Contents

• Marian Anderson: singer
• Maya Angelou: writer, poet
• Josephine Baker: dancer, entertainer
• Marguerite Ross Barnett: university president
• Daisy Bates: journalist, civil rights activist
• Mary Frances Berry: historian, lawyer, government official
• Mary McLeod Bethune: government official, activist
• Gwendolyn Brooks: poet
• Margaret Taylor Burroughs: artist, museum director, writer
• Mary Elizabeth Carnegie: nursing administrator, author
• Elizabeth Catlett: sculptor, painter, printmaker
• Barbara Chase-Riboud: sculptor, writer, poet
• Shirley Chisholm: politician, author
• Jewel Plummer Cobb: biologist, university president
• Johnnetta Betsch Cole: anthropologist, college president
• Bessie Coleman: aviator
• Cardiss Collins: politician
• Janet Collins: dancer, choreographer
• Marva Collins: school founder
• Annie J. Cooper: Pan-African scholar, feminist
• Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten: folk musician
• Ellen Craft: escaped slave, school founder
• Angela Davis: social activist, educator
• Juliette Derricotte: college dean, organization official
• Katherine Dunham: dancer, anthropologist
• Ramona Hoage Edelin: organization executive
• Marian Wright Edelman: children’s rights crusader
• Effie O’Neal Ellis: physician, health administrator
• Ella Fitzgerald: "First Lady of Song"
• Aretha Franklin: "Queen of Soul"
• Mary Hatwood Futrell: educator, organization leader
• Zelma Watson George: sociologist, musicologist, government official
• Althea Gibson: tennis champion
• Nikki Giovanni: poet, writer, activist, educator
• Whoopi Goldberg: actress, comedienne
• Angelina Weld Grimke: poet
• Lucille C. Gunning: pediatrician
• Clara Hale: humanitarian, institution founder
• Fannie Lou Hamer: civil rights activist
• Virginia Hamilton: writer
• Lorraine Hansberry: playwright, activist
• Barbara Harris: Anglican bishop
• Marcelite J. Harris: military officer
• Patricia Harris: lawyer, government official
• Dorothy Height: organization leader, social servant
• Aileen Hernandez: feminist, labor relations specialist
• Clementine Hunter: folk artist
• Zora Neale Hurston: folklorist, writer
• Shirley Ann Jackson: physicist
• Mae C. Jemison: astronaut, physician, government official
• Barbara Jordan: politician, lawyer, educator
• Florence Griffith Joyner: Olympic gold medalist
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Olympic gold medalist
• Elizabeth Keckley: White House modiste
• Leontine Kelly: religious leader
• Sharon Pratt Kelly: mayor of Washington, D.C.
• Flo Kennedy: feminist, civil rights activist
• Coretta Scott King: civil rights activist
• Yolanda King: civil rights activist
• Jewel Stradford Lafontant: lawyer, ambassador
• Elma Lewis: arts administrator, educator
• Audre Lorde : poet, essayist, librarian
• Annie Turnbo Malone: beauty culture specialist
• Biddy Mason: entrepreneur, nurse, humanitarian
• Queen Mother Audley Moore: Pan-Africanist, feminist
• Toni Morrison: writer, editor, educator
• Constance Baker Motley: lawyer, politician, judge
• Pauli Murray: lawyer, scholar, religious leader
• Eleanor Holmes Norton: lawyer, government official
• Rosa Parks: civil rights activist
• Carrie Saxon Perry: politician, social worker
• Leontyne Price: opera singer
• Ernesta G. Procope: entrepreneur
• Barbara Gardner Proctor: advertising executive
• Bernice J. Reagon: musician, writer, historian
• Eslanda Goode Robeson: chemist, anthropologist
• Wilma Rudolph: Olympic gold medalist
• Gloria Scott: college president
• Attallah Shabazz: civil rights activist
• Ntozake Shange: poet, playwright, performer
• Althea T. L. Simmons: lawyer, organization officer
• Carole Simpson: broadcast journalist
• Naomi Sims: model, entrepreneur
• Bessie Smith: blues singer
• Juanita Kidd Stout: judge
• Niara Sudarkasa: university president, anthropologist
• Susan L. Taylor: editor, television host
• Susie King Taylor: nurse, activist, author
• Mary Church Terrell: writer, lecturer, educator
• Jackie Torrence: storyteller
• Sojourner Truth: abolitionist, feminist, religious leader
• Harriet Tubman : Underground Railroad conductor
• Sarah Vaughan: jazz singer
• Mother Charleszetta Waddles: religious leader
• Alice Walker: writer, poet
• Madame C. J. Walker: entrepreneur, philanthropist
• Maggie L. Walker: bank president
• Faye Wattleton: reproductive rights activist
• Ida B. Wells Barnett: journalist, anti-lynching crusader, feminist
• Phillis Wheatley: poet
• Oprah Winfrey: talk show host, actress, producer