Famous African American Woman

By:Chardana Bolding

Gwendolyn Brooks

• First African-American poet to win a Pulitzer Prize,in…

Johnnetta Cole

• Became the first woman president of Spelman College,in…

Bessie Coleman

• First African-American stunt pilot to stage a public flight,in…

Prudence Crandall

• She opened a school to educate “young ladies of color” in…

Lorraine Hansberry

• Her play,Raisin in the sun,was the first drama by an African American woman to be staged on Broadway,in…

Roberta Harris

• First African Amercian woman to serve in a president’s cabinet,in…

Mahalia Jackson

• Known as the “Queen of Gospel,” she performed at President Jphn F. Kennedy’s inauguration in…

Bessie Smith

• Her first of many blues recordings,”Downhearted Blues,” was made in…

Mary Terrell

• First president of a new organization, the Natinal Association of Colored Women, in…

Alice Walker

• Famous as the author of The Color Purple,,which was published in…