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A Aaliyah Hank Aaron Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Ralph Abernathy Freddy Adu Alvin Ailey Akon Ira Aldridge Archibald Alphonso Alexander Ayaan Hirsi Ali Muhammad Ali Debbie Allen Richard Allen Marian Anderson Maya Angelou Carmelo Anthony James Armistead Henry Armstrong Louis Armstrong Matthew Ashby Arthur Ashe Evelyn Ashford Crispus Attucks

B James Baldwin Ella Baker Josephine Baker Vernon Baker Ernie Banks Tyra Banks Benjamin Banneker Amira Baraka Charles Barkley Richmond Barthé Count Basie Jean-Michel Basquiat Angela Bassett Daisy Bates Elgin Baylor Bob Beamon Romare Bearden DaMarcus Beasley Harry Belafonte Shari Belafonte-Harper James “Cool Papa” Bell Albert Belle Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000) Chuck Berry Halle Berry Mary McLeod Bethune Beyoncé Black Panthers Eubie Blake Mary J. Blige Guion Bluford Manute Bol Julian Bond Barry Bonds Arna Bontemps Ralph Boston Edward Bouchet Lil’ Bow Wow Boyz II Men Benjamin Bradley Tom Bradley Brandy Herman Russell Branson Andre Braugher Carol Moseley-Braun Ruby Bridges Valerie Brisco-Hooks Lou Brock Edward Brooke Avery Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks Foxy Brown James Brown Jim Brown Willie Brown Blanche Bruce Kobe Bryant Buck Buchanan Edward Bullins Ralph Bunche Harry T. Burleigh Leroy Burrell LeVar Burton Octavia Butler

C Herman Cain Lee Calhoun Cab Calloway Roy Campanella Earl Campbell Milt Campbell Rod Carew Stokely Carmichael Diahann Carroll Julia Carson Benny Carter Betty Carter Cris Carter George Washington Carver Wilt Chamberlain Chamillionaire Emmett W. Chappelle Ray Charles Don Cheadle Charles W. Chesnutt Chingy Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm Chuck D Ciara Joseph Cinqué Kenneth B. Clark Eldridge Cleaver George Clinton Alice Coachman Johnny Cochran Jewel Plummer Cobb Natalie Cole Nat “King” Cole Rebecca Cole Bessie Coleman Gary Coleman John Coltrane Claudette Colvin Sean “Diddy” Combs Common John Conyers Coolio Bill Cosby David Crosthwait, Jr. Scatman Crothers Paul Cuffe Countee Cullen

D Dorothy Dandridge Angela Davis Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Ernie Davis Miles Davis Ossie Davis Sammy Davis Jr. Viola Davis Dominique Dawes William L. Dawson Ruby Dee Anita DeFrantz Martin Robinson Delany Destiny’s Child Robert Nathaniel Dett Gail Devers Eric Dickerson Bo Diddley Harrison Dillard David Dinkins Father Divine DMX Larry Doby Snoop Dogg Antoine “Fats” Domino Tony Dorsett Thomas A. Dorsey Frederick Douglass James “Buster” Douglas Dr. Dre Charles Richard Drew W. E. B. Du Bois Paul Laurence Dunbar Katherine Dunham Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Ava DuVernay

E Marian Wright Edelman Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds Clarence L. Elder Lee Elder Joycelyn Elders Duke Ellington Missy Elliott Ralph Ellison Philip Emeagwali Julius “Dr. J” Erving April Ericsson Lee Evans Medgar Evers Myrlie Evers-Williams Patrick Ewing

Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee F James Farmer Louis Farrakhan Cecil Fielder Ella Fitzgerald Laurence Fishburne Lil’ Fizz Curt Flood Evan Forde George Foreman Jamie Foxx Redd Foxx Aretha Franklin John Hope Franklin Joe Frazier Walt Frazier John Freeman Morgan Freeman The Fugees Charles Fuller

