Famous African American Women Who Are Republican

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Must have shown or mentioned in interviews public support for Republican candidates or conservative causes at some point in career

Black conservative women are not plentiful, but they are influential. This list of famous Black Republican women, with photos, highlights some of the most well known conservative Black women who side with the Republican party. From prominent politicians like Condoleeza Rice to Clueless actress Stacy Dash, there are several outspoken African American women you may not know are Republicans.

Who is the most famous Black conservative woman? Prominent African-American Republican women are all listed here - Black female conservatives of note from all walks of life. This list includes all African American female Republicans from judges to writers to businesspersons. The list only includes Black conservative women.


  • Condoleezza Rice
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    Condoleezza Rice (; born November 14, 1954) is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush. Rice was the first female African-American Secretary of State, as well as the second African-American Secretary of State (after Colin Powell), and the second female Secretary of State (after Madeleine Albright). Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor during his first term, making her the first woman to serve in that position. Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up while the South was racially segregated. She obtained her bachelor's ...more
    • Age: 68
    • Birthplace: Jefferson County, Birmingham, Area code 205, Contiguous United States, United States of America
  • Stacey Dash
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    Stacey Lauretta Dash (born January 20, 1966 or 1967) is an American actress and former talk show host. Dash is known for her co–starring role as Dionne Marie Davenport in the 1995 feature film Clueless and its eponymous television series. She has also appeared in films such as Moving, Mo' Money, Renaissance Man, and View from the Top. Other television work by Dash includes appearances in series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Single Ladies and the reality TV show Celebrity Circus. She has also appeared in music videos for Carl Thomas' "Emotional" and Kanye West's "All Falls Down".
    • Age: 56
    • Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
  • Angela McGlowan
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    Angela McGlowan (born March 2, 1970) is an American political commentator, best selling author, and CEO of Political Strategies & Insights (PSI), a government affairs, political strategy, public relations, and advocacy consulting firm based in Oxford, Mississippi, with an office in Washington, D.C. In 2010, she placed third in the Republican primary for a Congressional seat in Mississippi.
    • Age: 53
    • Birthplace: Oxford, Mississippi
  • Sheryl Underwood

    Sheryl Underwood
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    Sheryl Patrice Underwood (born (1963-10-28)October 28, 1963) is an American comedian, actress and television host. She first rose to prominence in the comedy world as the first female finalist in 1989's Miller Lite Comedy Search. Currently, Underwood is one of the hosts on the CBS Daytime talk show, The Talk, a role she first stepped into in September 2011.
    • Age: 59
    • Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
  • Alveda King
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    Alveda Celeste King (born January 22, 1951) is an American activist, author, and former state representative for the 28th District in the Georgia House of Representatives. She is a niece of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and daughter of civil rights activist the Rev. A. D. King and his wife, Naomi Barber King. She is a Fox News Channel contributor. She once served as a senior fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank. She is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and the founder of Alveda King Ministries.
    • Age: 72
    • Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
  • Zora Neale Hurston
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    Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an influential author of African-American literature, anthropologist, and filmmaker, who portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South, and published research on Haitian Vodou. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays. Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama, and moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, in 1894. She later used Eatonville as the setting for many of her stories. It is now the site of the Zora! Festival, held each year in her honor.In her early career, Hurston conducted anthropological ...more
    • Age: Dec. at 69 (1891-1960)
    • Birthplace: Notasulga, Alabama, United States of America