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Halle Berry
In 2002, Berry became the first Black actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Marry Church Terrell
Education and Co-Founder of the NAACP
Daisey Bates
Helped with the desegregation of the Little Rock Central High School
Claudette Colvin
Madam CJ Walker
First Black Millionaire woman from Hair care products
Dr. Mae Jemison
First Black woman to go to space
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
She was the first Black woman physician in 1864 and received her medical degree
Wilma Rodolph
Black women to receive 3 gold medals in Track and Field at the Mexico City Olympic Games
Michelle Obama
First Black First Lady of the Country
Kamala Harris
First Black Female Vice-President of the United States
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Bessi Colman
Women First Black Pilot
Mary Jane Patterson
First Black woman to receive a college degree in 1879
Charlotte Ray
First black woman to get a Law degree in 1972
Mary Mahoney
First black nurse in 1879
Oprah Winfrey
Shirley Chrisholm
First Black women to be elected into Congress in 1968
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Godmother of Rock and Roll who revoluionalized music
Serena and Venus Williams
The greatest black woman tennis players of all time
Ida B. Wells
Black investigative journalist, educator and activist in the early civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Coco Gauff
At just 19 years old, Coco Gauff won the most recent US Open Women’s title (6)
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
The Scientist Behind the COVID-19 Vaccine
Simone Biles
She has won a total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, making her one of the most decorated gymnasts in the world, and the most decorated gymnast in the United States.
Erin Jackson
Jackson is the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal for an individual sport during the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Allyson Felix
The most Gold medals for women's track and field in Olympic history.