{"id":8388,"date":"2020-02-26T12:47:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=8388"},"modified":"2020-02-26T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:47:49","slug":"bhm-african-americans-who-are-making-a-difference-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2020\/02\/26\/bhm-african-americans-who-are-making-a-difference-today\/","title":{"rendered":"BHM: African-Americans Who Are Making a Difference Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my last post of Black History Month, and I wanted to end it in a special way. Now, we all now Martin<\/a>, Rosa<\/a>, Malcolm<\/a>, Harriet,<\/a> etc. Those are the people that usually come to mind when most think of black history and activism. They left their mark and now have this tremendous legacy, but what about the people who are following in the paths that they paved? In no way am I minimizing the accomplishments of these great people, but I figured in this blog, instead of talking about the same people that are always talked about, I’d shed some light on those who are making a difference and creating change in our world today.<\/p>\n

Kimberly Bryant<\/h5>\n
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In 2011, Kimberly Bryant<\/a> founded Black Girls Code<\/strong>, an organization created to provide technological opportunities for African-American girls. Bryant started the organization after her daughter had a bad experience at a computing summer camp, as one of only a handful of girls there. Being in biotech for 20 years prior, Bryant knew the struggle of being a woman in the male dominated industry, so she set out to create Black Girls Code with hopes of her daughter and other girls like her having a better experience in the technology field.<\/p>\n