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- Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: ...studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural a...
11: ... me too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash ...
13: ...ng a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics ha...
17: ...rk was groundbreaking: She was among the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Hai... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...itzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her ...
6: ...ture]] or [[Hispanic Literature]]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Li...
8: ...d the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], t...
12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope o... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ... the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her eccentricity and ...
8: ...lay on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...es and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love with his first wife; he would never g...
12: ...hool in [[Lausanne]]. Changes in the Tsvetaev residence led to several changes in school, and during t...
14: ...an Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a Living Man'. Voloshi... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: '''Phillis Wheatley''' ([[1753]] - [[December 5]], [[1784]]), also spelled '''Phylis Whea...
5: ...Lieutenant Governor [[Andrew Oliver]]. They concluded that she had in fact written the poems ascribed ...
7: Her work was lauded by some of the leading figures of the [[American...
9: After the death of John and Susannah Wheatley, Phillis married...
13: ...Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, Who Departed This Life December 29, 1783'' - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
4: ...eman graduated from eighth grade and briefly attended college at Colored Agricultural and Normal Unive...
8: ...ial backing from Binga, and from the Chicago Defender, who capitalized on her flamboyant personality a...
10: ... had failed many times. Once, she saw a fellow student die during practice. However, she learned quick...
16: ...ether wreck. Her friends and family did not consider the aircraft safe and implored her not to fly it...
18: ...t, she has been honored in several ways since her death: In [[1931]], a group of Black male pilots per... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the f...
5: ...ysician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, a...
9: ...ldren, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois...
11: ...B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell Medical College|Cornell Medical ...
13: ... Share, (TM) an international science camp for students ages 12 to 16, that utilizes an experiential c... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...], [[nurse]], and [[humanitarian]]. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and ...
6: ...cated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers and sisters were kept busy answering he...
8: ...her became ill, for 2 years Clara stayed by his side and learned to administer all his medicine, inclu...
12: ...ized the community's need for free education, and despite opposition, set up one of the first free pub... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...ddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she entered [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New ...
7: ... acts. Already a star, she performed in a skirt made only of [[banana]]s, often accompanied by her pet...
11: ...ime she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contempo...
13: ...ker was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
15: Yet despite her popularity in France, she was never real... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ...[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, including "(If You ...
8: ...bb died in [[1939]], the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Or...
10: ... other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and t...
12: ...iddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo R...
14: ...scar Peterson]], [[Count Basie]] ("On the Sunny Side of the Street"), [[Joe Pass]] ("Speak love"), [[D... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Grammys]] (includi...
6: ...s [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed w...
8: ... internationally famous artist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin ...
10: ... Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best ...
12: ...or Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[19... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...'''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of al...
7: ...ng as a [[prostitute]] with her mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometim...
9: ...er as a "[[Frank DeViese]]". Some historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital...
16: ...ormance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], did much to solidify her standing as a jaz...
20: ...songs, her unique tone and emotional commitment made her performances special. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...] [[gospel music|gospel]] [[singer]], widely regarded as one of the best in the history of the genre. ...
3: ... Trust in Jesus'' won a prize from the French Academy, while ''[[Silent Night]]'' was one of the best...
5: ...[[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[Th... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
4: ...tin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[folk mu...
6: ...olism|drinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ... with independent [[Mainstream Records]] and recorded an eponymously titled album in [[1967]]. Howeve...
10: ... and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of t...
14: ...ry social commentary of the ''a capella'' "[[Mercedes-Benz]]", written by beat poet [[Michael McClure]... - Miriam Makeba (1140 bytes)
1: ...n the United States. [[Nelson Mandela]] finally made her come back to South Africa in [[1990]].
3: ...[Harry Belafonte]]. In [[1967]] she had a world wide hit with "Pata Pata"; in [[1987]] she achieved an... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: ...helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta...
7: ...Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson]].
9: ...itle song accompanied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a ...
11: ...her old blues groove, but "Take Me For A Buggy Ride" and "Gimme a Pigfoot", are among her most popula...
13: ...on]]'s uncle) Richard Morgan. They were in an accident and Smith was severely injured. A doctor soon a... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
1: ...g|right|framed|A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar]]
3: ...|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|mystic]], author, and composer of [[m...
6: ... up around her. Upon Jutta's death in [[1136]] Hildegard was chosen superior of the community, and eve...
8: ...ling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden.
11: ... of the meaning of the religious texts, and commanded her to write down everything she would observe i... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
1: ...jpg|thumb|225px|Harriet Tubman in 1880, Image provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...e organizer, raid leader and [[intelligence commander]], [[nurse]] and healer, [[revival speaker]], [[...
5: ...eatment from her various owners, including an incident where an overseer hurled a two-pound weight in ...
9: ...e North, and again was never captured. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the ...
13: ...unning, daring and ruthlessness in following well developed plans for her expeditions. For instance, ... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...rockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[a...
4: ...Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: ...affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West E...
12: ...Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics ...
16: ...he cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight f... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ...]], was an actress, singer and major star of [[vaudeville]].
4: ... girls debuted in nearby [[Buffalo, New York]] in December of 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career ...
6: ...t of 1884. In 1886 her husband of eight years, Frederick W. Keller, passed away unexpectedly.
8: ... developed her career into that of a leading [[vaudeville]] performer with an act known at the time as...
12: ...America's most beloved performers. In 1914, she made her second [[silent film]] appearance, this time ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...oren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actres...
7: ...[Rome]]. Around this time, she also worked as a model in the ''fotoromanzi'' (weekly ilustrated romant...
9: ...er acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...ler in Pink Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
13: ...eing the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English langua...
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