"An illustrated biographical compilation of over fifty African American women from the 1700s through to the present day." -- Source other than the Library of Congress.

"Published in collaboration with curators from Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture"-- Page 4 of cover. Includes index.

Ruby Bridges --Marian Anderson -- Althea Gibson -- Toni Morrison -- Michelle Obama -- Sojourner Truth -- Bessie Coleman -- Nina Simone -- Ida B. Wells -- Barbara Jordan -- Aretha Franklin -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Katherine Johnson -- Shirley Chisholm -- Lena Horne -- Wilma Rudolph -- Faith Ringgold -- Madam C. J. Walker -- Diana Ross -- Augusta Fells Savage -- Condoleeza Rice -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Ibtihaj Muhammad -- Ann Lowe -- Ntozake Shange -- Carla Hayden -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Dorothy Irene Height -- Misty Copeland -- Angela Davis -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Elizabeth Catlett -- Serena Williams -- Phillis Wheatley -- Rosa Parks -- Leontyne Price -- Harriet Tubman -- Ruby Dee -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Mae C. Jemison -- Susie King Taylor -- Loretta Lynch -- Maya Angelou -- Beyoncé Knowles-Carter -- Simone Biles -- Ava DuVernay -- Judith Jamison -- Oprah Winfrey -- Black lives matter -- Learn more about the women of brave. black. first. -- Image credits -- At the National Museum of African American History and Culture -- At the National Portait Gallery -- A note from the author and illustrator -- About the National Museum of African American History and Culture -- Index.