The first female African-American Secretary of State, as well as the second African-American Secretary of State.
'Mother of the modern-day Civil Rights Movement'; refused to obey a bus driver's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger.
'Queen of All Media', talk show host, actress, producer, philanthropist.
As an abolitionist, she acted as intelligence gatherer, refugee organizer via the Underground Railroad, raid leader, nurse, revival speaker, and fundraiser.
'Queen of Soul'; first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; 'Freeway of Love'.
The WTA ranked her world no. 1 in tennis singles 8 times. She is also the first black female athlete to have a picture by herself on the Vogue cover.
The 'First Lady of Song;' 'Queen of Jazz', scat singer, winner of 13 Grammy awards. 'Dream a Little Dream of Me'
Poet best known for her autobiographical writings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969); All God`s Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986).
Contralto best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
The first African-American First Lady of the United States.
Born Isabella 'Belle' Baumfree; speaker for the abolitionist and women`s rights movements. She was the first to win a custody case against a white man (to get her son back).
First African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour.
'Queen of Rock'; Kennedy Center Honors recipient, most known for her interpretation of 'Proud Mary' by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
First major woman jazz instrumentalist; part of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. 'Struttin' with Some Barbecue', 'Don't Jive Me', 'Two Deuces', 'Knee Drops', 'Doin' the Suzie-Q'.
A.K.A. Sarah Breedlove; founded the ___ Manufacturing Company to sell hair care products and cosmetics.
Actress and singer best-known for her starring role in the all-black version of Hello, Dolly!
The first published African-American female poet; Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773).
Entertainer and French Resistance Agent; Her costume in Un Vent de Folie, a girdle of bananas, became her most iconic image and a symbol of the Jazz Age and the 1920s.
Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, she is the first woman to win the Jazz Cultural Award; contributed through her music and activism to the Black Freedom Struggle of the 1960s.
The first female Vice President of the United States
In 2014, she became the highest-paid black musician in history, and is the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards; Destiny's Child.
Widow of the slain civil rights activist known for 'I Have a Dream' speech; noted community leader in her own right.
Ms. Escovedo, The Queen of Percussion's career-defining song was 'The Glamorous Life'.
Jamesetta Hawkins bridged the gap between rhythm and blues and rock and roll, singing songs such as 'At Last'.
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