An American singer, rapper, songwriter and flutist, Melissa Viviane Jefferson.

The first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, for her work in ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder.

Noted as the first woman and person of color to be district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California and now first woman and first Black and Asian American to hold the title of Vice President.

A co-host of the now-canceled Emmy winning talk show The Chew, Carla Hall, has written this number of cookbooks.

Phylicia Rashad was appointed as dean of this College of Fine Arts.

Known to her loyal fanbase as Queen B, earned the most Grammy nominations for a female artist with 79 total, and she’s the second-most-decorated female Grammy winner, with 24 wins. She has performed at the Super Bowl twice.

Lena Waithe is the first Black woman to win an Emmy in the category of writing in a comedy series for this Netflix show.

During the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first American woman to wear this garment while competing at the games and win a bronze medal. In 2017, Mattel produced its first Barbie wearing this garment, created in Muhammad’s likeness.

Amanda Gorman shook the world with this outstanding poem, recited at the presidential inauguration. making her the youngest poet in inaugural history.

Currently the director of this University’s Hoover Institution, Condoleezza Rice held the post of Secretary of State under George W. Bush’s presidency from 2005 to 2009. She was the second woman and first Black woman to do so.

Diana Ross received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. She rose to fame with this iconic singing group.

For this series Shonda Rhimes is the first Black woman to create and produce a top 10 network series.

Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2017, her activist group became known as #MeToo

In 2018, Time dubbed this Artist, poet, activist, “the poet of her generation,” and her first book, Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life, was a bestseller.

Yara Shahidi is well known for her role as Zoey Johnson on ABC's Black-ish, as well as her own spinoff, Grown-ish, among many other television and film roles. Attends this US University.

Rihanna is one of the topmost earning musicians worldwide in her music career after selling a whopping 250 million records. She has won many major awards, including African American Music Awards, Billboard Awards, Grammy Awards and owns this brand.

Zendaya is an American actress, producer, and singer. She is currently staring in this HBO series.

The first Black woman to win the Best Directing Award at Sundance in 2012; the first Black woman to get a Best Director Golden Globe nomination; the first woman of color to direct an Oscar-nominated Best Picture film; and the first woman to direct a film that grossed more than $100 million domestically; With films like 13th, Selma, and A Wrinkle in Time.

Actress and women's rights activist Lupita Nyong'o is known for her work in films such as 12 Years a Slave, Star Wars and Black Panther graduated from this University.

Maya Angelou published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. In 1982, she was named the first Reynolds Professor of American Studies at which North Carolina University.

She is an American singer, record producer, actress, rapper, and songwriter. She is also an LGBTQ icon. She has been nominated for the Grammy Awards 8 times. She is widely known for her tuxedo style, Covergirl partnership, Avant-garde performances, and many more. She has also starred in great films like ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Hidden Figures’.

Former winner of the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant. At 19, she was a co-anchor for the local evening news. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama and received honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. She has also won many accolades throughout her career which includes 18 Daytime Emmy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Chairman's Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, a Tony Award, a Peabody Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, awarded by the Academy Awards and two additional Academy Award nominations. An American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.

Track star and four-time Olympian Allyson Felix broke Usain Bolt’s record for the most-ever gold medals won at the world championships with this number of medals..

Phillis Wheatley The first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America. She was enslaved in Boston. Upon her emancipation from her masters, she published a letter about freedom that would go on to be published in this newspaper.

The daughter of former slaves, she became one of the most important black educators, civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century. The college she founded set educational standards for today’s black colleges, and her role as an advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave African Americans an advocate in government. An American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist.