People

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Dina Delicious
Dina Delicious
Recording Artist and Activist

Music

Dina Delicious is a transgender nightlife personality, recording artist, and activist, based in New York City.

Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Dinah Washington was a singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Diona Devincenzi
Diona Devincenzi
Member, Brit Frisco

Music

Diona Devincenzi is a songwriter, artist, and producer. In addition to writing and producing songs for film, television, and multimedia, she also creates music as one-half of the retro-soul duo Brit Frisco and FELICE, her solo project.

Dionne Farris
Dionne Farris
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Dionne Farris is an singer, songwriter, and producer. In the early 1990s, she was featured on the hip-hop group Arrested Development hit single "Tennessee". She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1996.

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Dionne Warwick
Kennedy Center Honoree, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, and 5-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Dionne Warwick is a 5-time Grammy Award winning legend. She is an American singer, actress, and television show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.

Collections: Black Music Month

Tags: ActressCissy HoustonThe Drinkard SingersBurt BacharachUniversity of Hartford

Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4-Time Grammy Award Winner and Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Dire Straits are one of the world's best-selling music artists, with album sales of over 100 million. They won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards (Best British Group twice), two MTV Video Music Awards, and various other awards.

Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks
13-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Dixie Chicks are an American music group composed of founding members (and sisters) Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines. Dixie Chicks have won 13 Grammy Awards, including five in 2007 for "Taking the Long Way".

DJ Ravidrums
DJ Ravidrums
DJ and Drummer

Music

DJ Ravidrums is an electronic music artist DJ and drummer. He performed on the Academy Awards in 2009 for "SlumDog Millionaire", the Mariah Carey "Infinity" Las Vegas show in 2015, as well as other shows.

DJs Amira & Kayla
DJs Amira & Kayla
DJs

Music

DJs Amira & Kayla are acclaimed twin sister DJs and entertainers known for their skilled scratching, mixing, and high-profile performances, including sets for the White House, NBA games, and celebrities. They have appeared on major television shows.

Tags: ScratchingMixingPerformancesEventsTwins

DMX
DMX
3-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Earl Simmons, professionally known as DMX, is an American hip hop recording artist and actor. In 1999, DMX released his best-selling album "...And Then There Was X", which included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)".

Dobie Gray
Dobie Gray
Recording Artist

Music

Dobie Gray was a singer and songwriter, whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop, and musical theater. His hit songs included "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965 and "Drift Away", which was one of the biggest hits of 1973, sold over one million copies.

Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
2-Time Academy Award Nominee and 10-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Dolly Parton is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. She has received 47 Grammy Award nominations.

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Dolores Dunning Milligan
Member, Ladies of SKYY

Music

Ladies of SKYY (Denise, Dolores, and Bonné Dunning) are best known as the female vocalists of the hit group known as Skyy. Their biggest chart position was achieved in 1982, when their album "Skyy Line" was certified gold and reached #1 album status.

Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores O'Riordan
Lead Singer, The Cranberries

Music

Dolores O'Riordan was a musician and singer-songwriter. She led the rock band The Cranberries for 13 years before the band took a break starting in 2003, reuniting in 2009. O'Riordan died unexpectedly in 2018 while in London for a recording session.

Don Cornelius
Don Cornelius
Creator and Host, "Soul Train"

Television

Don Cornelius was an American television show host and producer who was best known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show "Soul Train", which he hosted from 1971 until 1993.

Donald Glover
Donald Glover
Actor and Recording Artist

Television

Donald Glover is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, record producer, singer, songwriter, rapper and DJ. He performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino, and as a DJ under the name mcDJ.

Donald Lawrence
Donald Lawrence
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Donald Lawrence is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer, and artist. The multiple Grammy and Stellar Award winner has collaborated with a diverse roster, as vocal coach to the R&B group En Vogue, and musical director for Stephanie Mills.

Donald Lawrence & Company
Donald Lawrence & Company
Recording Group

Music

Donald Lawrence is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer, and artist. The multiple Grammy and Stellar Award winner has collaborated with a diverse roster, and has recorded under the group name Donald Lawrence & Company.

Tags: Choir DirectorVerity RecordsAcclaimedBillboardTri-City Singers

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
45th President of the United States (2017 - Present)

Politics

Donald Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

Donna Lewis
Donna Lewis
Recording Artist

Music

Donna Lewis is a singer-songwriter. She is best known for the 1996 pop hit single "I Love You Always Forever", which peaked at number five on the United Kingdom Singles Chart, and also peaked within the top ten of the charts in eight other countries.

Donna Summer
Donna Summer
Queen of Disco

Music

Donna Summer was a singer and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. A 5-time Grammy Award winner, she has reportedly sold over 130 million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all-time.

Donny Osmond
Donny Osmond
Member, The Osmonds

Music

Donny Osmond is an American singer, dancer, actor, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid-1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as The Osmonds.

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Doreen Bazile
Social Worker

Sociology

Doreen Bazile is a social worker. She sees many different patients with distinct needs and issues, regarding spirituality and religion, family conflict, loss, grief, bereavement, and more.

Tags: GriefBereavementSocial WorkerFamily ConflictReligion

Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge
Academy Award Nominee

Film

Dorothy Dandridge is perhaps one of the most famous black actresses to have a successful Hollywood career and the first to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film "Carmen Jones".

Doug Jones
Doug Jones
Actor

Film

Doug Jones is an American actor and former contortionist known for roles in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres, often wearing heavy makeup to play non-human characters. He starred as the Amphibian Man in "The Shape of Water" (2017).

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