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Civil rights activist, a member of the NAACP, and refused to give up her seat on a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks
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Singer Beyonce played her in the movie "Cadillac Records"
Who is Etta James
100
Model, Singer, Actress, and talk show host. Famous for her show America's Next Top Model
Who is Tyra Banks
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First woman to dunk in the WNBA
Who is Lisa Leslie
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Author and Poet. Wrote "Phenomenal Woman"
Who is Maya Angelou
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The first African American women elected to the U.S. Congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm
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Actress, singer, and rapper. Her hit single was U.N.I.T.Y.
Who is Queen Latifah
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Essence Magazine Editor (present)
Who is Constance C.R. White
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Won the 2009 Australian Open for tennis
Who is Serena Williams
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Author of the novel "The Color Purple"
Who is Alice Walker
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The year women got the right to vote in the U.S.
1920
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Known as the "queen of soul"
Who is Aretha Franklin
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This woman came from being a radio host to a talk show host on FOX and BET
Who is Wendy Williams
300
Daughter of a boxing Champion
Who is Laila Ali
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author of the novel "A Raisin in the Sun"
Who is Lorraine Hansberry
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First African American woman to serve as the head of the National Security Council and the first African american woman to serve as secretary of state
Who is Condoleeza Rice
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Jazz singer who sang "Strange Fruit"
Who is Billie Holiday
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The world's only black billionaire between 2004- 2006
Who is Oprah Winfrey
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Tennis 2005 Wimbeldon champion
Who is Venus Williams
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Writer associated with the Harlem Renissance. She published the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
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Lincoln University's first woman president
Who is Niara Sudarkasa
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First black Opera singer. A.Beyonce B.Marian Anderson C.Aretha Franklin D.Dorthothy Dandridge
B. Marian Anderson
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First black woman to have her own television show A.Oprah Winfrey B Hazel Scott C. Tyra Banks D. Alice Travis
Who is Hazel Scott
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The first black to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympics A.Vonetta Flowers B.Debbie Thomas C.Barbara Jones
Who is Vonetta Flowers
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Recieved the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved"
Who is Toni Morrison