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GaryCnf

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90. Also nice.

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Sat Aug 19, 2017, 07:54 PM

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Name a successful Woman of Color [View all] obamanut2012 Aug 2017 OP

but, but, but... DURHAM D Aug 2017 #1

I prefer "sellout and bad feminist," but yours will work! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #2

OH NO! She's lapucelle Aug 2017 #42

Kamala Harris Starry Messenger Aug 2017 #3

Yes, good one! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #4

Kamala Harris for President pat_k Aug 2017 #216

Carolina de Jesus OBenario4 Aug 2017 #5

Damn she paid a horrible price for buying a house with her earnings ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #38

Love this woman. OBenario4 Aug 2017 #46

Also nice. GaryCnf Aug 2017 #90

In my mind, ALL women of color are successful for having to HipChick Aug 2017 #6

Good answer!!! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #8

+! Me. Aug 2017 #40

Beyonce earned the money. She can buy whatever the hell she wants. Why does that anger some? brush Aug 2017 #68

I Can Think Of 2 Reasons Me. Aug 2017 #86

+2 obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #104

Harriet Tubman... ADX Aug 2017 #7

This isn't a contest obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #10

Relax, it was just a comment...... ADX Aug 2017 #54

Calm down, little guy. LanternWaste Aug 2017 #231

Funny, I don't recall addressing you, sport... ADX Aug 2017 #233

"Beyonce' ain't got shit on Harriet." OBenario4 Aug 2017 #31

I know, my bad... ADX Aug 2017 #45

Creative pretense LanternWaste Aug 2017 #232

Yea, yea, whatever... n/t OBenario4 Aug 2017 #235

Oprah has been pretty succesful oberliner Aug 2017 #9

Whoopi. cwydro Aug 2017 #11

Joy Reid. Sonya Sotomayor. Michelle Obama. Mother Henrietta DeLisle. nolabear Aug 2017 #12

Thank you... pat_k Aug 2017 #217

She was pretty fascinating. Much respected in New Orleans. nolabear Aug 2017 #234

Rep Maxine Waters - who is just awesome - at 79! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #13

I love her! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #16

So do I! Wish we had 100 more just like her! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #32

Yes shenmue Aug 2017 #176

brilliant, fearless, inspiring pat_k Aug 2017 #218

Thanks! These are great! As is she! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #219

Rosa Parks still_one Aug 2017 #14

Yes. nt cwydro Aug 2017 #25

Gwen Ifill. Love her. Nt Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #15

Oooooo great one, and one not as obvious as some! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #17

... cwydro Aug 2017 #21

Bessie Coleman. cwydro Aug 2017 #18

Her story is super cool, and probs not well known obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #24

Hell yeah. cwydro Aug 2017 #29

Rep. Barbara Lee shenmue Aug 2017 #19

This one Elwood P Dowd Aug 2017 #20

Well, she just bought an expensive house mcar Aug 2017 #22

damn obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #26

Sometimes I cannot believe the silliness I see here. mcar Aug 2017 #34

Michelle Obama mcar Aug 2017 #23

Remember the hate she got when she performed at country music awards JI7 Aug 2017 #27

OMG it was deranged, literally obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #106

It was one of the things which made me worry about the election JI7 Aug 2017 #110

Nichelle Nichols hamsterjill Aug 2017 #28

yaaaaaas obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #108

She was in "Sharknado 5: Global Swarming" BumRushDaShow Aug 2017 #116

Malala mcar Aug 2017 #30

Nice! ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #35

Shirley Chisholm Lochloosa Aug 2017 #33

Unbought and Unbossed pat_k Aug 2017 #220

Ana navarro JI7 Aug 2017 #36

Dare I mention cwydro Aug 2017 #37

No question about it. Nt Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #47

I was thinking the same. How about Susan Rice? Jim Beard Aug 2017 #69

Connie Rice, Condi's cousin, progressive activist. kwassa Aug 2017 #76

I had no idea they were related until this minute obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #111

i disagree with her on just about everything, but obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #109

Yeah, I'm not a fan either, but she is a successful woman. cwydro Aug 2017 #119

The great one: Maya Angelou Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #39

Yes. Yes. cwydro Aug 2017 #50

She was amazing! mcar Aug 2017 #72

One of my top 10 poems -- Ms Anjelou, was an awesome and phenomenal woman. ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #190

In the entertainment area... cwydro Aug 2017 #41

Tina Turner lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #43

Clara Isabel Alegra Vides Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #44

Nice GaryCnf Aug 2017 #85

No, she fits! Good choice! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #112

dianna ross samnsara Aug 2017 #48

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2017 #49

Venessa Williams Takket Aug 2017 #51

Barbara Jordan nocoincidences Aug 2017 #52

My #1 choice! lastlib Aug 2017 #81

"I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator... pat_k Aug 2017 #221

There was no bigger champion of voting rights than Barbara Jordan. nt oasis Aug 2017 #174

