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Aaron Douglas
1899-1979
Arts & Culture
John Lewis
1940-2020
Civil Rights
Charles Young
1864-1922
Activism
Condoleezza Rice
1954-present
Politics
Michelle Obama
1964-present
Politics
Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
1877-1970
Activism
Barack Obama
1961-present
Politics
Huey P. Newton
1942-1989
Activism
Andrew Young
1932-present
Politics
James Meredith
1933-present
Civil Rights
Colin Powell
1937-2021
Politics
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
1912-2002
Activism
Henry Ossian Flipper
1856-1940
Activism
Kathleen Cleaver
1945-present
Activism
Jesse Jackson
1941-present
Politics
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
1941-1998
Civil Rights
Fred Hampton
1948-1969
Activism
Constance Baker Motley
1921-2005
Civil Rights
Dorothy Height
1912-2010
Civil Rights
Diane Nash
1938-present
Civil Rights
Pauli Murray
1910-1985
Civil Rights
Septima Clark
1898-1987
Civil Rights
C.T. Vivian
1924-2020
Civil Rights
Claudette Colvin
1939-present
Civil Rights
James Farmer
1920-1999
Civil Rights
A. Philip Randolph
1889-1979
Civil Rights
Ruby Bridges
1954-present
Civil Rights
Roy Wilkins
1901-1981
Civil Rights
Mary McLeod Bethune
1875-1955
Civil Rights
Fannie Lou Hamer
1917-1977
Civil Rights
Vernon Jordan
1935-2021
Civil Rights
Daisy Bates
1914-1999
Civil Rights
Bayard Rustin
1912-1987
Civil Rights
Julian Bond
1940-2015
Civil Rights
Ella Baker
1903-1986
Civil Rights
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
1823-1893
Activism
Elizabeth Catlett
1915-2012
Arts & Culture
Romare Bearden
1911-1988
Arts & Culture
Mary Church Terrell
1863-1954
Civil Rights
C. DeLores Tucker
1927-2005
Politics
Jacob Lawrence
1917-2000
Arts & Culture
Lois Mailou Jones
1905-1998
Arts & Culture
Juanita Abernathy
1928-present
Civil Rights
Unita Blackwell
1933-2019
Politics
Frances Willard
1839-1898
Activism
James Van Der Zee
1886-1983
Arts & Culture
Gordon Parks
1912-2006
Arts & Culture
Xernona Clayton
1930-present
Civil Rights
Palmer Hayden
1890-1973
Arts & Culture
Augusta Savage
1892-1962
Arts & Culture
Edmonia Lewis
1844-1907
Arts & Culture
Maggie Lena Walker
1864-1934
Entrepreneurship
Julian Bond
1940-2015
Civil Rights
Stokely Carmichael
1941-1998
Civil Rights
Hosea Williams
1926-2000
Civil Rights
Fannie Lou Hamer
1917-1977
Civil Rights
Roy Wilkins
1901-1981
Civil Rights
Mary McLeod Bethune
1875-1955
Civil Rights
Ralph Abernathy
1926-1990
Civil Rights
Shirley Chisholm
1924-2005
Politics
C.T. Vivian
1924-2020
Civil Rights
Robert F. Williams
1925-1996
Civil Rights
Medgar Evers
1925-1963
Civil Rights
Septima Clark
1898-1987
Civil Rights
Ella Baker
1903-1986
Civil Rights
Constance Baker Motley
1921-2005
Civil Rights
Dorothy Day
1897-1980
Activism
Pauli Murray
1910-1985
Civil Rights
Claudette Colvin
1939-present
Civil Rights
Diane Nash
1938-present
Civil Rights
James Farmer
1920-1999
Civil Rights
Bayard Rustin
1912-1987
Civil Rights
Daisy Bates
1914-1999
Civil Rights
Fred Shuttlesworth
1922-2011
Civil Rights
Dorothy Height
1912-2010
Civil Rights
A. Philip Randolph
1889-1979
Civil Rights
Ruby Bridges
1954-present
Civil Rights
Vernon Jordan
1935-2021
Civil Rights
Dolores Huerta
1930-present
Activism
Myrlie Evers-Williams
1933-present
Civil Rights
Charles Hamilton Houston
1895-1950
Civil Rights
Constance Motley
1921-2005
Civil Rights
Barbara Jordan
1936-1996
Politics
Spottswood Robinson III
1916-1998
Civil Rights
William Hastie
1904-1976
Civil Rights
Wiley Branton
1923-1988
Civil Rights
Oliver Hill
1907-2007
Civil Rights
Jack Greenberg
1924-2016
Civil Rights
Al Sharpton
1954-present
Activism
Maxine Waters
1938-present
Politics
Betty Shabazz
1934-1997
Civil Rights
Coretta Scott King
1927-2006
Civil Rights
Cesar Chavez
1927-1993
Activism
Dovey Johnson Roundtree
1914-2018
Civil Rights
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
1908-1972
Politics
Dr. Dre
1965-present
Arts & Culture
Nas
1973-present
Arts & Culture
The Notorious B.I.G.
