Black Women

She came in third place in the show’s second season.

Early in her career, she was an Ikette with Ike & Tina Turner.

She was one of only two remaining survivors of the 1921 attack.

Ridley went from busking to the semi-finals on “America’s Got Talent,” then toured the world.

Love served four years as mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah before rising to the House.

The Kansas City native had millions of followers on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

Dukes was head of the NAACP’s New York state conference for almost 50 years.

She was in the pioneering rap trio The Sequence.

She was called the “Queen of Rare Groove” by her appreciative U.K. fans.

Her other No. 1 hits included “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”