ǂg [Book I]. ǂt Clara Leach Adams-Ender (1939- ) : nursing administrator -- ǂt Cecelia Adkins (1923-[2007]) : business executive -- ǂt Octavia Albert (1853-c. 1899) : writer -- ǂt Sadie Alexander (1898-1989) : lawyer, civil rights activist -- ǂt Elreta Alexander Ralston (1919-[1998]) : lawyer, judge -- ǂt Debbie Allen (1950- ) : actress, television producer, writer and director, singer, dancer -- ǂt Caroline Still Anderson (1848-1919) : physician, educator -- ǂt Marian Anderson (c. 1900-[1993]) : singer -- ǂt Regina M. Anderson (1901-[1993]) : librarian, playwright, arts patron -- ǂt Maya Angelou (1928-[2014]) : writer, poet -- ǂt Lillian Hardin Armstrong (1989-1971) : musician, composer -- ǂt Gertrude Elise Ayer (1884-1971) : activist, educator, writer -- ǂt Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) : singer, actress, comedienne, author -- ǂt Augusta Baker (1911-[1998]) : storyteller, librarian -- ǂt Ella Baker (1903-1986) : community organizer, civil rights and domestic activist, education consultant -- ǂt Josephine Baker (1906-1975) : dancer, entertainer -- ǂt Maria Louise Baldwin (1856-1922) : educator, community worker -- ǂt Carnella Barnes (1911-[1997]) : religious leader, community worker -- ǂt Etta Moten Barnett (1902-[2004]) : singer, actress, lecturer, community worker, arts patron -- ǂt Marguerite Ross Barnett (1942-[1992]) : educator -- ǂt Janie Porter Barrett (1865-1948) : social welfare leader, rehabilitation reform activist, clubwoman -- ǂt Willie B. Barrow (1924-[2015]) : religious leader, organization executive -- ǂt Charlotta Spears Bass (1880-1969) : political theorist, activist, editor -- ǂt Daisy Bates (1920-[1999]) : journalist, civil rights activist -- ǂt Flora Batson (1864-1906) : singer -- ǂt Bessye Bearden (1888-1943) : political and civic worker -- ǂt Delilah Leontium Beasley (1867-1934) : historian, journalist -- ǂt Phoebe Beasley (1943- ) : radio station executive, artisit -- ǂt Louise Beavers (1902-1981) : actress -- ǂt Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) : poet, author, graphic artist, educator, journalist, editor -- ǂt Mary Francis Berry (1938- ) : historian, educator, lawyer, government official, civil and human rights activist -- ǂt Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) : educator, civil and women's rights activist, government official -- ǂt Camille Billops (1933- ) : sculptor, printmaker, educator, research collection founder -- ǂt Jane M. Bolin (1908-[2007]) : judge -- ǂt Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) : composer, musician, educator -- ǂt Matilda Booker (1887-1957) : educator -- ǂt Eva del Vakia Bowles (1875-1943) : organization worker -- ǂt Mary Elizabeth Bowser (1839-?) : Union spy -- ǂt Mary E. Branch (1881-1944) : educator, social activist -- ǂt Carol Brice (1918-1985) : singer -- ǂt Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-[2000]) : poet, writer, lecturer -- ǂt Charlotte Hawkins Brown (1883-1961) : educator, school founder, author, civic leader -- ǂt Dorothy Brown (1919-[2004]) : surgeon, humanitarian -- ǂt Hallie Brown (c. 1845-1949) : educator, school founder, author, civic leader-- ǂt Letitia Brown (1915-1976) : educator, historian -- ǂt Josephine Beall Bruce (18?