1972-1997
Arts & Culture
Run-DMC
1983-2002
Arts & Culture
Public Enemy
1985-present
Arts & Culture
Snoop Dogg
1971-present
Arts & Culture
Ice Cube
1969-present
Arts & Culture
OutKast
1992-2007, 2014
Arts & Culture
A Tribe Called Quest
1985-1998, 2006-2017
Arts & Culture
LL Cool J
1968-present
Arts & Culture
bell hooks
1952-2021
Academics
Louis Armstrong
1901-1971
Arts & Culture
August Wilson
1945-2005
Arts & Culture
Miles Davis
1926-1991
Arts & Culture
Ray Charles
1930-2004
Arts & Culture
Charlie Parker
1920-1955
Arts & Culture
Ella Fitzgerald
1917-1996
Arts & Culture
Aretha Franklin
1942-2018
Arts & Culture
Nina Simone
1933-2003
Arts & Culture
Thelonious Monk
1917-1982
Arts & Culture
Al Green
1946-present
Arts & Culture
Lauryn Hill
1975-present
Arts & Culture
Sam Cooke
1931-1964
Arts & Culture
Lorraine Hansberry
1930-1965
Arts & Culture
Duke Ellington
1899-1974
Arts & Culture
John Coltrane
1926-1967
Arts & Culture
Cornel West
1953-present
Academics
Billie Holiday
1915-1959
Arts & Culture
Otis Redding
1941-1967
Arts & Culture
Tupac Shakur
1971-1996
Arts & Culture
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
1950-present
Academics
Spike Lee
1957-present
Arts & Culture
Chadwick Boseman
1976-2020
Arts & Culture
Jordan Peele
1979-present
Arts & Culture
Ta-Nehisi Coates
1975-present
Arts & Culture
Stacey Abrams
1973-present
Politics
Ava DuVernay
1972-present
Arts & Culture
Kendrick Lamar
1987-present
Arts & Culture
Misty Copeland
1982-present
Arts & Culture
Bryan Stevenson
1959-present
Activism
Lizzo
1988-present
Arts & Culture
Simone Biles
1997-present
Arts & Culture
Donald Glover
1983-present
Arts & Culture
Viola Davis
1965-present
Arts & Culture
Mahershala Ali
1974-present
Arts & Culture
Issa Rae
1985-present
Arts & Culture
Roxane Gay
1974-present
Arts & Culture
Colin Kaepernick
1987-present
Activism
Janelle Monáe
1985-present
Arts & Culture
Ibram X. Kendi
1982-present
Academics
Patrisse Cullors
1983-present
Activism
Angela Davis
1944-present
Activism
Opal Tometi
1984-present
Activism
Kimberlé Crenshaw
1959-present
Academics
Nikole Hannah-Jones
1976-present
Arts & Culture
Alicia Garza
1981-present
Activism
Althea Gibson
1927-2003
Arts & Culture
Venus Williams
1980-present
Arts & Culture
Halle Berry
1966-present
Arts & Culture
Samuel L. Jackson
1948-present
Arts & Culture
Wilma Rudolph
1940-1994
Arts & Culture
Jay-Z
1969-present
Arts & Culture
Charles Barkley
1963-present
Arts & Culture
Beyoncé
1981-present
Arts & Culture
Shaquille O'Neal
1972-present
Arts & Culture
Magic Johnson
1959-present
Arts & Culture
Tina Turner
1939-2023
Arts & Culture
Dave Chappelle
1973-present
Arts & Culture
Whitney Houston
1963-2012
Arts & Culture
Michael Jordan
1963-present
Arts & Culture
John Legend
1979-present
Arts & Culture
Tiger Woods
1975-present
Arts & Culture
Diana Ross
1944-present
Arts & Culture
Marvin Gaye
1939-1984
Arts & Culture
Serena Williams
1981-present
Arts & Culture
Rihanna
1988-present
Arts & Culture
LeBron James
1984-present
Arts & Culture
Alicia Keys
1981-present
Arts & Culture
Kobe Bryant
1978-2020
Arts & Culture
Denzel Washington
1954-present
Arts & Culture
Carl Lewis
1961-present
Arts & Culture
Arthur Ashe
1943-1993
Arts & Culture
Jerry Rice
1962-present
Arts & Culture
Chris Rock
1965-present
Arts & Culture
Florence Griffith Joyner
1959-1998
Arts & Culture
