div>91	Gwendolyn “Gwen” Ifill
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<div>92	Harriet Bell Hayden
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<div>93	Harriet Jacobs
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<div>94	Isabella Holmes
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<div>95	Isaura Mendes
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<div>96	Jackie Jenkins-Scott
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<div>97	Jane Clark Putnam
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<div>98	Jane Johnson
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<div>99	Jacqui Jones Hoard
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<div>100	Jean McGuire
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<div>101	Jessie G. Garnett, DDM
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<div>102	Joan Wallace-Benjamin, Ph.D
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<div>103	Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
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<div>104	Joyce Ferriabough Bolling
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<div>105	Juanita Brooks Wade
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<div>106	Judge Barbara A. Dortch-Okara
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<div>107	Judge Geraldine S. Hines
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<div>108	Judge Joyce London Alexander
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<div>109	Judge Judith Nelson Dilday
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<div>110	Judge Kimberly S. Budd
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<div>111	JudyAnn Bigby, MD
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<div>112	Karen Holmes Ward
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<div>113	Karen Miller
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<div>114	Karilyn Crockett, Ph.D
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<div>115	Katherine "Kittie" Knox
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<div>116	Kem Danner
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<div>117	Lani Guinier, JD
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<div>118	Laura Younger
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<div>119	Leah Randolph
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<div>120	Letitia Campfield
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<div>121	Lilla G. Frederick
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<div>122	Lillian A. Lewis
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<div>123	Lisa Simmons
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<div>124	L'Merchie Frazier
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<div>125	Louise Wells Corbin
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<div>126	Lucy Miller Mitchell
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<div>127	Lucy Terry Prince
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<div>128	Lula "Mama" Christopher
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<div>129	Madam Mary L. Johnson
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<div>130	Mallika Marshall, MD
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<div>131	Mamie Nell "Mimi" Jones
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<div>132	Margaret A. Burnham, LL.B
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<div>133	Margaret Moseley
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<div>134	Maria Louise Baldwin
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<div>135	Maria W. Stewart
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<div>136	Marian L. Heard
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<div>137	Marilyn Anderson Chase
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<div>138	Marita Rivero
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<div>139	Mary Crutchfield Thompson, DDM
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<div>140	Mary Edmonia Lewis
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<div>141	Mary Eliza Mahoney
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<div>142	Mary Evans Wilson
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<div>143	Mattie B. Powell
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<div>144	Mattie Lee Washington
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<div>145	Mattie May Adams
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<div>146	Maud Cuney Hare
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<div>147	Maud Trotter Steward
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<div>148	Maude Hurd
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<div>148	Mayor Kim Janey
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<div>150	Melnea A. Cass
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<div>151	Mildred C. Hailey
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<div>152	Mildred Davenport
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<div>153	Mildred Fay Jefferson, MD
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<div>154	Miriam Manning
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<div>155	Mukiya Baker-Gomez
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<div>156	Muriel S. Snowden
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<div>157	Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD
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<div>158	Nadine Fortune Wright
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<div>159	Nancy Gardner Prince
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<div>160	Nellie Brown Mitchell
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<div>161	Nora L. Baston
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<div>162	Olive Lee Benson
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<div>163	Patricia Ann Raynor
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<div>164	Paula A. Johnson, MD
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<div>165	Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
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<div>166	Peggy Olivia Brown, ED.D
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<div>167	Phillis Wheatley
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<div>168	Priscilla H. Douglas, Ed.D
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<div>169	Rachael S. Rollins, JD.
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<div>170	Rachel M. Washington
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<div>171	Rebecca Lee Crumpler, MD
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<div>172	Rebecca Parker Clarke
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<div>173	Rep. Ayanna Pressley
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<div>174	Rep. Charlotte Golar Richie
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<div>175	Rep. Doris Bunte
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<div>176	Rep. Gloria L. Fox
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<div>177	Rep. Mary H. Goode
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<div>178	Rep. Saundra Graham