G Clarence “Big House” Gaines Alonzo “Jake” Gaither The Game Henry Highland Garnet Marcus Garvey Cito Gaston Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Marvin Gaye Leymah Gbowee George Gervin Althea Gibson Bob Gibson Josh Gibson Dizzy Gillespie Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Danny Glover Whoopi Goldberg Cuba Gooding, Jr. Berry Gordy, Jr. Louis Gossett, Jr. Joe Greene Greensboro Four Pam Grier Ken Griffey, Jr. Archie Griffin Florence Griffith Joyner Archibald H. Grimke Guru Tony Gwynn

H Marvin Hagler Alex Haley Lloyd Augustus Hall Prince Hall Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer Lisa Gay Hamilton Jupiter Hammon Lionel Hampton Herbie Hancock William Christopher Handy Lorraine Hansberry Ben Harper Barbara C. Harris Franco Harris William H. Hastie Richard Gordon Hatcher Elvin Hayes Isaac Hayes Roland Hayes Thomas Hearns Height, Dorothy Rickey Henderson Jimi Hendrix Matthew Henson Taraji P. Henson Leon A. Higginbotham, Jr. Anita Hill Lauryn Hill Gregory Hines Billie Holiday Larry Holmes Evander Holyfield John Lee Hooker Bell Hooks Benjamin Hooks Lena Horne Charles Hamilton Houston Whitney Houston Terrence Howard William DeHart Hubbard Jennifer Hudson Langston Hughes Joe Hunter Zora Neale Hurston

I Ice Cube Ice T Samuel Elmer Imes Roy Innis

Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee J Bo Jackson Janet Jackson Jesse Jackson Jesse Jackson Jr. Mahalia Jackson Maynard Jackson Michael Jackson Reggie Jackson Samuel L. Jackson Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr. Etta James LeBron James Judith Jamison Ja Rule Jay-Z Eve Jeffers Mae Jemison Thomas L. Jennings Derek Jeter Dennis Johnson Ervin “Magic” Johnson Jack Johnson James Weldon Johnson John Johnson Johnnie Johnson Judy Johnson Michael Johnson Rafer Johnson Robert Johnson Robert L. Johnson Deacon Jones Frederick McKinley Jones James Earl Jones Lois Mailou Jones Marion Jones Mike Jones Quincy Jones Roy Jones Jr. Scott Joplin Barbara Jordan Michael Jordan Jackie Joyner-Kersee Percy Julian Johanna July Ernest Everett Just

K Maulana Karenga Jason Kidd Lil’ Kim Jamaica Kincaid B.B. King Coretta Scott King Don King Martin Luther King Jr. Yolanda King Anna Kingsley Suge Knight Eartha Kitt

L John Mercer Langston Nella Larsen Eriq La Salle Queen Latifah Lewis Howard Latimer Martin Lawrence Jacob Lawrence Huddie Ledbetter Spike Lee Buck Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Bill Lewis Carl Lewis Edmonia Lewis John R. Lewis Reginald Lewis Sonny Liston Earl Lloyd Alain Locke Greenbury Logan Joe Louis Toussaint L’Ouverture Mildred Loving Ludacris Loretta Lynch

Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee M Bernie Mac Malcolm X Karl Malone Moses Malone Wynton Marsalis Thurgood Marshall Willie Mays Bob McAdoo Henry Cecil Ransom McBay Willie McCovey Elijah J. McCoy Hattie McDaniel Steve McNair Floyd McKissick Butterfly McQueen Carrie P. Meek James Meredith Kweisi Mfume Cheryl Miller Dorie Miller Charles Mingus Arthur Mitchell Parren Mitchell Mo’Nique Thelonious Monk Warren Moon Archie Moore Michael Moorer Garrett Augustus Morgan Joe Morgan Toni Morrison Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton Mos Def Edwin Moses Walter Mosley Marion Motley Robert Russa Moton Benjamin Franklin Muhammad Elijah Muhammad Calvin Murphy Eddie Murphy Eddie Murray Mya

N Nas Nelly Aaron Neville Huey Newton Thandie Newton Fayard Nicholas Jessye Norman Eleanor Holmes Norton The Notorious B.I.G.

