Movie/TV | Music | Social Action / Politics | Innovators / Inventor | Sports |
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Shonda Rhimes
The first African-American woman to create and executive produce a top ten network series, a medical drama, on ABC network.
Hint: She owns a Production Company named after her. |
Cardi B
The first solo female MC ro top he Billboard Hot 100, has the longest running #1 by a solo female rapper, first female artist to have every track from an album to be at least certified gold.
Hint: She was the first solo woman to win best Rap Album at the Grammys. |
Kamala Harris
First Female Vice President and second woman to be elected to the Senate
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Madame C.J. Walker
Who was the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Gabby Douglas
Who is the first woman of color and the first Black gymnast in Olympic history to be the Individual All-Around Champion. She helped Team USA win gold at the 2011 and 2015 World Championships, placed first at the 2012 Olympic Trials.
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Ava DuVernay
The first African American director to have a film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and the first black woman director to be nominated for a Golden Globe.
Hint: She directed films such as When They See Us and A Wrinkle In Time |
Whitney Houston
One of the most decorated musicians of all time. She has 2 Emmy wins, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, 29 NAACP Image Awards, 12 Soul Train Awards, and 6 Grammy Awards.
Hint: One of her most famous songs is a cover written by Dolly Parton and was featured in "The Bodyguard". |
Shirley Chisolm
Born in Brooklyn she became the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968. In the presidential election of 1972, she made a historic bid for office—becoming the first African American and the first woman to seek nomination as the Democratic Party’s candidate for president.
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Katherine Johnson
Who is the American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
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Misty Copeland
Who is the first African American female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.
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Lavern Cox
The first openly transgender actress to have a reoccurring role on a prime time television show.
Hint: She was the first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of TIME magazine. |
Beyonce
The most-winning female artist, and the most-winning singer (male or female), in the 63-year history of the Grammy Awards. She is the highest paid black recording artist of all time and one of the highest selling artists of all time.
Hint: Houston, Texas baby! |
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
What organization, though left out of the narrative, was the only black organization present at the Women's Suffrage March on March 03,1913.
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Dr. Shirley Jackson
Who made a breakthrough in touch-tone telephone, the portable fax, caller ID, call waiting, and the fiber-optic cable.
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Serena Williams
Who has 23 Grand Slam Single wins. In 2017, she earned a spot as the only female on Forbes’ Highest Paid Athletes list.
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Marsai Martin
The youngest producer in Hollywood, CEO of her own company named Genius Productions and is helping lead the natural hair movement in television.
Hint: She's only 16! |
Tina Turner
Set a Guinness World Record "for the largest paying rock concert attendance for a solo artist" by performing in front of approximately 180,000 people, was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.
Hint: Queen of Rock and Roll |
Sojourner Truth
Who was the first black woman to successfully bring a law suit against a black man, recruited black soldiers to the fight for the union for the civil war. She has a mars rover named after her.
Hint: She was born a slave and wrote the speech 'Ain't I a Woman" |
Mary and Mildred Davidson
Mae C. Jemison
These women invented the sanitary belt, the walker, and toilet holder.
OR Who was the United States' first Black female astronaut. |
Allyson Felix
Who is currently the most decorated woman in U.S. track and field history. She went on to compete at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a total of nine medals, six gold and three silver.
Hint: She had a contract with Nike |
Cicely Tyson
The first African American actress to receive an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie, the oldest actress to win a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress and dozens more awards and recognitions throughout her over 70 year career.
Hint: She lived from 1924 - 2021 |
Aretha Franklin
She has 15 Grammy awards, the Grammy Legend Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, in addition to her position as the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
Hint: She is the Queen of Soul |
Fannie Lou Hamer
Who was was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party
Hint: She said the famous line "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired" |
Alice Parker
Shelia Crump Johnson
Who is Howard University alumna that invented a gas-powered central heating system capable of zone heating.
OR First Black female billionaire and co-founder of B.E.T. |
Wilma Rudolph
Who became the first American woman to ever take home three gold medals and broke at least three world records at a single Olympic Games.
Hint: Track and Field |