Tina Turner
Singer, songwriter, actress, and author. The "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll",one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Shirley Chisholm
Nov 30, 1924 – Jan 1, 2005) politician, the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
Eartha Kitt
Michelle Obama
Former First Lady of the United States
Ursula Burns
The first black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, Xerox.
Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) Actress, singer, comedian and author.
Phylicia Rashard
Award Winning Actress and Howard University Dean
Alice Augusta Ball
Alice Augusta Ball (July 24, 1892 – Dec 31, 1916) Chemist that produced first effective treatment for Hansen’s disease (Leprosy).
Lisa Leslie
Former WNBA basketball player, four-time Olympic gold medalist, Coach
Dr Alexa Canady
First African American Neurosurgeon
Diahann Carroll
(July 17, 1935 – Oct 4, 2019) Award-winning actress, singer, model, and activist.
Serena Williams
Bessie Coleman
The first black woman to hold a pilot's license.(Jan 26, 1892 – Apr 30, 1926)
Cicely Tyson
Maya Angelou
Viola Davis
Award Winning Actress and Film Producer.
Oprah Winfrey
Toni Morrison
Novelist and editor. awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature won the National Book Critics Circle Award. And the Pulitzer Prize.
Tammi Terrell
Isabel Wilkerson
Betty Reid Soskin
Betty Reid Soskin (Sep 22, 1921 – Dec 21, 2025) the nation's longest serving park ranger, retired in 2022 at the age of 100.
Nikki Giovanni
Award Winning Poet
Angela Bassett
Award Winning Actress
Ava DuVernay
Filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.
Marguerite Thomas Williams
First African American to earn a Doctorate in Geology