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Notable African-American Actors
- Aaliyah, singer and actor
- Ira Aldridge, actor
- Mahershala Ali, actor
- Debbie Allen, dancer-choreographer, actor
- Angela Bassett, actor
- Harry Belafonte, singer and actor
- Shari Belafonte-Harper, model and actor
- Halle Berry, actor and model
- Brandy, singer and actor
- Andre Braugher, actor
- Avery Brooks, actor
- LeVar Burton, actor
- Diahann Carroll, singer and actor
- Bill Cosby, actor and comedian
- Scatman Crothers, actor
- Dorothy Dandridge, singer, actor
- Ossie Davis, actor, director, writer
- Sammy Davis Jr., entertainer
- Ruby Dee, actor
- Laurence Fishburne, actor
- George Foreman, boxer, actor
- Redd Foxx, actor, comedian
- Morgan Freeman, actor
- Danny Glover, actor
- Whoopi Goldberg, actor, comedienne
- Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor
- Louis Gossett, Jr., actor
- Pam Grier, actor
- Lisa Gay Hamilton, actor
- Taraji P. Henson, actor
- Whitney Houston, singer, actor
- Samuel L. Jackson, actor
- James Earl Jones, actor
- Eartha Kitt, singer and actor
- Eriq La Salle, actor, director
- Queen Latifah, rap musician, actor
- Martin Lawrence, actor and comedian
- Bernie Mac, comedian, actor
- Hattie McDaniel, actor
- Butterfly McQueen, America actor
- Eddie Murphy, actor and comedian
- Thandie Newton, actor
- David Oyelowo, actor
- Jada Pinkett-Smith, actor and model
- Sidney Poitier, actor and director
- Richard Pryor, actor and comedian
- Gloria Reuben, actor
- Ving Rhames, actor
- Paul Robeson, actor and singer
- Holly Robinson-Peete, actor
- Chris Rock, actor and comedian
- Esther Rolle, actor
- Howard E. Rollins, Jr., actor
- Diana Ross, singer
- Sinbad, actor, comedian
- Will Smith, actor and singer
- Wesley Snipes, actor
- Chris Tucker, actor and comedian
- Tina Turner, singer
- Cicely Tyson, actor
- Denzel Washington, actor
- Damon Wayans, actor, comedian
- Keenan Ivory Wayans, actor, comedian
- Carl Weathers, actor, former professional football player
- Forest Whitaker, actor, director
- Vanessa Williams, actor, singer
- Flip Wilson, actor, comedian
- Paul Winfield, actor
- Oprah Winfrey, talk-show host, actor
- Alfre Woodward, actor
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The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
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