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This African American woman has her own network. Her net worth is 3 billion dollars.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
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She was a phenomenal gymnast and a 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team and member of the gold-winning 1996 Olympic team in Atlanta. She’s also the first Black woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics
Who is Dominique Dawes?
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She was the first African American woman to publish her own writings. She spoke of her experience during slavery.
Who is Phyllis Wheatley?
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She is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child.
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
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She is is an American actress. Since 2012, Washington has gained wide public recognition for starring in the ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series in which she plays Olivia Pope.
Who is Kerri Washington?
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She is a television producer and writer. She is responsible for creating Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, and How to Get Away With Murder. She often places African American females in positions of power when creating her television shows.
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
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She is an American former professional women's basketball player who played in the WNBA. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner.
Who is Lisa Leslie?
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She was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. She is best known for her poem entitled Still I Rise.
Who is Maya Angelou?
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Onika Tanya Maraj is her real name. She is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer and songwriter.
Who is Nicki Manaj?
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She is an actress, she made her film debut portraying Effie White in Dreamgirls (2006), for which she gained worldwide acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Who is Jennifer Hudson?
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She was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years.
Who is Billie Holiday?
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She was an American track and field sprinter, who competed in the 100 and 200 meters dash. Considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
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She is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Who is Alice Walker?
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She is is an American actress and producer. She won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Tonya in the original production of King Hedley II, and the 2010 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Rose Maxon in the revival of Fences.[2] In 2014, she began starring as Annalise Keating on the ABC drama How to Get Away with Murder, and in 2015 she became the first African American woman, as well as the first black woman of any nationality, to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Who is Viola Davis?
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She is is an American actress best known for her role as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.
Who is Danielle Brooks?
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She was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and Lady Ella.
Who is Ella Fitz Gerald?
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She is a retired undefeated American professional boxer. She is the daughter of retired heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali with his third wife, Veronica Porsche Ali.
Who is Laila Ali?
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She is an American writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.
Who is Nikki Giovanni?
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She is is a Barbadian singer and songwriter. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its then-president, hip-hop producer and rapper Jay Z.
Who is Rihanna?
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This 21st century black sitcom aired more episodes (a total of 254) than any other television series (of any genre) with a predominantly African American cast, surpassing The Jeffersons (253 episodes), Family Matters (215 episodes) and The Cosby Show (201 episodes).
What is Tyler Perry's House of Payne
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She is an American actress. She began her career in 1990s, appearing on television sitcoms, before landing supporting roles in an teen comedy films She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You.
Who is Gabrielle Union?
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She was named America’s Greatest Athlete by The New Yorker and media often refer to her as the “Queen of the Court.” The fliest woman to ever hold a tennis racket was raised in Compton, CA and is the winner of 6 U.S. Opens and 5 Wimbledon's. She has over 20 Grand Slam titles
Who is Serena Williams?
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Caribbean-American writer, radical feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist. She served as an inspiration to women worldwide, one of her most notable efforts being her activist work with Afro-German women in the 1980s. Her identity as a black lesbian gave her work a novel perspective and put her in a unique position to speak on issues surrounding civil rights, feminism, and oppression.
Who is Audre Lorde
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She is a Mexican-Kenyan actress and film director. She was born in Mexico to Kenyan parents, and raised in Kenya. She attended college in the United States, earning a Bachelor's degree in film and theater studies from Hampshire College.
Who is Lupita Nyong'o?
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She is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom True Colors. She starred in A Different World, produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured opposite Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996). She starred in dramatic films such as Menace II Society (1993) and Set It Off (1996).
Who is Jada Pinkett?