Toni Morrison, author and Nobel laureate
Bebe Moore Campbell, author of Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
Dr. Marilyn Hughes-Gaston, Assistant Surgeon General
Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Essence Columnist
Dr. Mae Jemison, astronaut and businesswoman
Star Jones, lawyer and talkshow host
Coretta Scott King, Activist
Hazel O'Leary, US Secretary of Energy
Angie Brookes, first woman President of the United Nations
Jewel Jackson McCabe, founder/president of National Coalition of 100 Black Women
Diane Watson, first Black woman to preside over the California State Senate
Rose Louise Parks, "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
Gladys Knight, singer
Jada Pinkett, actress
Phylicia Rashad, actress
Lynn Whitfield, actress
Suzette Charles, former Miss America (1984)
Dr. Debbye Turner, former Miss America (1990)
Marjorie Vincent, former Miss America (1991)
