CULTURE
Kamala Harris
Inspiring Black Women Today
We are rightfully, if not unsurprisingly, starting this list with the one and only, history-making Kamala Devi Harris. While she is now holding the highest government position of any woman in the country and in fact, any woman in American history, she has actually been serving in public office long before she arrived in the White House. The Vice President, who is of African American and Asian descent, was the former senator representing California and was the state’s attorney general prior to her senate seat. Like all women, Vice President Harris wears many hats. Kamala to the general public is known as Mamala to her two stepchildren through her marriage with our country’s first First Gentleman Doug Emhoff.
As Vice President Harris repeatedly proclaims, “I may be the first, but won’t be the last.” Not only will it be exciting to see what she achieves in Washington over the next four years, but it will also be wonderful to see all the little girls, the black girls and girls of color that she empowers and inspires along the way.
Maya Moore
Basketball athlete Maya Moore is a
star on and off the court. She was
the first overall pick in the 2011
WNBA draft and it’s no surprise why.
Naomi Osaka
Halfway across the world, tennis star
Naomi Osaka, who is of African American
and Japanese descent, took home the
Australian Open Women’s Singles title
this past February.
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
Throughout these challenging times, among
the things that the pandemic has underscored
is that the true VIPs and MVPs of our society
are far from the celebrities and hyped up
public figures we constantly see in the media.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith Shines in Gold Gown with Will Smith at Critics’ Choice Awards 2022
Colonel Charles E. McGee
Whether you found out about the Tuskegee Airmen in a history book, the 1995 HBO television movie named after them or George Lucas’ criminally-ignored 2012 film Red Tails, it goes without saying that America was indefinitely made proud by the Black men in that legendary squadron.