O Barack Obama Michelle Obama Odetta Hakeem Olajuwon Shaquille O’Neal Outkast Jesse Owens David Oyelowo

P Master P Alan Page Satchel Paige Charlie “Bird” Parker Gordon Parks Rosa Parks David Paterson Floyd Patterson Antwan Patton (Big Boi) Walter Payton Calvin Peete Teddy Pendergrass Ann Petry John L. Phillips P. B. S. Pinchback Jada Pinkett-Smith Horace Pippin Scottie Pippen Leonard Pitts, Jr. Homer Plessy Sidney Poitier Fritz Pollard Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Colin Powell Mike Powell Leontyne Price Prince Richard Pryor Gabriel Prosser Kirby Puckett

Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee R Maurice F. Rabb, Jr. Gertrude “Ma” Rainey Joseph Rainey A. Philip Randolph Virginia Randolph Charles Rangel Otis Redding Willis Reed Irene Reid Gloria Reuben Hiram R. Revels Butch Reynolds Ving Rhames Condoleezza Rice Jerry Rice Pretty Ricky Norbert Rillieux Max Roache Oscar Robertson Paul Robeson David Robinson Eddie Robinson Frank Robinson Holly Robinson-Peete Jackie Robinson Smokey Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson Chris Rock Dennis Rodman Esther Rolle Howard E. Rollins, Jr. Lil’ Romeo Diana Ross Carl Rowan Darius Rucker Wilma Rudolph Bobby Rush Bill Russell John Russwurm Bayard Rustin Busta Rhymes

S Michael Sam Ignatius Sancho Barry Sanders Deion Sanders Augusta Christine Fells Savage Gale Sayers Dred Scott Seal Bobby Seale Myra C. Selby Betty Shabazz Tupac Shakur Ntozake Shange Fred Shuttlesworth Gabourey Sidibe Charlie Sifford Nina Simone O.J. Simpson Sinbad Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Robert Smalls Tavis Smiley Bessie Smith Emmitt Smith Lee Smith Ozzie Smith Will Smith Wesley Snipes Octavia Spencer Joel Elias Spingarn Leon Spinks Latrell Sprewell Willie Stargell C. K. (Charles Kenzie) Steele William Grant Still Carl B. Stokes Moorfield Storey Lynn Swann Howard Swanson Sheryl Swoopes

Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee T Henry Tanner Lawrence Taylor Mary Eliza Church Terrell Clarence Thomas Frank Thomas Isiah Thomas Thurman Thomas John Thompson Wallace Thurman Tone-Loc Jean Toomer Pierre Toussaint Virgil Garnett Trice, Jr. Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Chris Tucker Charles Henry Turner Ike Turner Tina Turner Nat Turner Cicely Tyson Mike Tyson Wyomia Tyus

U Gene Upshaw Usher

V Luther Vandross Gustavus Vassa Sarah Vaughan Mo Vaughn Denmark Vesey

W Dwyane Wade Derek Walcott Jersey Joe Walcott Alice Walker Herschel Walker Maggie Lena (Mitchell) Walker Sarah “Madame C J Walker” Walker Thomas “Fats” Waller Quvenzhané Wallis Charlie Ward Booker T. Washington Denzel Washington Dinah Washington Harold Washington Maxine Waters Muddy Waters Faye Wattleton J. C. Watts Damon Wayans Keenan Ivory Wayans Carl Weathers Robert C. Weaver Junior Wells Ida B. Wells-Barnett Cornel West Dorothy West James West Kanye West Phyllis Wheatley Forest Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Bill White Reggie White Walter White John Edgar Wideman Lenny Wilkens Dominique Wilkins Roy Wilkins Daniel Hale Williams George Washington Williams Jayson Williams Peter Williams, Jr. Peter Williams, Sr. Serena Williams Vanessa Williams Venus Williams Fred Williamson John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson August Wilson Cassandra Wilson Flip Wilson Dave Winfield Paul Winfield Oprah Winfrey Howlin’ Wolf Stevie Wonder Granville T. Woods Tiger Woods Carter G. Woodson Jacqueline Woodson Alfre Woodard Richard Wright Wu-Tang Clan

X Malcolm X

Y Andrew Young Lester Young Roger Arliner Young Whitney M. Young, Jr.