-1923) : clubwoman, educator -- ǂt Grace Ann Bumbry (1937- ) : singer -- ǂt Selma Hortense Burke (1900-1995) : sculptor, educator, school founder -- ǂt Yvonne Braithwaite Burke (1932- ) : lawyer, politician -- ǂt Margaret Taylor Burroughs (1917-[2010]) : artist, arts administrator, educator, lecturer, museum director, writer -- ǂt Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) : school founder, educator, civil rights activist, feminist, religious leader -- ǂt Vinie Burrows (1928- ) : actress, director, radio producer -- ǂt Anita Bush (1883-1974) : dancer, actress, stock company founder -- ǂt Octavia E. Butler (1947-[2006]) : writer -- ǂt Selena Sloan Butler (1872?-1964) : community leader, child welfare activist, organization leader -- ǂt Shirley Caesar (1938- ) : singer, religious leader -- ǂt Blanche Calloway (1902-1973) : singer, entrepeneur -- ǂt Lucie Campbell Williams (1885-1962) : composer, educator, evangelist -- ǂt Alexa Canady (1950- ) : neurosurgeon -- ǂt Mary Elizabeth Carnegie (1916-[2008]) : nurse, educator, author, nursing administrator -- ǂt Diahann Carroll (1935- ) : singer, actress -- ǂt Betty Carter (1929-[1998]) : singer -- ǂt Eunice Hunton Carter (1899-1970) : lawyer, community leader -- ǂt Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867-1951) : educator, clubwoman, civic activist -- ǂt Alice Dugged Cary ([1859]?-1941) : educator, social worker, clubwoman -- ǂt Melnea Cass (1896-1978) : community leader, civil rights activist -- ǂt Elizabeth Catlett (1915-[2012]) : sculptor, painter, printmaker -- ǂt Barbara Chase-Riboud (1939- ) : sculptor, writer, poet -- ǂt Alice Childress (1920-[1994]) : writer, actress, and director -- ǂt May Edward Chinn (1896-1980) : physician, scholar -- ǂt Shirley Chisholm (1924-[2005]) : politician, author -- ǂt Septima Clark (1898-1987) : educator, humanitarian, civil rights activist -- ǂt Alice Coachman (1923-[2014]) : athlete -- ǂt Jewell Plummer Cobb (1924- ) : biologist, educator -- ǂt Johnnetta Betsch Cole (1936- ) : educator, anthropologist -- ǂt Rebecca J. Cole (1846-1922) : physician -- ǂt Bessie Coleman (1893-1926) : aviator -- ǂt Cardiss Collins (1931-[2013]) : politician -- ǂt Janet Collins (1917-[2003]) : dancer, choreographer, educator -- ǂt Marva Collins (1936-[2015]) : school founder -- ǂt Coralie Cook (18?-1942) : civic worker, educator, activist -- ǂt Anna J. Cooper (1858/59-1964) : educator, scholar, writer, feminist, Pan-Africanist, activist -- ǂt Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837-1913) : educator, civic and religious activist, feminist -- ǂt Camille Cosby (1945- ) : philanthropist, entrepreneur, foundation executive -- ǂt Julia Ringwood Coston (18?-?) : publisher, journalist -- ǂt Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1892-1987) : singer, musician -- ǂt Marie Bernard Couvent (c. 1757-1837) : school founder -- ǂt Ida Cox (1896-1967) : singer -- ǂt Ellen Craft (c. 1826-c. 1897) : abolitionist, school founder -- ǂt Otelia Cromwell (1874-1972) : educator, author -- ǂt Maud Cuney Hare (1874-1936) : musician, folklorist, author -- ǂt Marion Vera Cuthbert (1896-1989) : educator, organization leader, writer -- ǂt Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965) : actress -- ǂt Margaret Danner (1915-[1984]) : poet -- ǂt Angela Davis (1944- ) : social activist, educator -- ǂt Elizabeth Lindsay Davis (1855-?) : educator, writer, club organizer -- ǂt Henrietta Vinton Davis (1860-1941) : elocutionist, actress, political organizer -- ǂt Hilda Davis (1905-[2001]) : educator, educational leader -- ǂt Jennie Dean (1852-1913) : missionary, school founder, community leader -- ǂt Ruby Dee (1924-[2014]) : actress, social activist -- ǂt Lucy A. Delaney (1830-?) : slave, author. ǂt