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<div>179	Rep. Shirley Owens-Hicks
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<div>180	Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, MD
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<div>181	Rev. Liz Walker
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<div>182	Rubina Ann Guscott
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<div>183	Ruth E. Hamilton
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<div>184	Ruth Edmonds Hill
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<div>185	Ruth M. Batson
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<div>186	Sandra B. Henriquez
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<div>187	Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Ed.D
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<div>188	Sarah Parker Remond
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<div>189	Sarah Sella Martin
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<div>190	Sarah Sella Martin
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<div>191	Sarah-Ann Shaw
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<div>192	Savina J. Martin
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<div>193	Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, JD
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<div>194	Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga
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<div>195	Shirley Carrington
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<div>196	Shirley Shillingford
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<div>197	Sister Nellie S. Harris
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<div>198	Sister Virginia Morrison
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<div>199	Susan Paul
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<div>200	Susie King Taylor
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<div>201	Teri Williams
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<div>202	Terri Lyne Carrington
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<div>203	Thea L. James, MD
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<div>204	Thelma D. Burns
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<div>205	Tommiejo "Ma" Dixon
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<div>206	Tulaine Marshal Montgomery
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<div>207	Valerie Mosley
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<div>208	Valerie Shelley
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<div>209	Vivian Male
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<div>210	Wilhelmina M. Crosson
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<div>211	Zakiya Alake
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<div>212	Zipporah Potter Atkins
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<div><strong>Portraits honor Boston's Black women leaders in Roxbury - WBZ TV-4 CBS</strong>
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<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVoJjca-3Q8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVoJjca-3Q8" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVoJjca-3Q8</a></a>
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<div><strong>Organizers hope to inspire next generation with banners honoring iconic Black women in Boston </strong>– <strong>WHDH TV -7</strong>
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<div><a href="https://whdh.com/news/organizers-hope-to-inspire-next-generation-with-banners-honoring-iconic-black-women-in-boston#:~:text=BOSTON%252520(WHDH)%252520%25252D%252520History%252520is,own%252520legacy%252520in%252520the%252520city." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://whdh.com/news/organizers-hope-to-inspire-next-generation-with-banners-honoring-iconic-black-women-in-boston/#:~:text=BOSTON%20" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://whdh.com/news/organizers-hope-to-inspire-next-generation-with-banners-honoring-iconic-black-women-in-boston/#:~:text=BOSTON%20</a>(WHDH)%20%2D%20History%20is,own%20legacy%20in%20the%20city.</a>
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<div><strong>Black women leaders honored with street pole banners in Grove Hall – Boston News 25</strong>
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<div><a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/black-women-leaders-honored-with-street-pole-banners-grove-hall/TETGQEVIIJCABIAK3TSVCBFYQE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/black-women-leaders-honored-with-street-pole-banners-grove-hall/TETGQEVIIJCABIAK3TSVCBFYQE/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/black-women-leaders-honored-with-street-pole-banners-grove-hall/TETGQEVIIJCABIAK3TSVCBFYQE/</a></a>
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<div><strong>Boston Honors Prominent Black Women Leaders with Banners on Blue Hill Ave.</strong> - <strong>Black Enterprise Magazine</strong>
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<div><a href="https://www.blackenterprise.com/boston-honors-prominent-black-women-with-banners-on-blue-hill-avenue" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.blackenterprise.com/boston-honors-prominent-black-women-with-banners-on-blue-hill-avenue/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.blackenterprise.com/boston-honors-prominent-black-women-with-banners-on-blue-hill-avenue/</a></a>
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<div><strong>Blue Hill Ave. banners honor Black women leaders, Bay State Banner </strong>
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<div><a href="https://www.baystatebanner.com/2023/10/11/blue-hill-ave-banners-honor-black-women-leaders" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.baystatebanner.com/2023/10/11/blue-hill-ave-banners-honor-black-women-leaders/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.baystatebanner.com/2023/10/11/blue-hill-ave-banners-honor-black-women-leaders/</a></a>
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<div><strong>Interview with Ed Gaskin and Kamali Thornell, Black Women Lead Banner Project - BNN News</strong>
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<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y0_5RryRQA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y0_5RryRQA" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y0_5RryRQA</a></a>
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<div><strong>The MAMLEO Broadcast on Boston Praise Radio &amp; TV - WBPG-LP 102.9 FM (Starting at 9:59) </strong>
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<div><strong>Healing Our Land Broadcast on Boston Praise Radio &amp; TV - WBPG-LP 102.9 FM </strong>(Starting at <strong>48::35) </strong>
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Marita Rivero

Anonymous

Cynthia Grant Carter

Wendy Bailey Hamilton

Terry Scarborough

Shirley H Carrington

Alice Andrus

Kathryn Willmore

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Robert Armacost

Anne Kelly

Laura Castine

Laura Everett

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