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She attended Clark Atlanta University and won a popular reality competition show, America’s Next Top Model.
Who is Eva Marcille?
This woman attended Howard University and sang her number 1 song ‘’Killing Me Softly’’
Who is Roberta Flack?
She attended Tennessee State University and overcame childhood illness to become the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
Graduated from Texas Southern University and is an American Rapper who refers to her fans as “Hot girls".
Who is Megan Jovon Ruth Pete?
aka Megan Thee Stallion
This Howard University and Garfield High School grad is the current Director of Programs and Events at Seattle Center.
Who is Chelsea Riddick-Most?
She attended Howard University and played the mother of a child who was kidnapped and taken to another country.
Who is Taraji P. Henson?
Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
This woman attended Bowie State University and starred in a show featuring her entire family.
Who is Toni Braxton?
She graduated from Florida A&M University and is the first African American to win a Grand Slam title.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This woman attended Grambling State University and is considered the ‘’queen of neo soul’’.
Who is Erica Abi Wright?
aka Erykah Badu
This Clark Atlanta University grad is an Emmy award winning journalist and former lead anchor of BET Nightly News.
Who is Jacque Reid?
She attended Spelman College and made her tv debut on the Sesame Street show at age 3.
Who is Keshia Knight Pulliam?
She attended Texas Southern University and is host of her own nationally syndicated morning show.
Who is Yolanda Adams?
This woman attended Fort State Valley College (now Fort State Valley University). She was chosen to anchor the 4 x 100 meter relay and led her team to a gold medal as they set a world record at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games in Finland. After she retired from racing, she began her 30-year teaching career in Atlanta, GA.
Who is Catherine Hardy Lavender?
Although she doesn't have a stage name she is also famously known for this character. This North Carolina Central University grad is an NAACP Image Award winner for Outstanding Actress, comedian and game show host.
Who is Kimberly LaShaunda Coles?
aka Synclaire James-Jones
She attended the Colored Agricultural and Normal University (now Langston University) and was an American aviator and the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license in the U.S.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This woman attended Howard University and starred in a television show in which her co-star was a twin in real life.
Who is Wendy Raquel Robinson?
This 20th-century composer, arranger and prolific music educator graduated from Fisk University. She joined the music faculty at Virginia State College (now Virginia State University) where she taught piano, organ and music theory for over 40 years.
Who is Undine Smith Moore?
Moore’s musical output consists of over 100 compositions, only 26 of which were published in her lifetime.
Scenes from the Life of a Martyr, her 16-part choral cantata based on the life of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1981 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
She attended Tennessee State University and became the first Olympic athlete ever to successfully defend her sprint title - racing to gold in the 100-yard dash in the 1964 and 1968 games. And she supported the Olympic Human Rights Project by wearing black running shorts throughout the Olympics.
Who is Wyomia Tyus?
Check out "Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story", a memoir about world record–breaking Tyus's 1964 and 1968 Olympic victories, amid the turbulence of the 1960s.
She attended Shaw University, is a ten-time Grammy Award winner, established a successful career in both gospel and R&B music, and also acted in a variety of films and television shows.
Who is Gladys Knight?
aka Empress of Soul
As mathematicians, engineers, and human computers at NACA and NASA their contributions sent satellites into space and enabled the first American into orbit in 1962. In 2016, a film was made detailing the experiences of these three women.
Who are Dorothy Vaughan, Wilberforce University, Katherine Johnson, West Virginia State College, and Mary Jackson, Hampton University?
This woman attended Florida A&M University and voiced the first African American protagonist in a Disney princess movie.
Who is Anika Noni Rose?
She attended Spelman College and was the first African American woman to appear in a principal role at the world-famous La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy, the third African American to sing at the Met, but the first African American to sing a romantic role at the Met, and also the first to be offered a long term contract at the company. She taught voice at Spelman College and Howard University.
Who is Mattiwilda Dobbs?
She was a coloratura soprano named after her grandmother, Mattie Wilda Sykes. The impact of her trailblazing career and the standard set by her astounding vocal abilities leave a legacy and paved the way for future generations.
She attended Albany State College and was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
Who is Alice Coachman?
Alice also attended Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University)
She attended Scotia Seminary (now Barber-Scotia College), served as a national advisor to five US presidents, and started a school for African American girls which later merged with a private institute for African American boys to form a well known HBCU.
Who is Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune?
aka "The First Lady of the Struggle" and Founder of Bethune-Cookman University.
She attended Lincoln University and is the first African American woman to become a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. She is one of only 41 African Americans who have achieved the honor of being a flag officer in the United States Navy as of January 2010.
Who is Lillian E. Fishburne?