Sara "Sadie" P. Delaney (1889-1958) : librarian, bibliotherapist -- ǂt Clarissa Scott Delany (1901-1927) : poet, essayist, educator, social researcher -- ǂt Wilhelmina R. Delco (1929- ) : politician -- ǂt Henriette Delille and the Sisters of the Holy Family (1813-1862) : religious leader -- ǂt Bernadine Newsom Denning (1930-[2011]) : educator, government official -- ǂt Juliette Derricotte (1897-1931) : organization official, college dean of women -- ǂt Irene Diggs (1906-[1998]) : anthropologist -- ǂt Sharon Pratt Dixon (1944- ) : politician -- ǂt Mattiwilda Dobbs (1925-[2015]) : singer, educator -- ǂt Dorothy Donegan (1922-[1998]) : pianist -- ǂt Anna Murray Douglass (1813-1882) : activist -- ǂt Sarah Mapps Douglass (1806-1882) : educator, activist -- ǂt Rita Dove (1952- ) : poet, writer -- ǂt Shirley Graham Du Bois (1904-1977) : political activist, writer, playwright, composer, stage director -- ǂt Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) : educator, author, journalist, social and political activist -- ǂt Katherine Dunham (1909-[2006]) : dancer, choreographer, school founder, anthropologist -- ǂt Alice Dunnigan (1906-1983) : journalist -- ǂt Alfreda M. Duster (1904-1983) : civic leader, activist, social worker -- ǂt Eva B. Dykes (1893-1986) : educator, writer -- ǂt Ramona Hoage Edelin (1945- ) : organization executive -- ǂt Marian Wright Edelman (1939- ) lawyer, organization founder, children's rights activist -- ǂt Helen G. Edmonds (1911-[1995]) : educator, historian, civic worker -- ǂt Ophelia Settle Egypt (1903-1984) : social worker, educator, writer -- ǂt Zilpha Elaw (1790?-?) : religious leader, school founder -- ǂt Elleanor Eldridge (1785-1865) : entrepreneur, businesswoman -- ǂt Daisy Elliott (1919-[2015]) : politician, civil rights activist -- ǂt Effie O'Neal Ellis (1913-[1994]) : physician, health administrator -- ǂt Evelyn Ellis (1894-1958) : actress -- ǂt Mari Evans (1923- ) : writer -- ǂt Matilda Arabella Evans (1872-1935) : physician, humanitarian, educator -- ǂt Lillian Evanti (1890-1967) : singer, composer -- ǂt Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979) : poet, educator, critic -- ǂt Crystal Dreda Bird Fauset (1893-1965) : politician, community leader, race relations specialist -- ǂt Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) : writer, educator, critic -- ǂt Dorothy Boulding Ferebee (1890-1980) : physician, educator -- ǂt Catherine Ferguson (1779?-1854) : religious leader, social leader -- ǂt Mary Fields (1832?-1914) : entrepreneur, stagecoach driver, mail carrier, pioneer, religious worker -- ǂt Ada L. Fisher (1924-[1995]) : lawyer, educator, civil rights activist -- ǂt Ella Fitzgerald (1918-[1996]) : singer, songwriter -- ǂt Lethia C. Fleming (1876-1963) : organization executive, political worker, clubwoman -- ǂt Kay Stewart Flippin (1906-[1996?]) : educator -- ǂt Ida Forsyne (1883-?) : dancer -- ǂt Margaretta Forten (1808-1875) : abolitionist, educator, school administrator -- ǂt Charlotte L. Forten Grimké (1837-1914) : writer, educator, translator, diarist -- ǂt Aretha Franklin (1942- ) : singer -- ǂt Charlotte White Franklin (19?