Z James Van Der Zee

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Aaliyah
Hank Aaron
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ralph Abernathy
Freddy Adu
Alvin Ailey
Akon
Ira Aldridge
Archibald Alphonso Alexander
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Muhammad Ali
Debbie Allen
Richard Allen
Marian Anderson
Maya Angelou
Carmelo Anthony
James Armistead
Henry Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Matthew Ashby
Arthur Ashe
Evelyn Ashford
Crispus Attucks
James Baldwin
Ella Baker
Josephine Baker
Vernon Baker
Ernie Banks
Tyra Banks
Benjamin Banneker
Amira Baraka
Charles Barkley
Richmond Barthé
Count Basie
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Angela Bassett
Daisy Bates
Elgin Baylor
Bob Beamon
Romare Bearden
DaMarcus Beasley
Harry Belafonte
Shari Belafonte-Harper
James “Cool Papa” Bell
Albert Belle
Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000)
Chuck Berry
Halle Berry
Mary McLeod Bethune
Beyoncé
Black Panthers
Eubie Blake
Mary J. Blige
Guion Bluford
Manute Bol
Julian Bond
Barry Bonds
Arna Bontemps
Ralph Boston
Edward Bouchet
Lil’ Bow Wow
Boyz II Men
Benjamin Bradley
Tom Bradley
Brandy
Herman Russell Branson
Andre Braugher
Carol Moseley-Braun
Ruby Bridges
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Lou Brock
Edward Brooke
Avery Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
Foxy Brown
James Brown
Jim Brown
Willie Brown
Blanche Bruce
Kobe Bryant
Buck Buchanan
Edward Bullins
Ralph Bunche
Harry T. Burleigh
Leroy Burrell
LeVar Burton
Octavia Butler
Herman Cain
Lee Calhoun
Cab Calloway
Roy Campanella
Earl Campbell
Milt Campbell
Rod Carew
Stokely Carmichael
Diahann Carroll
Julia Carson
Benny Carter
Betty Carter
Cris Carter
George Washington Carver
Wilt Chamberlain
Chamillionaire
Emmett W. Chappelle
Ray Charles
Don Cheadle
Charles W. Chesnutt
Chingy
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm
Chuck D
Ciara
Joseph Cinqué
Kenneth B. Clark
Eldridge Cleaver
George Clinton
Alice Coachman
Johnny Cochran
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Natalie Cole
Nat “King” Cole
Rebecca Cole
Bessie Coleman
Gary Coleman
John Coltrane
Claudette Colvin
Sean “Diddy” Combs
Common
John Conyers
Coolio
Bill Cosby
David Crosthwait, Jr.
Scatman Crothers
Paul Cuffe
Countee Cullen
Dorothy Dandridge
Angela Davis
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
Ernie Davis
Miles Davis
Ossie Davis
Sammy Davis Jr.
Viola Davis
Dominique Dawes
William L. Dawson
Ruby Dee
Anita DeFrantz
Martin Robinson Delany
Destiny’s Child
Robert Nathaniel Dett
Gail Devers
Eric Dickerson
Bo Diddley
Harrison Dillard
David Dinkins
Father Divine
DMX
Larry Doby
Snoop Dogg
Antoine “Fats” Domino
Tony Dorsett
Thomas A. Dorsey
Frederick Douglass
James “Buster” Douglas
Dr. Dre
Charles Richard Drew
W. E. B. Du Bois
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Katherine Dunham
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
Ava DuVernay
Marian Wright Edelman
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds
Clarence L. Elder
Lee Elder
Joycelyn Elders
Duke Ellington
Missy Elliott
Ralph Ellison
Philip Emeagwali
Julius “Dr. J” Erving
April Ericsson
Lee Evans
Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Patrick Ewing
James Farmer
Louis Farrakhan
Cecil Fielder
Ella Fitzgerald
Laurence Fishburne
Lil’ Fizz
Curt Flood
Evan Forde
George Foreman
Jamie Foxx
Redd Foxx
Aretha Franklin
John Hope Franklin
Joe Frazier
Walt Frazier
John Freeman
Morgan Freeman
The Fugees
Charles Fuller
Clarence “Big House” Gaines
Alonzo “Jake” Gaither
The Game
Henry Highland Garnet
Marcus Garvey
Cito Gaston
