Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah is a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated musician, actress, producer, label president, author, and entrepreneur.
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Missy Elliott
Four-time Grammy Award-winner Missy Elliott has attained unprecedented success as a solo musical artist, pioneering songwriter and producer, and cultural icon over the last three decades.
Beatrice Burton
Author, film writer, and actress during the early 20th century
Pearl Bailey
African-American actress, singer, comedian and author.
Thoko Ntshinga
For South African actress Thoko Ntshinga, her art and her community are inseparable.
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks was the first Aboriginal female movie star, alongside being an advocate for her community.
Kitty Clive
Irish comic actress, singer, and writer
Effie Ellsler
Actress known as “Cleveland’s Sweetheart” from the 1870s to 1900s
Hazel Mountain Walker
The first black woman principal in the Cleveland public school system, an educator, an actress, and an advocate for racial integration.
Minnie Gentry
“The First Lady” of Karamu Theater, this critically acclaimed artist received a Tony nomination in 1972 and the Outstanding Pioneer Award for her contributions to Black theater in 1985.