Two words that are represented by the shorthand term R&B

Rapper that was awarded with a Pulitzer Prize for his 2017 album; work has also been taught in various school curriculums

Artist that holds the current record for the most song entries in the Billboard Top 100

Known as the Queen of Soul

African American Actor ranked as the greatest actor of the 21st century by The New York Times

First African American woman to win an Oscar for Costume Design for her work in Marvel's Black Panther

First African American to have art featured at a New York Gallery; most famous for the Migration Series

First Black Woman filmmaker to win an Sundance Film Festival award; also the first black woman to direct a film with a budget over $100 million