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Marvin Gaye
Leymah Gbowee
George Gervin
Althea Gibson
Bob Gibson
Josh Gibson
Dizzy Gillespie
Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni
Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Joe Greene
Greensboro Four
Pam Grier
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Archie Griffin
Florence Griffith Joyner
Archibald H. Grimke
Guru
Tony Gwynn
Marvin Hagler
Alex Haley
Lloyd Augustus Hall
Prince Hall
Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Jupiter Hammon
Lionel Hampton
Herbie Hancock
William Christopher Handy
Lorraine Hansberry
Ben Harper
Barbara C. Harris
Franco Harris
William H. Hastie
Richard Gordon Hatcher
Elvin Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Roland Hayes
Thomas Hearns
Height, Dorothy
Rickey Henderson
Jimi Hendrix
Matthew Henson
Taraji P. Henson
Leon A. Higginbotham, Jr.
Anita Hill
Lauryn Hill
Gregory Hines
Billie Holiday
Larry Holmes
Evander Holyfield
John Lee Hooker
Bell Hooks
Benjamin Hooks
Lena Horne
Charles Hamilton Houston
Whitney Houston
Terrence Howard
William DeHart Hubbard
Jennifer Hudson
Langston Hughes
Joe Hunter
Zora Neale Hurston
Ice Cube
Ice T
Samuel Elmer Imes
Roy Innis
Bo Jackson
Janet Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Mahalia Jackson
Maynard Jackson
Michael Jackson
Reggie Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr.
Etta James
LeBron James
Judith Jamison
Ja Rule
Jay-Z
Eve Jeffers
Mae Jemison
Thomas L. Jennings
Derek Jeter
Dennis Johnson
Ervin “Magic” Johnson
Jack Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
John Johnson
Johnnie Johnson
Judy Johnson
Michael Johnson
Rafer Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert L. Johnson
Deacon Jones
Frederick McKinley Jones
James Earl Jones
Lois Mailou Jones
Marion Jones
Mike Jones
Quincy Jones
Roy Jones Jr.
Scott Joplin
Barbara Jordan
Michael Jordan
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Percy Julian
Johanna July
Ernest Everett Just
Maulana Karenga
Jason Kidd
Lil’ Kim
Jamaica Kincaid
B.B. King
Coretta Scott King
Don King
Martin Luther King Jr.
Yolanda King
Anna Kingsley
Suge Knight
Eartha Kitt
John Mercer Langston
Nella Larsen
Eriq La Salle
Queen Latifah
Lewis Howard Latimer
Martin Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence
Huddie Ledbetter
Spike Lee
Buck Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard
Bill Lewis
Carl Lewis
Edmonia Lewis
John R. Lewis
Reginald Lewis
Sonny Liston
Earl Lloyd
Alain Locke
Greenbury Logan
Joe Louis
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Mildred Loving
Ludacris
Loretta Lynch
Bernie Mac
Malcolm X
Karl Malone
Moses Malone
Wynton Marsalis
Thurgood Marshall
Willie Mays
Bob McAdoo
Henry Cecil Ransom McBay
Willie McCovey
Elijah J. McCoy
Hattie McDaniel
Steve McNair
Floyd McKissick
Butterfly McQueen
Carrie P. Meek
James Meredith
Kweisi Mfume
Cheryl Miller
Dorie Miller
Charles Mingus
Arthur Mitchell
Parren Mitchell
Mo’Nique
Thelonious Monk
Warren Moon
Archie Moore
Michael Moorer
Garrett Augustus Morgan
Joe Morgan
Toni Morrison
Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton
Mos Def
Edwin Moses
Walter Mosley
Marion Motley
Robert Russa Moton
Benjamin Franklin Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad
Calvin Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murray
Mya
Nas
Nelly
Aaron Neville
Huey Newton
Thandie Newton
Fayard Nicholas
Jessye Norman
Eleanor Holmes Norton
The Notorious B.I.G.
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Odetta
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O’Neal
Outkast
Jesse Owens
David Oyelowo
