Activist

Park Ranger

"A white woman has only one handicap to overcome - that of sex. I have two - both sex and race. ... Colored men have only one - that of race. Colored women are the only group in this country who have two heavy handicaps to overcome, that of race as well as that of sex."

Smith (1930) is a retired Librarian, Archivist, and Author of over 50 publications including Notable Black American Women. In 1964, Smith became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. degree in library science from the University of Illinois.

Released September 24, 1972

Vetted and recruited by Daisy Bates, President of the Arkansas branch of the NAACP, nine students were selected to integrate Central High School in Little Rock in 1957 (September 4, 1957-September 25, 1957).

NASA Astronaut, Aerospace engineer, and the second black woman to travel into Space.

Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll

Starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Allen Payne.

Davis (1929-2018) was the first Black ballerina to perform with the Paris Opera Ballet, a Broadway actress, member of the Katherine Dunham Company, and the first wife of Miles Davis.

Brenda "Raven" Robinson (1956) is the Navy's first black woman to earn her wings of gold (June 6, 1980).

Florence (1897-1991) was the first Black woman to graduate from a professional library program in the United States.

“I am here to put the nation on notice that violence perpetuated against women in the music industry in the forms of gangster rap and misogynist lyrics will not be tolerated any longer.” Tucker (1927-2005), dubbed “the most hated woman in hip hop” …

"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired".

Mayor of Compton

"We find the negro woman figuratively struck in the face by contempt from the world about her. Within her soul, she knows little of peace and happiness. But through it all, she is courageously standing erect, developing within herself the moral strength to rise above and conquer false attitudes...The wind of the race's destiny stirs more briskly because of her striving."

Attorney

Multifaceted - Performa, Opera

Physician, NASA Astronaut, Author, Chemical Engineer, avid Star Trek fan, and the first Black woman to travel into Space, flight STS-47, Spacelab-J.