Aretha Franklin
The “Queen of Soul”, twice named the greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone
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Sibongile Khumalo
South Africa’s divine diva
Herschelle Sullivan Challenor
Civil Rights organizer
Dr Beverly Daniel Tatum
In April 2002 Beverly Daniel Tatum, dean of the college and acting president of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, was named Spelman College’s ninth president.
Cornelia Oatman
In the 1970s, Cornelia Oatman filed a federal lawsuit against the Augusta, Georgia sheriff, jailer, and judge alleging civil rights violations in the death of her son.
Tina McElroy Ansa
Novelist, journalist, essayist, and short-story writer
Elaine Brown
African-American political activist
Jacqueline Woodson
Popular writer of books for young people
Amy Mallard
On November 20, 1948, a mob of 20 armed white men shot and killed African American Robert Mallard in front of his family. The killing initially garnered little attention, but due in part to the outspokenness of Mallard’s wife, the case soon became national news, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) entered the case.
Marian Alexis Scott
President and chair of the board of directors of the Atlanta Daily World newspaper