Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American Soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late–1960s as a teenager, Wright rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as “Clean Up Woman” and “Tonight Is the Night” Continue reading Profile: Betty Wright (1953-2020)
Martine Syms (born 1988) is an American artist based in Los Angeles who works in publishing, video, and performance. Continue reading Profile: Martine Syms (1988-)
Wangechi Mutu (born 1972) is a Kenyan-American visual artist known primarily for her painting, sculpture, film and performance work. Born in Kenya, she has lived and established her career in New York for over twenty years. Continue reading Profile: Wangechi Mutu (1972-)
Shirley Ann Jackson an American physicist, and the eighteenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African-American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[1] She is also the second African-American woman in the United States to earn a doctorate in physics. Continue reading Profile: Shirley Ann Jackson(1946-)
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