Kirsten Greenidge
African-American playwright
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Christina Ham
African-American playwright and screenwriter
Marcella Hayes Ng
The first female African American pilot to serve in the US military
Almeta Ingram Miller
Almeta Ingram Miller continues her mother’s legacy of music, ministry and service leading The Legendary Ingramettes.
Katori Hall
American playwright
Tracey Cooper-Harris
Tracey served in the US Army from 1991 to 2003 as an Animal Care Sergeant, and later became an advocate for veterans.
Betty Carter
Betty Carter developed a legendary reputation as one of the great mentors for young jazz musicians. Equally legendary was her singing prowess, creating a distinctive style of improvisation that could transcend any song.
Dorothy Donegan
Blessed with an enormous orchestral capacity at the keyboard, Dorothy Donegan was fluent in several styles of jazz as well as with European classical music.
Dorthaan Kirk
Called “Newark’s First Lady of Jazz,” Kirk has been active as a curator and producer of jazz events primarily in and around Newark, New Jersey, and is an avid supporter of musicians and jazz education for children.
Cleo Brown
Cleo Brown was the first woman instrumentalist honored with the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship.