Ellen Craft (1826-1891) escapee from slavery and memoirist
Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831-1895) physician and author
Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) Civil War army nurse and teacher
Madame C.J. Walker (1867-1919) entrepreneur and self-made millionaire
Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) pilot
Selma Burke (1900-1995) sculptor
Charleszetta "Mother" Waddles (1912-2001) mission founder
Katherine Goble Johnson (1918-2020) NASA analyst
Alice Coachman (1923-2014) Olympic gold medalist
Cicely Tyson (1924-2021) actress
Lucille Commadore Bridges (1934-2020)-civil rights movement mother
Ann Atwater (1935-2016)-community activist
Marva Collins (1936-2015) educator
Gwen Ifill (1955-2016) journalist
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