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Old 06-13-2001, 09:15 AM
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Here are a few:

Atty. Violette Anderson, first African-American to try a case before the Supreme Court

Sarah Vaughn, international jazz singer

Zora Neale Hurston, anthologist, modern writer, and folklorist

Jylla Foster, current National President and branch magr. for IBM

Elizabeth Koontz, first black president of the NEA


Dr. Alyce Gullantee, first black psychiatrist to receive an Emmy

Dionne Warwick, international recording celebrity

Lullelia Harrison, first exec. secretary of any of the greek letter organizations

Versia Lindsay, first woman to graduate from the School of Sciences at Atlanta University

Anita Turpeau Anderson, first woman on the debate team at Howard

Freddye Henderson, first black owner of a travel agency in the U.S.

Sheila Williams, first black female news and public affairs director for two radio stations simultaneously

Clara McLaughlin, first black woman to own and operate a t.v. station

Myrtice Taylor, first black superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Atlanta Public Schools

Edythe White, first woman to serve on the Jackson, Alabama City Council


Judge Bernice Donald, first black woman elected to the Tennessee Judiciary

Ja'Net DuBois, accomplished actress/singer/artist

Grace Bumbry, international opera singer

Algenita Scott Davis, immediate past national president of the National Bar Association

Dr. Elaine Johnson, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services ADAHMA Director


Dr. Lucy Perez, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Substance Abuse Prevention Medical Director

Yvonne Miller, Virginia State Senator

Judge Willie Whiting, circuit court of Cook County

Dr. Deborah Wolfe, former U.S. Education Chief, U.S. House of Representative committee on Education and Labor,and Chairperson of the New Jersey Board of Higher Education

Thelma Duggin, political activist

Towanda Braxton, recording artist, part of the R&B music group, The Braxtons

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