My #1 Choice, Too BrooklynTech Aug 2017 #209

Angela Davis GaryCnf Aug 2017 #53

Lucy Parsons GaryCnf Aug 2017 #55

Mindy Kaling AlexSFCA Aug 2017 #56

A friend of mine named Pamela. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #57

These two: volstork Aug 2017 #58

Two of the BEST! n/t VOX Aug 2017 #151

To start with, Barbara Lee, the proud progressive congresswoman from Berkeley. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #59

Kamala Harris BainsBane Aug 2017 #60

I loved Ruby Dee. tavernier Aug 2017 #61

loved her obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #158

Here's another: volstork Aug 2017 #62

Oh and even though it's not GaryCnf Aug 2017 #63

Who is appropriating her decency to bash "the left?" mcar Aug 2017 #78

Not rising, try nightcrawlers. GaryCnf Aug 2017 #84

thhhis obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #114

Oprah Winfrey. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #64

Tina Turner sheshe2 Aug 2017 #65

Diana Ross lunamagica Aug 2017 #66

The late, very much lamented Congresswoman Barbara Jordan marybourg Aug 2017 #67

I so admired her, and mourned her untimely departure from both politics and this earth. nt Hekate Aug 2017 #172

Yes, a terrible loss. marybourg Aug 2017 #178

So did I, so did I Hekate Aug 2017 #180

Maya Angelou Lil Missy Aug 2017 #70

Shonda Rhimes ecstatic Aug 2017 #71

I know many personally. But I think you mean "successful, FAMOUS or PROMINENT woman of color." pnwmom Aug 2017 #73

Good point mcar Aug 2017 #80

The ones the rest of us don't know deserve credit, too obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #159

Condi Rice JDC Aug 2017 #74

Simone Askew GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #75

Mavis Staples Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #77

Serena and Venus Williams nt lostnfound Aug 2017 #79

Sonia Sotomayor lostnfound Aug 2017 #82

Ruth Esparza cilla4progress Aug 2017 #83

Indra Nooyi - CEO Pepsi Le Gaucher Aug 2017 #87

General Nadja West FM123 Aug 2017 #88

Whoopi Goldberg mainstreetonce Aug 2017 #89

Simone Biles mainstreetonce Aug 2017 #92

Halley Berry mainstreetonce Aug 2017 #94

Aisha Tyler. GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #91

Madame C.J. Walker. Boomerproud Aug 2017 #93

Great choice! greatauntoftriplets Aug 2017 #97

This is who I was going to put. Lunabell Aug 2017 #99

Yes obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #160

Hoda Kotbe mainstreetonce Aug 2017 #95

Cathy Hughes BumRushDaShow Aug 2017 #96

Lena Horne, Marian Anderson, Mahalia Jackson, and Althea Gibson mnhtnbb Aug 2017 #98

Viola Desmond applegrove Aug 2017 #100

Hillary Clinton. Blue_true Aug 2017 #101

she is great, but hardly a gal of color Skittles Aug 2017 #125

Oops. Well Bill Clinton was the first Black President and Hillary is his wife. Blue_true Aug 2017 #130

true, dat Skittles Aug 2017 #138

Oprah DeminPennswoods Aug 2017 #102

Don't see her listed here--I may have missed it--but I'll add Diahann Carroll. Different Drummer Aug 2017 #103

Joy Reid... Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #105

I had someone else in mind... bagelsforbreakfast Aug 2017 #107

All of the women honored by the movie Hidden Figures bdjhawk Aug 2017 #113

Yes shenmue Aug 2017 #121

Nguyen Thi Binh Tanuki Aug 2017 #115

Rita Dove Tanuki Aug 2017 #117

Toni Morrison- great writer demigoddess Aug 2017 #118

Wilhelmina Delco Texasgal Aug 2017 #120

Auntie Maxine Waters ReformedGOPer Aug 2017 #122

Meissa Harris Perry pundit extraordiniare Alpeduez21 Aug 2017 #123

Ava DuVernay demmiblue Aug 2017 #124

Thanks! pat_k Aug 2017 #224

I could name a gazillion jazz and blues singers, opera singers, orchestra section players.. pangaia Aug 2017 #126

Susan Rice MLAA Aug 2017 #127

Marian Shields Robinson mainstreetonce Aug 2017 #128

Michelle Obama Iliyah Aug 2017 #129

Senator Tammy Duckworth a great Thai American Women grantcart Aug 2017 #131

Dolores Huerta Tanuki Aug 2017 #132

yaaaaaas obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #161

Rihanna crazycatlady Aug 2017 #133

Professor Anita Hill. VermontKevin Aug 2017 #134

Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner RainCaster Aug 2017 #135

Marian Wright Edelman Tanuki Aug 2017 #136

My wife. yardwork Aug 2017 #137

My wife, too. kwassa Aug 2017 #165

Here's to our wives, and all the successful smart strong beautiful women of color. yardwork Aug 2017 #194

