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These artist wrote the song WAP
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stalion
This Nigerian author wrote Purple Hibiscus and Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This abolitionist led enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
These small hairs along the hairline are often laid or styled
Edges/baby hairs
This actress played Olivia Pope in Scandal.
Kerry Washington
This singer is well known for her song "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Lauryn Hill
She coined the term "intersectionality"
Kimberlé Crenshaw
This civil rights activist refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks
This protective style involves adding hair to create long braids as well as cornrows in the front of the head
Fulani braids
This woman started her influencer career on Vine, and has recently become a Victoria Secret supermodel
Quenlin Blackwell
This South African singer and activist is known as "Mama Africa."
Miriam Makeba
Author of The Color Purple, which became a critically acclaimed film and musical
Alice Walker
This entrepreneur became the first Black woman millionaire through her haircare business.
Madam C.J. Walker
These colorful beads, worn around the waist, symbolize beauty and heritage in many African cultures
waist beads
The first Black woman to win Best Actress at the Oscars (2002).
Halle Berry
This Nigerian singer is the most streamed African female artist
Tems
How many black women have won Nobel Peace Prizes?
4
Egypt's last great ruler before the Roman conquest
Cleopatra
This cloth from Eastern Africa is known for having patterns and bright colors.
Kitenge
This actress and singe roften uses the phrase "the gag is" on social media and in interviews to express something hilarious"
Keke Palmer
This person is known as the "Queen of Soul"
Aretha Franklin
Who wrote the famous essay The Masters Tools Will Not Dismantle The Master's House?
Audrey Lorde
This abolitionist delivered the speech known as "Ain't I a Woman?"
Sojourner Truth
This term refers to the global community of people of African descent
African diaspora
After this artist won Best Country Album of the Year, they split the country category into Best Traditional and Best Contemporary Album of the Year.
Beyonce