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- Anita Turpeau Anderson - First woman
on the debate team at Howard University
- Violette Anderson - First African-American
attorney to try a case before the US Supreme Court
- Towanda Braxton - Singer, R&B group,
The Braxtons
- Grace Ann Bumbry - International opera
singer
- Hon. Julia Carson - Congresswoman - representative
of the tenth district of Indiana
- Algenita Scott Davis - Past National
Bar Association President
- Judge Bernice Donald - First woman to
serve on the Jackson, AL City Court. Also the first black woman elected to the Tennessee Judiciary
- Jan'et DuBois - Actress. Best known for
her role as Wilona on the long running "Good Times" She can now be seen in her recurring role as the grandmother in WB's show,
"The Wayans Brothers"
- Thelma Duggin - Political activist
- Jylla Foster - National President and
branch manager of IBM
- Gail Gilmore - Opera singer from New
Orleans, LA. Graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana.
- Dr. Alyce Gullantee - First black psychiatrist
to receive an Emmy
- Lullelia Harrison - First executive secretary
of any of the greek letter organizations
- Freddye Henderson - First black owner
of a travel agency in the US
- Zora Neale Hurston - Modern writer, folklorist
and anthropologist
- Dr. Elaine Johnson - US Department of
Health and Human Services, ADAHMA Director
- Syleena Johnson - Singer. Daughter of
famed singer Syl Johnson.
- Elizabeth Koontz - First African-American
president of the National Education Foundation
- Versia Lindsay - First woman graduate,
School of Sciences, Atlanta University
- Clara McLaughlin - First Black woman
to own and operate a TV station
- Hon. Yvonne Miller - Congresswoman. 5th
District Cities of Chesapeake and Norfolk. Member of Congress since 1988.
- Dr. Lucy Perez - US Department of Health
and Human Services, Office of Substance Abuse Prevention Medical Director
- Minnie Ripperton - Singer. Popular 70s
soul classic "Loving You"
- Esther Rolle - Actress. She is best known
for her role as Florida on the long running CBS television series, Good Times.
- Dr. Tonea Harris Stewart - Actress. Best
known for her role as Aunt Etta in the show "In the Heat of the Night." She also starred as Samuel Jackson's wife in the motion
picture "A Time to Kill." Now a professor and the director of theater at Alabama State University.
- Myrtice Taylor - First African-American
superintendent for curriculum and instruction, the Atlanta Public Schools.
- Sheryl Underwood - Comedian. Considered
one of the boldest women in comedy. She has appeared in shows such as Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, BET's Comic View, and
the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars. She has appeared regularly on the BET show, "Oh Drama" and hosted her own show, "Holla." She
also donates 5% of all her road earnings to her beloved sorority.
- Sarah Lois Vaughan - International jazz
singer. She launched a career where she toured with legends such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Art Blakey
and B. Johnson- the legendary founders of the modernist 'Be-Bop' era.
- Dionne Warwick - International singer.
Among her other hits are the #1 "Then Came You" (with The Spinners) and the Grammy-winning "That's What Friends Are For" (with
Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and Elton John). She earned seven Top 40 singles in the 80's. Overall, she's garnered one platinum
album, five gold albums, and five Grammy awards.
- Edythe White - First woman to serve on
the Jackson, AL City Council
- Willie Whiting - Judge, Circut Court,
Cook County
- Shelia Williams - First Black female
news and public affairs director for two radio stations simultaneously.
- Dr. Deborah Wolfe - Former US Education
Chief, US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, and chairperson of the New Jersey Board of Higher Education.
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