Hear hear! kwassa Aug 2017 #214

Dorothy Dandridge. grossproffit Aug 2017 #139

Isabel Allende demmiblue Aug 2017 #140

Nikki Giovanni demmiblue Aug 2017 #141

I have worked with several dsc Aug 2017 #142

Nampeyo Tanuki Aug 2017 #143

Ida Wells Tanuki Aug 2017 #144

My wife's executive GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #145

Violeta Parra Tanuki Aug 2017 #146

Good one. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #166

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Aug 2017 #167

Terri Sewell, U.S. Congresswoman from Alabama mentalsolstice Aug 2017 #147

Soong Ching-Ling Tanuki Aug 2017 #148

Maria Tallchief Tanuki Aug 2017 #149

Speaking of ballerinas - Misty Copeland TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #207

And Michaela DePrince Tanuki Aug 2017 #213

Angela Davis DBoon Aug 2017 #150

Mary McLeod Bethune GusBob Aug 2017 #152

Wilma Rudolph. VOX Aug 2017 #153

Maya Lin Tanuki Aug 2017 #154

Leontyne Price. Golden Raisin Aug 2017 #155

Michelle Obama. Liberty Belle Aug 2017 #156

Kay Du Conge Zoonart Aug 2017 #157

.... obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #162

Dakota Staton, Minnie Ripperton and her daughter Maya Rudolf are some of my quirky faves. bettyellen Aug 2017 #163

bell hooks, Grace Jones m-lekktor Aug 2017 #164

Gladys Knight Tortue Aug 2017 #168

Two more...Tracy Chapman and Odetta. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #169

Margaret Cho Tiggeroshii Aug 2017 #170

Madame C.J. Walker. Great self made businesswoman. Hekate Aug 2017 #171

Eartha Kitt, Billie Holiday, Marian Anderson, and Ella Fitzgerald calimary Aug 2017 #173

Misty Copland - Ballet avebury Aug 2017 #175

Masako Nozawa, voice of Goku, Gohan and others sakabatou Aug 2017 #177

I had to Google -- great choice! obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #193

FLOTUS Michelle Obama, Ava Duvernay underthematrix Aug 2017 #179

Vera Wang RandySF Aug 2017 #181

lesser known sistas DAMANgoldberg Aug 2017 #182

Phyllis Harris SVP/GC Wal-Mart jberryhill Aug 2017 #183

Linda Brown Thompson missingthebigdog Aug 2017 #184

Shirley Chisholm, first Black Woman to run for president! bobalew Aug 2017 #185

Excellent choice! I can't believe I didn't think of her first! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #223

Maya angelou Thekaspervote Aug 2017 #186

I see Katherine Johnson was mentioned already, KitSileya Aug 2017 #187

Missy Elliot. grossproffit Aug 2017 #188

My first thought was... Mike Nelson Aug 2017 #189

Mary McLeod Bethune (the list is too long to list them all in this thread) ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #191

Kicking this great thread obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #192

Octavia Butler Orrex Aug 2017 #195

Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1787) Tanuki Aug 2017 #196

Charlayne Hunter-Gault Tanuki Aug 2017 #197

Diane Nash Tanuki Aug 2017 #198

wait, no Leslie Jones? PunkinPi Aug 2017 #199

Sen Mazzie Hirono AgadorSparticus Aug 2017 #200

Kimora Lee Simmons AgadorSparticus Aug 2017 #201

Lisa Ling AgadorSparticus Aug 2017 #202

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia milestogo Aug 2017 #203

Michelle Yeoh, Julie Chen, Ming Na, Grace Park, Padma Lakshmi AgadorSparticus Aug 2017 #204

Aung San Suu Kyi, Indera Ghandi, Benazir Bhutto AgadorSparticus Aug 2017 #205

Me Lee-Lee Aug 2017 #206

+1 jberryhill Aug 2017 #210

+1 leftstreet Aug 2017 #211

Awesome phenomenal woman. ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #226

Wanda Sykes, the best comedian onstage & my hero. Sugar Smack Aug 2017 #208

This message was self-deleted by its author Demonaut Aug 2017 #212

Jane Cooke Wright, MD pat_k Aug 2017 #215

Iman Lars39 Aug 2017 #222

Carol Moseley Braun - Candidate for president in 2004! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #225

"My parents were always..." pat_k Aug 2017 #228

Thank you for this! I remember her from 2004 and she was a terrific candidate Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #229

Stephanie Tubbs Jones 1950-2008 pat_k Aug 2017 #239

Wilma Rudolph (Sports) ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #227

Wangari Maathai demmiblue Aug 2017 #230

So many amazing lives on this thread. pat_k Aug 2017 #240

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #236

So what is your definition of feminism? GreenEyedLefty Aug 2017 #238

Multi-talented Janelle Monae GreenEyedLefty Aug 2017 #237