Viola Davis
Viola Davis is only the 18th artist to ever achieve the prestigious EGOT, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony.
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Octavia Spencer
American actor
Opal Lee
In 2021, Juneteenth was officially recognized as a federal holiday in the United States thanks in large part to the then-94-year-old Opal Lee.
Leslie Jones
American comedian
Loretta Lynch
U.S. attorney general
Dawn M Blackman Sr.
As Dawn M. Blackman Sr. tells the story, “I was a city girl … I did not know a thing about gardening. Then, in 2003, I started gardening with 10 neighborhood children.” That project, started in her 50s, grew into Randolph Street Community Garden.
Harriett Jenkins
Harriett Jenkins did her part to diversify NASA as the assistant administrator for equal opportunity programs from 1974 to 1992.
Kimberly Bryant
Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls Code in 2011 to create pathways that she didn’t have in the 1970s, and that she didn’t see for her own daughter decades later.
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards
Tap dancer Dormeshia had a well-established career as a dancer from a young age, making her Broadway debut in the musical revue Black and Blue when she was just 13.
Estella Mims Pyfrom
Estella Mims Pyfrom was 72 when, in 2009, she founded Estella’s Brilliant Bus with $900,000 of her retirement savings. The mobile learning lab was equipped with more than a dozen computers and travels to underserved and under-resourced Florida communities, providing residents with access to technology and education.