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• Hettie Vyrine Barnhill - singer, dancer, actress, choreographer

• Louise Beavers - actress (film Imitation of Life, 1934)

• Lee Chamberlin - actress

• Ellia English - actress/producer, (sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show')

• Anna Maria Horsford - actress, (sitcoms Amen (TV series) and The Wayans Bros.)

• Mother Love - daytime talk show host, radio personality

• Victoria Rowell - actress, The Young and the Restless, foster care activist

• LaRita Shelby - entertainer, host, singer, motivational speaker, former Miss Black World

• Tonya Lee Williams - actress, The Young and the Restless

• Audrey Jones - Emmy Award winner, producer of The View

• Vanessa Bell Armstrong - Grammy-nominated gospel recording artist

• Myiia "Sunny" Hawkins - Gospel recording artist, songwriter, Broadway actress, Pastor

• Eva Jessye - first African-American female to receive international distinction as a professional choral conductor, conducted choir at March on Washington, 1963

• Maysa Leak - Grammy-nominated jazz singer

• MC Lyte (born Lana Michele Moorer) - Hip-Hop recording artist

• Kelly Price - Grammy-nominated R&B singer

• Martha Reeves - R&B and Pop singer, former politician, former lead singer of the Motown girl group "Martha and the Vandellas"

• Leighann Lord - comedian

• Ms. Dupree - comedian, Tom Joyner Sh

• 'Lindy' Marie Corrine Morrison Claiborne Boggs - 1st female U.S. Representative in Louisiana

• Corrine Brown - U.S. Representative, D - Florida

• Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry - 1st African American female to serve on the State Legislator in Florida, educator, lawyer, author, Florida House Representative

• Elaine H. Palmer - 215th Civil District Judge, Harris County, Texas

• Georgia Davis Powers - 1st female and person of color elected to the Kentucky State Senate

• Robin Kelly - U.S. Representative, D - Illinois

• Hydeia Broadbent - HIV/AIDS activist, motivational speaker

• Maritza Correia (McClendon) - 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist (swimming), first Puerto Rican of African descent in the US to set an American and World swimming record

• Uhunoma Osazuwa - 2012 Olympic competitor (Women's Heptathlon), Nigerian track and field athlete

• Alia Atkinson - Alia Atkinson - 3xJamaican Olympian – World Champion 100m Breaststroke – World Record Holder

• Sharrieffa Barksdale – 3X Olympian President of USATF Athlete Alumni Association

• Dr. Margena A. Christian - Senior editor and writer, Ebony (Magazine)

• Joy Collins-Profet - General Manager, Essence Communications

• Alice Allison Dunnigan - journalist, first African-American female correspondent to receive White House credentials

• Tiffany A. Flowers - children's author

• Cynthia Horner - editor of Hip-Hop Weekly, former editor of Right On! magazine

• Beverly Jenkins - historical romance novelist

• Omegia Keeys - publisher, writer, motivational speaker

• Michelle Monkou - romance novelist

• Chizu Shindo Suzuki - artist, writer (Japanese)

• Joyce Carol Thomas - poet, playwright, author of over 30 children's books

• Pat Tucker - novelist

• Dr. Lorraine A. Williams - first African-American female Vice President for Academic Affairs at Howard University

• Dr.Vickie Cox Edmondson - first Associate Provost for Student Success at Morehouse College

• Dr. Myiesha Taylor, MD, FACEP - emergency room doctor, founder and President of Artemis Medical Society, (namesake of Dr. Myiesha McStuffins of Disney's "Doc McStuffins")

• Sandra Bland - Activist

• Deshauna Barber - Miss USA 2016

• Pastor Hannah A. Bonner - Pastor, Activist, Author

• Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace -2x Bahamian Olympian (swimming)

• Carmelita Jeter - a three-time Olympic medallist.

• Priscilla Williams White - author of "The Children - What Shall We Tell Them About God?"

• Kanisha L. Ffriend - author of "I, Too, Am a Dancer!"

• Selena Sloan Butler - founder and first president of the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers Association (NCCPTA)

• Dr. Julia Davis - educator and librarian in African American contributions to American History, (namesake of the Julia Davis branch of the St. Louis Public Library)

• Mary T. Washington Wylie - first African-American woman to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the U.S.

• Ruth Whitehead Whaley - first African-American woman to actively practice law in New York (1925)

• Lisa Price - founder/ CEO of Carol's Daughter hair care products.

• Carolyn Tyler Guidry - second woman elected as a bishop of the AME Church

• Rev. Willie Barrow - Director of Operations, Operation PUSH/Rainbow Coalition