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Oprah Winfrey, the multi media mogul, has garnered international appeal for her talk show. As the first Black woman billionaire in world history, Winfrey has overtaken EBay CEO, Meg Whitman, as the richest self-made woman in America... Do you know which HBCU Oprah graduated from?

PROFESSION: Politician Former Ambassador to the United Nations. Former Atlanta mayor and US Congressman. Also attended Howard University.

PROFESSION: Civil Rights Activist Was Dean of College of Social Work at Atlanta University. Was VP of NAACP in Georgia. Was Director of National Urban League. Helped plan the historic march on Washin

PROFESSION: Professional Sports Player Hall of Famer. Played for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

PROFESSION: Civil Rights Activist Friend of Martin Luther King Jr. Key organizer of the Tallahassee bus boycott. Charter member of SCLC and 1st VP of SCLC.

PROFESSION: Politician "Was mayor of Philadelphia, PA."

PROFESSION: Actress Played in "A Time To Kill" as Samuel Jackson's wife. Director of Theatre Arts at Alabama State University. Taught at Jackson State for 20 years. First African American female to receive a Doctorate from Florida State University's School of Theater. Member of Zeta Phi Beta

PROFESSION: Musical Artist Winner of 2003's American Idol. National recording artist.

PROFESSION: Educator Former Secretary of Health and Human Services. Founder and former President of the Morehouse School of Medicine.

PROFESSION: Actress Starred in her own TV sitcom. Successful comedian. Starred in several movies.

PROFESSION: Musical Artist Acclaimed jazz musician and composer.

PROFESSION: Actor Surrounded by four dazzling Southern-styled ladies on the hit sitcom "Designing Women" (1986), genial African-American Meshach Taylor made a name for himself as the beleaguered ma

PROFESSION: Military Figure "In the Air Force, served as Deputy Chief of Staff and was instrumental in the establishment of the Defense Race Relations Institute, currently known as the Defense Equal

PROFESSION: Religion In 1953 was named one of the 12 greatest preachers of the 20th century.

PROFESSION: Actor Hosted HBO's Def Comedy Jam. Starred in film "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, and Regina King.

PROFESSION: Polititian NY Congressman

PROFESSION: Author "Author of ""The Color Purple"". Also a Pulitzer Prize winner."

PROFESSION: Professional Sports Player Played for NBA champion Detroit Pistons.

PROFESSION: Educator Born in 1856 to a white father and black mother. Founded Tuskegee University in Alabama. Became the recognized leader for Black people when Frederick Douglass died. Two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century were W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker

PROFESSION: Politician "First appointed and elected mayor of Washington, DC."

PROFESSION: Doctor First African American to hold positions of Associate Dean of John Hopkins University School of Medicine and Professor of Cardiac Surgery. Performed world's first implementation of

PROFESSION: Actor Played in the comedy TV show, "In Living Color". Starred in movies such as "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and "A Low Down Dirty Shame"

PROFESSION: Musical Artist One half of the rap duo Das EFX. Also known as Krazy Drazyz.

PROFESSION: Actress Starred in such movies as "Head Of State" with Chris Rock, "Eve's Bayou", "The Slugger's Wife", "Jaws:The Revenge", and "A Thin Line Between Love And Hate". Attended: Howard University Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

PROFESSION: Actress "Played in the popular TV show, ""Sparks"". Also starred in such movies as ""Next Friday"", ""Nutty Professor II: The Klumps"", ""Baby Boy"", and ""Deliver Us From Eva"". Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority."