Michelle Buteau
American comedian, actor and writer
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Norma Shirley
Jamaican chef Norma Shirley built a reputation in the U.S. serving “New England food with Jamaican flair” at her Massachusetts restaurant in the late 1970s. But as she told Essence magazine, “It’s my dream to open another restaurant in Jamaica where Blacks would be the majority clientele.”
Claudia L Gordon
In 2000, Claudia L. Gordon became the first Deaf Black female lawyer in the U.S.
Yvette Clarke
US Representative from New York
Sheila Jackson Lee
US Representative from Texas
Lucinda Roy
Lucinda Roy is an award-winning novelist, poet and memoirist, and a lifelong advocate for diversity and inclusion.
Nicola Yoon
Nicola Yoon is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of “Everything, Everything” and “The Sun Is Also a Star,” both of which have been adapted into major motion pictures, as well as “Instructions for Dancing.”
Una Marson
Pioneering Jamaican feminist, activist, and writer.
Madge Saunders
Jamaican Christian minister and community worker
Loretta Ross
Loretta Ross is an academic and activist who has dedicated many years to advocating for women’s rights and reproductive justice. Most notably, she is a cofounder of SisterSong and Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, served as a previous Executive Director of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, and is one of twelve women credited with coining the phrase and framework “reproductive justice.”