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1962-present
Arts & Culture
Will Smith
1968-present
Arts & Culture
Eddie Murphy
1961-present
Arts & Culture
Jim Brown
1936-2023
Arts & Culture
Kanye West
1977-present
Arts & Culture
Barry Bonds
1964-present
Arts & Culture
James Brown
1933-2006
Arts & Culture
Morgan Freeman
1937-present
Arts & Culture
Whoopi Goldberg
1955-present
Arts & Culture
Kevin Hart
1979-present
Arts & Culture
Charles Rangel
1930-present
Politics
Julian Bond
1940-2015
Civil Rights
Buck O'Neil
1911-2006
Arts & Culture
Cool Papa Bell
1903-1991
Arts & Culture
Hank Aaron
1934-2021
Arts & Culture
Marc Morial
1958-present
Politics
Kweisi Mfume
1948-present
Politics
Vernon Jordan
1935-2021
Civil Rights
Kamala Harris
1964-present
Politics
Willie Mays
1931-present
Arts & Culture
Elijah Cummings
1951-2019
Politics
Cory Booker
1969-present
Politics
Benjamin Hooks
1925-2010
Civil Rights
Stacey Abrams
1973-present
Politics
Satchel Paige
1906-1982
Arts & Culture
Maxine Waters
1938-present
Politics
John Conyers
1929-2019
Politics
Josh Gibson
1911-1947
Arts & Culture
Duke Ellington
1899-1974
Arts & Culture
Charlie Parker
1920-1955
Arts & Culture
Diane Nash
1938-present
Civil Rights
Ella Fitzgerald
1917-1996
Arts & Culture
Condoleezza Rice
1954-present
Politics
Clarence Thomas
1948-present
Politics
Aretha Franklin
1942-2018
Arts & Culture
Constance Baker Motley
1921-2005
Civil Rights
Josephine Baker
1906-1975
Arts & Culture
Mae Jemison
1956-present
STEM
Dizzy Gillespie
1917-1993
Arts & Culture
Louis Armstrong
1901-1971
Arts & Culture
Mary McLeod Bethune
1875-1955
Civil Rights
Billie Holiday
1915-1959
Arts & Culture
Stevie Wonder
1950-present
Arts & Culture
Michael Jackson
1958-2009
Arts & Culture
Oprah Winfrey
1954-present
Entrepreneurship
Ray Charles
1930-2004
Arts & Culture
Ruby Bridges
1954-present
Civil Rights
George Washington Carver
1864-1943
STEM
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
1950-present
Arts & Culture
Barbara Jordan
1936-1996
Politics
Bobby Seale
1936-present
Activism
Cornel West
1953-present
Activism
Stokely Carmichael
1941-1998
Activism
Spike Lee
1957-present
Arts & Culture
Huey P. Newton
1942-1989
Activism
Julian Bond
1940-2015
Civil Rights
Tyler Perry
1969-present
Arts & Culture
Booker T. Washington
1856-1915
Civil Rights
Langston Hughes
1901-1967
Arts & Culture
Thurgood Marshall
1908-1993
Civil Rights
Ralph Bunche
1904-1971
Politics
Muhammad Ali
1942-2016
Arts & Culture
Paul Robeson
1898-1976
Arts & Culture
Frederick Douglass
1818-1895
Civil Rights
W.E.B. Du Bois
1868-1963
Civil Rights
Zora Neale Hurston
1891-1960
Arts & Culture
Bayard Rustin
1912-1987
Civil Rights
Sojourner Truth
1797-1883
Civil Rights
Maya Angelou
1928-2014
Arts & Culture
Marian Anderson
1897-1993
Arts & Culture
Toni Morrison
1931-2019
Arts & Culture
Malcolm X
1925-1965
Civil Rights
Dorothy Height
1912-2010
Civil Rights
Fannie Lou Hamer
1917-1977
Civil Rights
Rosa Parks
1913-2005
Civil Rights
A. Philip Randolph
1889-1979
Civil Rights
Jackie Robinson
1919-1972
Arts & Culture
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
1862-1931
Civil Rights
James Baldwin
1924-1987
Arts & Culture
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929-1968
Civil Rights
Jesse Owens
1913-1980
Arts & Culture
Harriet Tubman
c. 1822-1913
Activism
Maya Angelou
1928-2014
Arts & Culture
Katherine Johnson
1918-2020
STEM