Gladys Bentley
American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.
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Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez
Celebrated Cuban-American singer known for her enchanting performances in Cuban music and Latin jazz.
Dorothy Maynor
Celebrated African-American soprano, concert singer, and founder of the Harlem School of the Arts.
Alice Coltrane
Luminary in both the world of American jazz and Hindu spirituality.
Amelia Boynton Robinson
American activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. She played a crucial role in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches and later became a vice president at the Schiller Institute.
Cesária Évora
Cape Verdean singer-songwriter who left a lasting impact. With her Grammy-winning album “Voz d’Amor,” her voice resonated worldwide.
Mary Thomas
Women like Queen Mary Thomas, Queen Agnes Salomon, and Queen Mathilda McBean led the 1878 Fireburn labor rebellion, known as the Queens of the Fireburn.
Henrietta Lacks
African-American woman whose cancer cells became a major part of medical history.
Annie Turnbo Malone
Businesswoman, inventor, and philanthropist who was one of the first African American women to become a millionaire.
Bernice Lake
Dame Bernice Lake QC was a distinguished Anguillan jurist and legal scholar. In 1985, she became the first Eastern Caribbean woman appointed Queen’s Counsel.