- ) : artist, educator -- ǂt J.E. Franklin (1937- ) : playwright -- ǂt Martha Minerva Franklin (1870-1968) : nurse, civil rights activist, organization founder -- ǂt Elizabeth Freeman (c. 1744-1829) : servant, nurse -- ǂt Meta Warrick Fuller (1877-1968) : sculptor -- ǂt Mary Hatwood Futrell (1940- ) : educator, political activist, reformer, organization leader -- ǂt Marie D. Gadsden (1919-[2012]) : educator, government official, organization executive -- ǂt Irene McCoy Gaines (1892-1964) : civil rights activist, civic worker, clubwoman, social worker -- ǂt Phillis "Phyl" T. Garland (1935-[2006]) : writer, music critic, journalist, editor, educator -- ǂt Sarah Garnet (1831-1911) : teacher, suffragist -- ǂt Frances Joseph Gaudet (1861-1934) : temperance leader, prison reformer, school founder -- ǂt Zelma Watson George (1903-[1994]) : sociologist, educator, musicologist, government official, actress, singer, lecturer -- ǂt Althea Gibson (1927-[2003]) : athlete -- ǂt Paula Giddings (1947- ) : journalist, editor, author -- ǂt Nikki Giovanni (1943- ) : poet, writer, commentator -- ǂt Eliza Gleason (1909-[2009]) : librarian, library administrator, educator -- ǂt Whoopi Goldberg (1950- ) : actress, comedienne -- ǂt Nora Antonia Gordon (1866-1901) : religious worker, educator -- ǂt Elizabeth T. Greenfield (c. 1819-1876) : singer, teacher -- ǂt Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958) : poet -- ǂt Verta Mae Grosvenor (1938- ) : writer, culinary anthropologist -- ǂt Lucille C. Gunning (1922- ) : pediatrician, meical services administrator -- ǂt Rosa Guy (1928-[2012]) : writer -- ǂt E. Azalia Hackley (1867-1922) : artisit, educator, philanthropist -- ǂt Clara Hale (1905-[1992]) : institution founder -- ǂt Millie E. Hale (1881-1930) : nurse, hospital founder, social activist, civic worker -- ǂt Adelaide Hall (1904-[1993]) : singer, actress -- ǂt Juanita Hall (1901-1968) : singer, actress, choral director -- ǂt Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) : civil rights activist, sharecropper -- ǂt Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-[1992]) : politician, civic worker -- ǂt Virginia Hamilton (1936-[2002]) : writer -- ǂt Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) : plywright, activist -- ǂt Frances E.W. Harper (1825-1911) : writer, activist -- ǂt Barbara Harris (1930- ) : religious leader -- ǂt Judia C. Jackson Harris (1873-19?) : school founder, race relations advocate, land club founder -- ǂt Marcelite J. Harris (1943- ) : military officer -- ǂt Patricia Harris (1924-1985) : lawyer, government official -- ǂt Trudier Harris (1948- ) : educator, folklorist -- ǂt Hazel Harrison (1883-1969) : musician, educator -- ǂt Vivian Harsh (1890-1960) : librarian -- ǂt Della Irving Hayden (1851-1924) : educator, school founder community worker -- ǂt Elizabeth Ross Haynes (1883-1953) : sociologist, social worker, organization official, author -- ǂt Eliza Healy (1846-1919) : educator, religious leader -- ǂt Josephine D. Heard (1861-1921?) : poet -- ǂt Anna Arnold Hedgeman (1899-1990) : lecturer, consultant, author, activist, social worker -- ǂt Dorothy Height (1912-[2010]) : organization leader, social servant, civil and women's rights activist -- ǂt Sally Hemings (1773-1836) : slave companion -- ǂt Aileen Hernandez (1926- ) : entrepreneur, labor relations specialist, women's rights activist -- ǂt Amanda Gray Hilyer (1870-1957) : entrepreneur, pharmacist, civic worker, civil rights activist -- ǂt Natalie Hinderas (1927-1987) : musican, educator -- ǂt Billie Holiday (1915-1959) : singer -- ǂt Annie Wealthy Holland (1871-1934) : educator, organization founder -- ǂt Jennifer Holliday (1960- ) : singer -- ǂt Margaret Cardozo Holmes (1898-?) : hairstylist, entrepreneur -- ǂt Nora Holt (c. 1885-1974) : organization founder, music critic, educator. ǂt