Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson has used her distinctive voice and fascinating arrangements of standards, in not just jazz, but blues, country, and folk as well, to create a body of work that has expanded the definition of jazz.
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Norma Miller
Norma Miller is one of the creators of the acrobatic style of swing dancing known as the Lindy Hop.
Betty Blayton
Betty Blayton (1937-2016) was an illustrator, painter, printmaker, and sculptor.
Marie Johnson-Calloway
Marie Johnson Calloway (1920-2018) was a mixed-media artist from Baltimore.
Dr Olivia J Hooker
Dr. Olivia J. Hooker, a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, blazed a trail as the first Black woman on active duty in the US Coast Guard.
Dionne Warwick
World-renowned African-American recording artist
Esther Saunders
1800s African-American poet
Jarena Lee
Jarena Lee was the first known female preacher of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC).
Joetta Clark Diggs
American track and field champion
Sarah Vaughan
Singer Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) launched her jazz career at the world-renowned Apollo theatre’s amateur-night contest.