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Jane Addams
Founder of Hull House, Chicago, Illinois
Marian Anderson
First African-American woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera
Dr. Maya Angelou
Renowned novelist, poet, educator, dancer. National Ambassador for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF, Grammy winner for Best Spoken Word. Her works include "And Still I Rise" and "Phenomenal Woman".
Dr. Gwendolyn Calbert Baker, PhD.
President of the United States Committee for UNICEF
Angie Brookes
The first woman President of the United Nations.
Bebe Moore Campbell
Accomplished Author of Brothers and Sisters and Your Blues Aint Like Mine.
Suzette Charles
Miss America 1984, contemporary singer and actress
Ella Fitzgerald
Internationally famous jazz singer, known as the "First Lady of Song".
Dr. Mae Jemison
Became the first African-American woman astronaut in 1992. She is also a noted physician. She has done medical studies in Cuba, Kenya, and Thailand
Star Jones Reynolds
Starlet Jones is a lawyer, former assistant district attorney and former NBC news correspondent. She is also a past 2nd Supreme Basilues of AKA. Former co-host of TV Show "The View".
Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights Activist, Director of Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change and Civil Rights Activism.
Gladys Knight
Accomplished singer and actress
Yvette Lee
Producer of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and A Different World, and creator and executive producer of Living Single
Toni Morrison
Nobel prize winning novelist and poet whose works include Song of Solomon and Beloved.
Jomarie Payton Noble
Humanitarian and actress; star of Family Matters
Rosa Parks
Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement", for refusing to give up her seat to a white man in 1955. This launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted for one year.
Suzanne de Passe
Chairman and CEO of de Passé Entertainment
Phylicia Rashad
Actress on the award-winning Cosby show and the TV series Cosby
Eleanor Roosevelt
Humanitarian and former First Lady of the United States
Sonia Sanchez
Noted author and poet
Jada Pinkett-Smith
Actress whose works include: The Nutty Professor, Set It Off, Menace to Society, and A Different World; wife of actor Will Smith
Dr. Debbye Turner
Humanitarian and Miss America, 1990
Leah Tutu
Wife of South African activist Bishop Desmond Tutu
Iyanla Vanzant
Author of 10 books and Public Inspirational Speaker
Marjorie Judith Vincent
Miss America, 1991
Lynn Whitfield
Humanitarian and actress. She is the star of The Jospehine Baker Story, also star of A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Alicia Keys
J Records Recording artist. Known for musical talent on piano.
Chamique Holdsclaw
WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks.
Loretta Devine
Accomplished Screen and TelevisionActress; Some of her works: Dreamgirls (The Broadway Musical),Waiting To Exhale, I Am Sam, Urban Legend, Grey's Anatomy, Boston Public
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Actress; Coming To America, What's Love Got To Do With It, Crimson Tide
Zina Garrison-Jackson
Pro tennis player
Althea Gibson
World Tennis Champion
Wanda Sykes
Stand-Up Comedianne, Actress; Monster-In-Law, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Wanda At Large

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