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It’s no secret that Black women are amazing.
We’re brilliant, create trends and can do anything we put our minds to. We’re even so dope that even when we didn’t invent colors, when we rock them, we can make you believe that we did.
So to celebrate our divine power and ability to rock the heck out a pigmented hue, here are 20 times that folks like Former First Lady Michelle Obama, Winnie Harlow, Janet Mock and more sistas owned the purple.
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1. Former First Lady Michelle Obama
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2. Winnie Harlow
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
3. Lupita Nyong’o
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4. Yara Shahidi
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
5. Janet Mock
Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
6. Joan Smalls
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
7. Jurnee Smollett-Bell
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8. Rihanna
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
9. Serena Williams
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
10. LaLa Anthony
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
11. Tamron Hall
Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
12. MJ Rodriguez
Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
14. Tyra Banks
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
15. Angela Bassett
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16. Iman
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
17. Lizzo
Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
18. Taraji P. Henson
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
19. Gayle King
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
20. Viola Davis
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Slay! 20 Times Black Woman Invented The Color Purple was originally published on hellobeautiful.com