WomanMakers: Those Who Inspire

In honor of our WomanMakers initiative and thanks to a major gift from former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns in honor of her late husband, Lloyd F. Bean, retired Xerox scientist and inventor, The HistoryMakers is working to document in a massive way the contributions of African American women to American society and the world.  Our female HistoryMakers heard our call and they stepped forward to let us know who influenced them…the result is a moving tribute to “Black Womanhood” aired at the end of Black Women’s History Month.  

Those featured include actress Sheila Frazier, music executive Vivian Scott Chew, media executive Toni Fay, President of the Fashion Institute of Technology Dr. Joyce Brown, Presiding Prelate of the 10th Episcopal Prelate of the A.M.E. Church, Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, investment banker Barbara Bowles, stuntwoman Kym Longino, R&B songstress Meli’sa Morgan, Publisher of Sister2Sister Jamie Foster Brown, WDIA radio broadcaster Bev Johnson, Former General Counsel for UPS Teri Plummer McClure, third Mayor of Washington D.C. The Honorable Sharon Pratt, chemical engineer Lilia Abron, The First Lady of Motown & member of The Miracles Claudette Robinson, co-founder of The Kinsey Collection Shirley Kinsey, Supermodel Pat Cleveland, culinary historian Dr. Jessica B. Harris, 96 year old psychiatrist Dr. June Jackson Christmas, Jackmont Hospitality partner Valerie Richardson Jackson, syndicated host and producer Tanya Hart and foundation executive Cleo F. Wilson.