Black Women

At 61, Davis returned to college, earning her master’s degree from New York University.

For years, Brown performed with jazz icon Louis Armstrong.

Her 2014 album “Overcomer” was a major contemporary Christian hit.

She wrote the award-winning children’s book “Tar Beach,” based on one of her quilts.

She created leadership programs to help Black youth through the National Urban Coalition.

She developed software to gauge pregnant people’s risk for post-partum hemorrhage.

She was also known for her work as a duo with her twin brother, Andraé.

She was a leader in many important civil rights efforts during the 1960s.

She was the first woman signed to Def Jam Records.

She was the sister-in-law of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.