Julia Hooks (1852-1942) : musician, educator -- ǂt Lugenia Burns Hope (1871-1947) : activist, clubwoman -- ǂt Pauline Hopkins (1859-1930) : writer, editor, playwright, singer, actress-- ǂt Lena Horne (1917-[2010]) : entertainer, singer, actress -- ǂt Anna Hudlun (1819-1914) : humanitarian, civic worker -- ǂt Gloria Hull (1944- ) : educator, poet, feminist -- ǂt Alberta Hunter (1895-1984) : singer, composer, nurse -- ǂt Clementine Hunter (1886-1988) : folk artist -- ǂt Jane Edna Hunter (1882-1971) : organization founder and director, nurse -- ǂt Charlayne Hunter-Gault (1942- ) : journalist -- ǂt Addie W. Hunton (1875-1943) : organization official, suffragist, educator, clubwoman, women's rights activist -- ǂt Ruby Hurley ([1909-1980]) : civil rights activist, organization leader -- ǂt Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) : folklorist, writer -- ǂt Jean Blackwell Hutson (1914- [1998]) : library administrator and curator -- ǂt The Hyers Sisters: ǂt Anna Madah Hyers (c. 1856-1930s) : singer ; ǂt Emma Louise Hyers (c. 1858-c. 1899) : singer -- ǂt Edith J. Ingram (1942- ) : judge -- ǂt Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson (1932-[2004]) : sociologist, civil rights activist -- ǂt Mae Howard Jackson (1877-1931) : sculptor -- ǂt Mahalia Jackson (1911/12-1972) : singer -- ǂt Nell Jackson (1929-1988) : athlete, coach, educator -- ǂt Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795-1871) : religious visionary, religious leader, spiritual autobiographer -- ǂt Shirley Ann Jackson (1946- ) : physicist -- ǂt Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) : writer -- ǂt Judith Jamison (1944- ) : dancer, dance company director -- ǂt Lucy C. Jefferson (1866-1953) : entrepreneur, clubwoman, civic leader, educator, philanthropist -- ǂt Mae C. Jemison (1956- ) : astronaut, physician, government official -- ǂt Eva Jessye (1895-[1992]) : composer, musician, choral director, educator, writer, actress -- ǂt Beverly Johnson (1952- ) : model, singer -- ǂt Eunice Walker Johnson ([1916-2010]) : business executive, fashion show producer -- ǂt Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877-1966) : poet, essayist, dramatist -- ǂt Halle T.D. Johnson (1864-1901) : physician-- ǂt Helene Johnson (1906-[1995]) : poet -- ǂt Norma Holloway Johnson ([1932-2011]) : federal judge -- ǂt Clara Stanton Jones (1913- [2012]) : library administrator, educator, civic leader -- ǂt Lois M. Jones (1905-[1998]) : artisit, educator -- ǂt Sarah Garland Jones (18?-1905) : physician -- ǂt Sissieretta Jones (1869-1933) : singer -- ǂt Virginia Lacy Jones (1912-1984) : librarian, educator -- ǂt Barbara Jordan (1936-[1996]) : politician, lawyer, educator -- ǂt June Jordan (1936-[2002]) : poet, writer, educator -- ǂt Anna Johnson Julian ([1901-1994]) : educator, sociologist, entrepreneur -- ǂt Elizabeth Keckley (c. 1824-1907) : dressmaker, White House modiste -- ǂt Leontine Kelly (1920-[2012]) : religious leader -- ǂt Florynce "Flo" Kennedy (1916-[2000]) : civil and women's rights activist, lawyer -- ǂt Mae Taylor Street Kidd ([1904-1999]) : politician, public relations consultant -- ǂt Jamaica Kincaid (1949- ) : writer -- ǂt Coretta Scott King (1927-[2006]) : civil rights activist -- ǂt Eartha Kitt (1928-[2008]) : actress, singer -- ǂt Flemmie Kittrell (1904-1980) : educator, nutritionist -- ǂt Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (1919-1989) : educator, organization official -- ǂt Jewel Stradford Lafontant (1928-[1997]) : lawyer, ambassador -- ǂt Daisy Lampkin (1888-1965) : political activist, suffragist, civil rights reformer, organization official -- ǂt Pinkie Gordon Lane (1923-[2008]) : poet, writer -- ǂt Lucy Laney (1854-1933) : school founder, educator -- ǂt Nella Larsen (1891-1964) : writer, librarian, nurse -- ǂt Catherine A. Latimer (1895?