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Aaliyah (Haughton) 1979-2001 From: United States: Michigan, New York Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: singer Marian Anderson 1897-1993 From: United States: Connecticut, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: opera singer, contralto, concert at the Lincoln Memorial Patti Austin 1950- From: United States: New York Fields: Music Erykah Badu 1971- From: United States: Texas Fields: Activism and Social Service, Music Pearl Bailey 1918-1990 From: United States: New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC Fields: Activism and Social Service, Music, Stage and Screen LaVern Baker 1929-1997 From: Philippines, United States: Illinois, New York Fields: Music Mary J. Blige 1971- From: United States: New York Fields: Music Brandy (Brandy Norwood) 1979- From: United States: California, Mississippi Fields: Music Toni Braxton 1968- From: United States: California, Maryland Fields: Music Grace Bumbry 1937- From: United States: Missouri Fields: Music Diahann Carroll 1935- From: United States: California, New York Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Mary Cardwell Dawson 1894-1962 From: United States: North Carolina, Pennsylvania Fields: Music Missy Elliott 1971- From: United States: Virginia Fields: Music Ella Fitzgerald 1918-1996 From: United States: New York, Virginia Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: Jazz singer Roberta Flack 1937- From: United States: North Carolina Fields: Music Lil Green 1919-1954 From: United States: Illinois, Mississippi Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: blues singer, songwriter Lauryn Hill 1975- From: United States: New Jersey Fields: Music Billie Holiday 1915-1959 From: United States: Maryland, New York Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: aka Lady Day, famed jazz singer Shirley Horn 1934-2005 From: United States: Washington DC Fields: Music Lena Horne 1917-2010 From: United States: New York Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: jazz and popular music singer, actress Whitney Houston 1963-2012 From: United States: Massachusetts, New Jersey Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: singer, actress, model Janet Jackson 1966- From: United States: California, Indiana Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Etta James 1938- From: United States: California Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: singer, songwriter, blues, soul, gospel, jazz Marion James From: United States: Tennessee Fields: Music, Philanthropy Key Words/Phrases: R&B singer, Nashville's "Queen of the Blues" Eva Jessye 1895-1992 From: United States: Kansas, New York Fields: Music Grace Jones 1948- From: Jamaica, United States: New York Fields: Beauty and Fashion, Music Alicia Keys 1981- From: United States: New York Fields: Music Chaka Khan 1953- From: United States: Illinois Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: singer, funk band Rufus Eartha Mae Kitt 1927-2008 From: United States: Connecticut, South Carolina Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Patti LaBelle 1944- From: United States: Pennsylvania Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Mississippi Millie (Millie McLaine) From: United States: California, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: Mississippi Delta blues singer Monica 1980- From: United States: Georgia Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Nichelle Nichols 1932- From: United States: California, Illinois, New York Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Queen Latifah 1970- From: United States: New Jersey Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Ma Rainey 1886?-1939 From: United States: Georgia Fields: Music Key Words/Phrases: blues singer Bernice Johnson Reagon 1942- From: United States: Georgia Fields: Activism and Social Service, Music Key Words/Phrases: singer, composer, scholar, activist, Sweet Honey in the Rock Della Reese 1931- From: United States: California Fields: Music, Religion, Stage and Screen Rihanna 1988- From: Barbados Fields: Music Diana Ross 1944- From: United States: Michigan Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Sade 1959- From: Nigeria, United Kingdom Fields: Music Nina Simone 1933-2003 From: Barbados, France, United States: New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania Fields: Human Rights, Music Tina Turner 1939- From: France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States: Tennessee Fields: Music, Stage and Screen Key Words/Phrases: singer, actress Sarah Vaughan 1924-1990 From: United States: California, New Jersey Fields: Music Dinah Washington 1924-1963 From: United States: Alabama, Illinois Fields: Music Ethel Waters 1896-1977 From: United States: New York, Pennsylvania Fields: Music Edith Goodall Wilson 1896-1981 From: United States: Kentucky, New York Fields: Music, Stage and Screen |
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