Master P
Alan Page
Satchel Paige
Charlie “Bird” Parker
Gordon Parks
Rosa Parks
David Paterson
Floyd Patterson
Antwan Patton (Big Boi)
Walter Payton
Calvin Peete
Teddy Pendergrass
Ann Petry
John L. Phillips
P. B. S. Pinchback
Jada Pinkett-Smith
Horace Pippin
Scottie Pippen
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Homer Plessy
Sidney Poitier
Fritz Pollard
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Colin Powell
Mike Powell
Leontyne Price
Prince
Richard Pryor
Gabriel Prosser
Kirby Puckett
Maurice F. Rabb, Jr.
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
Joseph Rainey
A. Philip Randolph
Virginia Randolph
Charles Rangel
Otis Redding
Willis Reed
Irene Reid
Gloria Reuben
Hiram R. Revels
Butch Reynolds
Ving Rhames
Condoleezza Rice
Jerry Rice
Pretty Ricky
Norbert Rillieux
Max Roache
Oscar Robertson
Paul Robeson
David Robinson
Eddie Robinson
Frank Robinson
Holly Robinson-Peete
Jackie Robinson
Smokey Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Chris Rock
Dennis Rodman
Esther Rolle
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.
Lil’ Romeo
Diana Ross
Carl Rowan
Darius Rucker
Wilma Rudolph
Bobby Rush
Bill Russell
John Russwurm
Bayard Rustin
Busta Rhymes
Michael Sam
Ignatius Sancho
Barry Sanders
Deion Sanders
Augusta Christine Fells Savage
Gale Sayers
Dred Scott
Seal
Bobby Seale
Myra C. Selby
Betty Shabazz
Tupac Shakur
Ntozake Shange
Fred Shuttlesworth
Gabourey Sidibe
Charlie Sifford
Nina Simone
O.J. Simpson
Sinbad
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Robert Smalls
Tavis Smiley
Bessie Smith
Emmitt Smith
Lee Smith
Ozzie Smith
Will Smith
Wesley Snipes
Octavia Spencer
Joel Elias Spingarn
Leon Spinks
Latrell Sprewell
Willie Stargell
C. K. (Charles Kenzie) Steele
William Grant Still
Carl B. Stokes
Moorfield Storey
Lynn Swann
Howard Swanson
Sheryl Swoopes
Henry Tanner
Lawrence Taylor
Mary Eliza Church Terrell
Clarence Thomas
Frank Thomas
Isiah Thomas
Thurman Thomas
John Thompson
Wallace Thurman
Tone-Loc
Jean Toomer
Pierre Toussaint
Virgil Garnett Trice, Jr.
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Chris Tucker
Charles Henry Turner
Ike Turner
Tina Turner
Nat Turner
Cicely Tyson
Mike Tyson
Wyomia Tyus
Gene Upshaw
Usher
Luther Vandross
Gustavus Vassa
Sarah Vaughan
Mo Vaughn
Denmark Vesey
Dwyane Wade
Derek Walcott
Jersey Joe Walcott
Alice Walker
Herschel Walker
Maggie Lena (Mitchell) Walker
Sarah “Madame C J Walker” Walker
Thomas “Fats” Waller
Quvenzhané Wallis
Charlie Ward
Booker T. Washington
Denzel Washington
Dinah Washington
Harold Washington
Maxine Waters
Muddy Waters
Faye Wattleton
J. C. Watts
Damon Wayans
Keenan Ivory Wayans
Carl Weathers
Robert C. Weaver
Junior Wells
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Cornel West
Dorothy West
James West
Kanye West
Phyllis Wheatley
Forest Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker
Bill White
Reggie White
Walter White
John Edgar Wideman
Lenny Wilkens
Dominique Wilkins
Roy Wilkins
Daniel Hale Williams
George Washington Williams
Jayson Williams
Peter Williams, Jr.
Peter Williams, Sr.
Serena Williams
Vanessa Williams
Venus Williams
Fred Williamson
John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson
August Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
Flip Wilson
Dave Winfield
Paul Winfield
Oprah Winfrey
Howlin’ Wolf
Stevie Wonder
Granville T. Woods
Tiger Woods
Carter G. Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson
Alfre Woodard
Richard Wright
Wu-Tang Clan
Malcolm X
Andrew Young
Lester Young
Roger Arliner Young
Whitney M. Young, Jr.
James Van Der Zee

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