I’m so excited to share that I’ll be flying to space with @blueorigin 💙🪶
I’ll become one of the first ~100 women in space and the first female astronaut from West Virginia.
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784). Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and sold into slavery at the age of seven, she later became the first published African-American female poet #WomensArt
The Temptations (gold jackets), The Miracles (red jackets), Stevie Wonder (blue jacket), Smokey Robinson (black Jacket), Martha and the Vandellas (lavender dresses), and The Supremes (black dresses) - 1965
Lauren Anderson, US ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. In 1990, she was one of the first African-American ballerinas to become a principal for a major dance company #WomensArt
On Octavia Butler’s birthday, celebrate the groundbreaking writer by revisiting her body of work.
→ Where to Start with Octavia Butler
https://t.co/YmwoDa8LtV