Jamila Young – Arts & Entertainment Editor
Nat King Cole – First African-American Network television show host
Oprah Winfrey – First African-American Female television host
Robert Johnson -First African-American Billionaire (Founder of BET)
Vanessa WIlliams -First African-American Miss America
Ella Fitzgerald – First African-American Female Grammy Award Winner
Quincy Jones – (Music Producer & Composer) Most nominated Grammy artist
Michael Jackson – Most Top 10 singles from an album / Most #1 singles from an album
Whitney Houston – Named most awarded female artist of all time in 2006, by the Guinness World Records
Tyra Banks – first African-American woman on the cover of GQ magazine and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and first African-American on the cover of Victoria’s Secret lingerie catalog.
The Cosby Show – Highest-ranking sitcom for 5 years in a row
