African-American women memoirists

Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

American doctor and NASA astronaut

American author and activist (1952–2021)

American actress (1924–2021)

La Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer and actor. She is the fifth child and middle daughter of the Jackson family. Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, The Jacksons, on CBS between 1976 and 1977. Thereafter, she saw success as a solo recording artist under multiple record labels in the 1980s and 1990s, including Polydor, Sony Music and RCA, where she released nine studio albums over the course of 15 years. Her most successful releases in the United States were her self-titled debut album (1980) and the 1984 single "Heart Don't Lie". Jackson's other songs include "Night Time Lover", "If You Feel the Funk", "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'", "Hot Potato", "You're Gonna Get Rocked!", and "Sexbox". Another one of Jackson's songs, "Just Say No" from her fifth album was composed for US first lady Nancy Reagan and Reagan administration's anti-drug campaign.

American opera singer (1945–2019)

American lawyer and jurist (born 1970)

American singer (1943–2022)

American civil rights activist

American writer

American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)

African-American entrepreneur (1814-1904)

American singer, novelist, actress and model

American writer and academic (born 1947)

American playwright (born 1931)

American activist

American singer

American hip hop-generation author, activist, recording artist, and film producer

Eritrean-American disability rights advocate

writer

African-American memoirist