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Emma Tenayuca
Mexican American/Indigenous/Texan labor organizer and educator — 1938 San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike
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John Henry Winn SrThis community began in the early 1870s when a group of freedmen and their families, led by the Rev. John Henry Winn, relocated here from Webberville (approx. 20 mi. N). The original fourteen families purchased about 2,000 acres of land to establish a town and family farms. Originally named Winn's Colony in honor of John H. Winn, the community name was changed to Saint John Colony after Winn organized Saint John Missionary Baptist Church in 1873. The community grew steadily and at its peak included homes of about 100 families, farms, stores, a school, cotton gin, and grist mill.

A post office, under the name Mackiesville, opened in 1890 with Lewis Mackey as Postmaster. Churches, in addition to Saint John Missionary Baptist, included Zion Union Missionary Baptist and Landmark Missionary Baptist. The boundaries of the colony extended into Bastrop County. The post office was closed in the 1920s, and the school was consolidated with Lockhart schools in 1966. The churches remain active, and the community graveyard, known as Saint John Cemetery, or Zion Cemetery, contains the graves of many of the area's pioneers. He also has a community named after him In AUSTIN TEXAS! St. John’s community
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Bessie ColemanFirst black and native aviator pilot and she was also a Texan.
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Ann RichardsTruly outstanding Texas women.
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Barbara JordanTruly outstanding Texas women.
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Molly IvinsTruly outstanding Texas women.
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Grace Lee BoggsChinese American revolutionary and scholar who organized with others for workers' rights, Black power, Asian Americans, and environmental justice
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Larry ItliongFilipino-American labor organizer, farmworker, leader in the Delano grape strike, and was regarded as a key figure in Asian American organizing
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Cecilia ChungAn LGBTQIA+ activist who has spent much of their adult life advocating for better health outcomes for transgender people
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Marsha P JohnsonOne of the most prominent figures in the LGBTQIA+ rights struggle, particularly supporting transgender youth of color who had become homeless
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Sylvia RiveraOne of the most prominent figures in the LGBTQIA+ rights struggle and dedicated her life towards a stable and safe existence for transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming people of color. Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson organized together in New York City
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Yuri KochiyamaJapenese American survivor of the internment camps and organizer for racial justice who sought to link the Asian American movement to the struggle for Black liberation
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Gloria AnzaldúaQueer Chicana feminist scholar best known for writing “Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza” that explores intersectionality.
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Ana SisnettAna Sisnett was a Black queer writer, artist and community activist in Austin, TX. She was ED of Austin Free-Net and heavily involved with allgo and Alma de Mujer
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Marcus Garvey AvenueJamaican born Black revolutionary and leader in the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and connect Black people of African descent worldwide
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Malcolm X WayOne of the most prominent leaders in the struggle for Black liberation; a brilliant orator in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s
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Shirley Chisholm StreetShe was the first Black woman in Congress and the first Black person to seek the nomination for the Presidency from one of the two major politcial parties
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Sarah WeddingtonSarah Catherine Ragle Weddington was an American attorney, law professor, advocate for women's rights and reproductive health, and member of the Texas House of Representatives. She was best known for representing "Jane Roe" in the landmark Roe v. Wade case before the United States Supreme Court.
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John BrownJohn Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist leader. First reaching national
prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, he was eventually captured and executed for a failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry preceding the American Civil War.
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Dorie MillerDoris "Dorie" Miller was the first Black man to be awarded the Navy Cross. He was born in Waco, Texas, and
enlisted in the Navy in 1939, where he worked as a line cook. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, he assisted in moving and sheltering the wounded captain of his ship, 'West Virginia', before taking up an unmanned anti-aircraft deck gun. He was officially credited with downing 2 Japanese planes in the attack. After the attack, he assisted in evacuating wounded sailors from the sinking 'West Virginia'. He was later assigned to the escort carrier 'Liscome Bay'. He died when the ship was hit by a torpedo and sunk in the Pacific on November 24, 1943.
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Rocky LaneAn Austinite who is a creative entrepreneur and community organizer with a goal of helping create a thriving trans and gender diverse community
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Deine Mutter StDeine Mutter was a relatively unknown restaurant that provided relief to struggling families during the
sungondese civil war, it went out of business a few years ago and I believe that we should rename a street in their honor.
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Freedom St
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Anna NguyenVietnamese American advocate for transgender women of color, President of PFLAG Austin
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enakshi gangulyQueer South Asian immigrant, writer, editor, and facilitator in Austin; advocate for health and wellness for people of color
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Anî La’arniCommunity wellness advocate, holistic spiritual health service provider in Austin
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Dr. Sherri BennVice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Tarleton State University; teacher and spiritual activist
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Renee LahavBorn and raised in Austin, community organizer with LGBTQIA+ people with disabilities
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Tiek JohnsonBirth worker & doula; Mama Sana Vibrant Woman in Austin, a BIPOC reproductive health organization
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PJ RavalQueer first-generation Filipino-American filmmaker known for his documentary films about underrepresented subcultures and identities within the LGBTQIA+ community
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Devyn HarrisQueer mental health coach, artist, massage therapist, and facilitator
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Lais Milburnfounding Board member of Black Trans Leadership Austin, Board Chair for Transgender Education Network of Texas
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Bri Jenkinspublic speaker, facilitator, activist for LGBTQIA+ people of color in Austin and beyond
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Nat TurnerNat Turner's Rebellion, also known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831 led by Nat Turner. Because Turner had been educated and literate as well as a popular preacher, state legislatures subsequently passed new laws prohibiting education of enslaved people and free Black people, restricting rights of assembly and other civil liberties for free Black people, and requiring White ministers to be present at all worship services.
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Tiffany WashingtonTiffany Washington, also known by her farmer alter ego Farmer Nancy, operates the only Black owned farm within Austin’s city limits. Ms. Washington is a born and raised Austinite with deep roots connecting her to the city as a descendant of Black Freedom Farmers. A service disabled combat veteran and mother of four, Ms. Washington prides herself on being a food justice warrior, revitalizing her community with sustainable urban agricultural practices.
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Sam CoronadoAn an artist, educator, activist, and Chicano art movement icon, the late Sam Coronado believed in the power of art. A lasting symbol of Coronado’s passionate work is his print shop and community space, Coronado Studio. First located on Austin’s east side, and later in the Montopolis neighborhood, Coronado Studio brought together artists, students, and audiences through the collaborative art of printmaking for more than two decades.
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