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Among the Black women honored on the Forbes “50 over 50” list are (from left) singer Patti LaBelle, actress Viola Davis, and Claudine Gay, who last month became president of Harvard University.
Grace Jones, 2015 Marjorie and Robert eventually brought their children – including the 13 year-old Grace – to live with them in the US, where they had settled in Lyncourt, Salina, New York, near Syracuse. It was in the city that her father had established his own ministry, the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, in 1956. Jones continued her schooling and after she graduated, enrolled at ...
United States Senate. Carol Moseley Braun was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, 1993. Laphonza Butler is the first Black LGBT person to serve in the U.S. Senate, 2023. Kamala Harris was the first African-American U.S. senator to be elected vice president of the United States.
Shirley Anita Chisholm ( / ˈtʃɪzəm / CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. [ 1] Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn [ a ...
Maxwell – 50 years old Maxwell attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 ...
In the black and white photo, Porizkova smiles in a black long-sleeved minidress with a billowing skirt. She has on sheer, black tights and heels to accentuate her long, toned legs. Her hair is ...
Joshua Dolezal (brother) Nkechi Amare Diallo (born Rachel Anne Dolezal; [ a] November 12, 1977 [ fn 1]) is an American former college instructor and activist known for presenting herself as a black woman despite being born to white parents. She is also a former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter president.