Good night stories for rebel girls: 100 real-life tales of black girl magic

Adriana Barbosa, entrepreneur Alexa Canady, pediatric neurosurgeon Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors, activists Amanda Gorman, poet Andrea Jenkins, poet and politician Angela Davis, activist Angela James, hockey player Angella Dorothea Ferguson, medical researcher Anna Olga Albertina Brown, aerialist Anne-Marie Imafidon, mathematician Aretha Franklin, singer Ariam Tekle, podcast host and documentary filmmaker Arlan Hamilton, investor Audre Lorde, poet Augusta Savage, sculptor Ava Duvernay, filmmaker Aya Cissoko, boxer Barbara Hillary, nurse and adventurer Bessie Coleman, pilot Bessie Stringfield, motorcyclist Beverly Loraine Greene, architect Bree Newsome Bass, activist Brigid Kosgei, marathon runner Carolina Contreras, natural hair stylist and entrepreneur Chido Govera, mushroom farmer Clara Hale, humanitarian Clara Holmes, model Dominique Jackson, actor Emiliya Turey, handball player Erika "Ika" Hügel-Marshall, activist and author Ethel Johnson, Babs Wingo, and Marva Scott, wrestlers Flo Hyman, volleyball player Florence Griffith Joyner, sprinter Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, activist Gabby Douglas, gymnast Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, wildlife veterinarian and conservationist Ibtihaj Muhammad, fencer Ida B. Wells, journalist Iman, supermodel, and businesswoman Insooni, singer Issa Rae, actor, writer, and producer Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, midwife Jeanette Epps, astronaut Jessamyn Stanley, yoga teacher Joy Buolamwini, computer scientist Joy Harden Bradford, psychologist Joy Reid, journalist, and TV news host Judith Jamison, dancer, and choreographer Julia López, painter

Kamala Harris, Vice President

Kheris Rogers, fashion designer

Kimberly Bryant, engineer and entrepreneur

Kristal Ambrose, environmentalist

Ladi Kwali, potter

Leah Chase, chef

Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith, flight attendant

Lisa Leslie, basketball player

MC Soffia, rapper

Mamie Phipps Clark, psychologist

Margaret Busby, publisher

María Isabel Urrutia, weightlifter

Marsai Martin, actor and executive producer

Marsha P. Johnson, activist

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and humanitarian

Muriel Tramis, video game designer

Nandi Bushell, drummer

Naomi Osaka, tennis player

Nia Franklin, Kaleigh Garris, Cheslie Kryst, Toni-Ann Singh, and Zozibini Tunzi, pageant queens

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Queen

Octavia E. Butler, author

Olive Morris, activist

Patricia Bath, ophthalmologist, and inventor

Phiona Mutesi, chess player

Poly Styrene, punk rocker

Queendom, performing arts group

Rita Bosaho, politician

Rosetta Tharpe, guitarist

Roxanne Shanté, rapper

Ruane and Sheila Jeter, inventors

Ruth E. Carter, costume designer

Samarria Brevard, skateboarder

Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuoh, mechanic

Sanité Bélair, freedom fighter

Sasha Huber, artist

Shirley Chisholm, politician

Simone Manuel, swimmer

Sonia Guimarães, physics professor

Steffi Jones, soccer player

Suad Ali, political scientist and author

Susana Baca, singer

Tania J. León Ferrán, composer and conductor

Taytu Betul, Empress

Thokozile Muwamba, fighter pilot

Toni Morrison, author

The Village of Umoja, all-women community

Viola Davis, actor

Viola Desmond, entrepreneur, and activist

Warsan Shire, poet

Yetnebersh Nigussie, lawyer

Zahra Bani, javelin thrower

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