WHITNEY
HOUSTON
Known as a singer and actress, Whitney Houston is know as one of the best-selling music artists of all time with hits such as “I Will Always Love You” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”. Her career hit off in 1984 where she recorded a duet with Teddy Pendergrass; the song was “Hold Me”. Nicknamed “The Voice”, Rolling Stone has claimed her to be the second greatest singer of all time this year.
KARA
Walker
Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes.
Walker is regarded as among the most prominent and acclaimed Black American artists working today.
SHIRLEY
CHISHOLM
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbought and Unbossed—illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
shirley ann jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson, noted physicist and former head of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), was one of the first two Black American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the U.S. and the first to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ayo Edebiri
Ayo Edebiri is an American comedian, writer, producer, actress, and voice actress. She appeared on Comedy Central's Up Next and co-hosts the podcast Iconography with Olivia Craighead. Edebiri is best known for voicing Missy on Big Mouth, and for her roles in The Bear and Abbott Elementary.