African American Ladies

Enjoy the following collection of great African American ladies.

As you can tell the list is not exhaustive there are hundreds more where it came from. This is a list of some of those famous African American women who have made a mark on this world. This is not written in any order of preference. Sit back and enjoy the show.

1. Oprah Winfrey: born January 29, 1954 Television host, philanthropist, producer and actress

2. Whoopi Goldberg: born November 13, 1955 Actress, comedian, talk show host, singer, songwriter and activist

3. Michelle Obama: born January 17, 1964 First African-American First Lady of the United States and lawyer

4. Whitney Houston: born August 9, 1963 Singer and actress

5. Rosa Parks: February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005 Civil rights activist

6. Harriet Tubman: c. 1822 - March 10, 1913 Slave Abolitionist, suffragist, humanitarian and union spy

7. Condoleezza Rice: born November 14, 1954 Diplomat, professor and author

8. Alfre Woodard: born November 8, 1952 Actress

9. Angela Davis: born January 26, 1944 Civil rights activist, feminist, socialist and political activist

10. Maya Angelou: born April 4, 1928 Poet, civil rights activist, author, producer, playwright, director, actress and dancer

11. Bell Hooks: born September 25, 1952 Social activist, author and feminist

12. Ella Fitzgerald: April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996 Jazz singer

13. Billy Holiday: April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959 Jazz singer and songwriter

14. Toni Morrison: born February 18, 1931 Author, editor and professor

15. Josephine Baker: June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975 Dancer, singer and actress

16. Coretta Scott King: April 27, 1927 - January 30, 2006 Activist for civil rights, women's rights, human rights, equal rights, she was also an author

17. Ruby Dee: born October 27, 1924 Actress , playright, activist, poet, screenwriter and journalist

18. Lena Horne: born June 30, 1917 Actress and singer

19. Audre Lorde: February 18, 1934 - November 17, 1992 Writer, poet and activist

20. Marian Anderson: February 27, 1897 - April 8, 1993 Opera Singer

21. Gwendolyn Brooks: June 7, 1917 - December 3, 2000 Writer and Poet

22. Madam C.J. Walker: December 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919 Business Women and Philantropist

23. Dorothy Dandridge: November 9, 1922 - September 8, 1965 Actress and Singer

24. Sojourner Truth: c.1797 - November 26, 1883 Women's rights activist, abolitionist and author

25. Queen Latifah: born March 18, 1970 Actress, singer, songwriter and producer

26. Mary McLeod Bethune: July 10, 1875 - May 18, 1955 Civil rights leader, educator and author

27. Zora Neale Hurston: January 7, 1891' January 28, 1960 Folklorist, Writer and anthropologist

28. Marian Wright Edelman: born June 6, 1939 Children's rights activist, civil rights activist and lawyer

29. Regina Anderson: May 21, 1901 - February 5, 1993 Playwright and librarian

30. Ethel Waters: October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977 Blues and Jazz Singer and actress

31. Ida Wells-Barnett: July 16, 1862'March 25, 1931 Journalist, news editor, civil rights activist and women's rights activist

32. Aretha Franklin: born March 25, 1942 Singer, songwriter and pianist

33. Daisy Bates: November 11, 1914 - November 4, 1999 Civil rights activist, publisher and author

34. Marita Bonner: June 16, 1899 - 1971 Writer, essayist and playright

35. Hallie Quinn Brown: 1849 - 1949 Educator, writer and activist

36. Cicely Tyson: born December 19, 1933 Actress

37. Shirley Chisholm: November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005 Politician, educator and author

38. Althea Gibson: August 25, 1927 - September 28, 2003 World champion tennis player

39. Angelina Weld Grimke: Playwright, teacher, journalist and poet

40. Angela Bassett: born August 16, 1958 Actress

41. Fannie Lou Hamer: October 6, 1917 - March 14, 1977 Civil rights activist

42. Lorraine Hansberry: May 19, 1930' January 12, 1965 Playwright and author

43. Nina Simone: February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003 Singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist

44. Phillis Wheatley: 1753 - December 5, 1784 Poet

45. Bessie Coleman: January 26, 1892 - April 30, 1926 Pioneer aviator

46. Alice Walker: born February 9, 1944 Womanist, author, poet and social activist

47. Mae Jemison: born October 17, 1956 Astronaut and physician

48. Tina turner: born November 26, 1939 Singer and actress

49. Bessie Blount: November 24, 1914-unknown Scientist and inventor

50. Marie Maynard Daly: 16 April 1921-28 October 2003 Scientist

I hope you enjoyed this list of amazing famous African American women. For more information put their names in Google and enjoy what comes up.


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