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This post is generally fine but don’t forget that figure skating and Iowa are both pretty fucking cool and produce some pretty important figures im their own right, many being POC:

• Debi Thomas, Black American figure skater, first African American to win the women's singles title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1986 and the World Figure Skating Championships in the same year.
• Tai Babilonia, the first figure skater of partial African American descent to compete for the United States at an Olympics and win world titles. She is also part Filipino on her father's side and part Native American.
• Ako Abdul-Samad, Black American Iowa State Representative since 2007. Established and directed business functions that include employment assistance, support services, health care management, community development, advocacy, and consultancy on culture and diversity education.
• George Washington Carver, a Black American agricultural scientist, generally regarded as an American here for his work especially in nutrition and soil depletion. Spent a good chunk of his career at Iowa State University.
• Carrie Chapman Catt, another ISU alum, who played a critical role in passing the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.