10 Major Moments in #BlackGirlMagic
A quick reminder of just how awe-inspiring we are.
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Ta-da! - In case you missed it, Black women are dominating at the Olympics right now, sprinkling their special brand of magic all over the stadiums. But there are other forms of conjuring happening, too: From Rio to Hollywood, these are the most amazing feats of Blackgirldom from the last week. By Kenrya Rankin (Photo: Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
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Simone Biles - Hailed as the greatest gymnast in history, Biles has already racked up three gold medals (and one bronze) since the first day of Olympic competition. (Photo: Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
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Zoe Kravitz - On August 10, we learned that this rocker-slash-actor joined the cast of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, bringing actual #BlackGirlMagic to the Harry Potter universe. (Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
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Ibitaj Muhammad - Not only was she the first American woman to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab, but she won a bronze medal in the women’s team sabre fencing competition, too. (Photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
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Iyore Olaye - Last week, the world learned about this bad ass, who was the only Black woman to graduate from Cornell University with a chemical engineering degree in 2016. (Photo: Iyore Olaye via Facebook)
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Simone Manuel - As the now popular meme shows, when just a few decades ago a pool was drained because Dorothy Dandridge dared to dipped in a toe, it’s a big deal that this African-American woman just becamee the first to win a gold medal in an individual swimming event. (Photo: Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
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Hidden Figures - The Hidden Figures trailer just dropped, giving us our first glimpse of Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe as NASA mathematicians and scientists in the ’60s and ’70s. (Photo: Hopper Stone/Twentieth Century Fox)
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Michelle Carter - This California native followed in dad Michael Carter’s footsteps — he won the silver in 1984 — when she won a gold medal in shot on Friday, August 12. (Photo: Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
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Viola Davis - This shining star turned 51 on August 11, and all of the Suicide Squad leader’s moments epitomize #BlackGirlMagic. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Tori Bowie - Bowie won a silver medal in the women’s 100m dash on Saturday, August 13. (Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)