Cheryl Washington
Veteran news journalist/host for Good Day NY and worked for CNN
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Carole Simpson
The first African American female journalist to anchor a major network newscast (ABC-TV)
Rashida Jones
President of the cable news network MSNBC. Jones is the first Black woman to lead a cable news network
Daisy Bates
Founder of The Arkansas Weekly and leader of the Little Rock Nine, students who led school desegregation efforts in 1957
Josephine Baker
Most of her career was spent in Europe where she was dubbed "Black Venus" and "Creole Goddess" for her erotic beauty as an actress, singer, and dancer in a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace
Quinta Brunson
She was the first Black woman nominated three times in the comedy category at the 74th Primetime Emmys for which she won Outstanding Writer for a Comedy Series.
Ruth Carter
She holds the historic distinction of being the first Black woman to win two Oscars in three years. In 2019, she won the Oscar for costume design for Marvel's "Black Panther"
Simone Biles
As one of the sports world's greatest athletes, she is the most decorated American gymnast in history and has won a total of thirty-two medals
Carole Simpson
The first African American female journalist to anchor a major network newscast (ABC-TV)
Rashida Jones
President of the cable news network MSNBC. Jones is the first Black woman to lead a cable news network
Daisy Bates
Founder of The Arkansas Weekly and leader of the Little Rock Nine, students who led school desegregation efforts in 1957
Josephine Baker
Most of her career was spent in Europe where she was dubbed "Black Venus" and "Creole Goddess" for her erotic beauty as an actress, singer, and dancer in a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace
Quinta Brunson
She was the first Black woman nominated three times in the comedy category at the 74th Primetime Emmys for which she won Outstanding Writer for a Comedy Series.
Ruth Carter
She holds the historic distinction of being the first Black woman to win two Oscars in three years. In 2019, she won the Oscar for costume design for Marvel's "Black Panther"
Simone Biles
As one of the sports world's greatest athletes, she is the most decorated American gymnast in history and has won a total of thirty-two medals