-1948) : librarian -- ǂt Margaret Morgan Lawrence (1914- ) : psychiatrist, educator -- ǂt Marjorie McKenzie Lawson (1912-[2002]) : judge, civic activist, journalist -- ǂt Jarena Lee (1783-?) : religious leader, author -- ǂt Edmonia Lewis (1845?-?) : sculptor -- ǂt Elma Lewis (1921- [2004]) : arts administrator, educator -- ǂt Ida Elizabeth Lewis (1935- ) : journalist, editor, publisher -- ǂt Samella Sanders Lewis (1924- ) : art historian, artist, author, art curator, editor, educator, filmmaker -- ǂt Abbey Lincoln (1930-[2010]) : singer, composer, actress, poet -- ǂt Inabel Burns Lindsay (1900-1983): social worker, educator -- ǂt Adella Hunt Logan (1863-1915) : educator, women's rights activist, clubwoman -- ǂt Audre Lorde (1934-[1992]) : poet, essayist, librarian -- ǂt Josephine Harreld Love (1914- ) : pianist, arts administrator, musicologist -- ǂt Ruth B. Love (1935- ) : educator, school administrator, entrepreneur -- ǂt Jackie "Moms" Mabley (1894-1975) : dancer, singer, comedienne -- ǂt Jane Ellen McAllister (1899-[1996]) : educator -- ǂt Gertrude P. McBrown (1898?-1989) : poet, playwright, educator, actress, stage director -- ǂt Jewell Jackson McCabe (1924- ) : entrepreneur, organization official -- ǂt Rosalie "Rose" McClendon (1884-1936) : actress -- ǂt Mary Eleanora McCoy (1846-1923) : philanthropist, clubwoman -- ǂt Viola McCoy (c. 1900-c. 1956) : entertainer, singer -- ǂt M.A. McCurdy (1852-?) : editor, educator, temperance leader -- ǂt Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952) : singer, actress -- ǂt Alice Woodby McKane (1865-1948) : physician, author, suffragist -- ǂt Nina Mae McKinney (1912-1967) : acttress, dancer, singer -- ǂt Enolia Pettigen McMillan (1904-[2006]) : organization executive, educator, administrator -- ǂt Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen (1911-[1995]) : actress -- ǂt Carmen McRae (1922-[1994]) : singer, pianist -- ǂt Naomi Long Madgett (1923- ) : poet, publisher -- ǂt Mary Mahoney (1845-1926) : nurse, civil rights activist, suffragist -- ǂt Gerri Major (1894-1984) : journalist -- ǂt Arenia C. Mallory (1904-1977) : college president, clubwoman, religious leader -- ǂt Annie Turnbo Malone (1869-1957) : entrepreneur -- ǂt Vivian Malone (1942-[2005]) : civil rights activist -- ǂt Paule Burke Marshall (1929- ) : writer-- ǂt Sara Martin (1884-1955) : singer -- ǂt Biddy Mason (1818-1891) : entrepreneur, midwife, nurse, philanthropist, humanitarian -- ǂt Lena Doolin Mason (1864-?) : religious leader, poet, lecturer -- ǂt Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1907) : author, journalist, clubwoman, social worker -- ǂt Dorothy Maynor (1910-[1996]) : opera singer, choral director, school founder -- ǂt Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868) : actress, poet -- ǂt Louise Meriwether (1923- ) : writer, social activist -- ǂt Lydia Moore Merrick (1890-1987) : journal founder, editor -- ǂt Emma F.G. Merritt (1860-1933) : singer, educator, lecturer, social worker -- ǂt May Miller (1899-[1995]) : playwright, educator, poet -- ǂt Florence Mills (1896-1927) : entertainer -- ǂt Abbie Mitchell (1884-1960) : singer, actress.