Gwendolyn Brooks Billie Holliday (singer) Ermias Tadesse (BlackGen Capital co- founder) Dorothy Height (YWCA Leader & the “godmother of the women’s movement”) Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1st Black female doctor in the U.S.) Ella Baker (Civil Rights activist) Toni Morrison Bozoma Saint John (Netflix Chief Marketing Officer) Plessy v. Ferguson Missy Elliot (musician) Beyoncé Knowles- Carter (singer and songwriter) Rhianna (singer and designer) Langston Hughes Mae Jemison (1st African American in space) Ella Fitzgerald (singer) Thurgood Marshall Kamala Harris (Vice President of the United States) Susan Rice (diplomat and politician) Annie Lee Cooper (voting rights activist) Benjamin O. Davis Sr. (1st Black American military general) Bessie Coleman (1st African American aviator with a pilot’s license) Frederick Jones (inventor of refrigeration) Jackie Robinson Hattie McDaniel Bayard Rustin (Civil Rights activist) Claudette Colvin (Civil Rights activist) Ryan Williams (Cadre CEO) Medgar Evers (Civil Rights activist) Robert F. Flemmings Jr. Barack Obama (U.S. President) Joe Louis Otis Boykin (electrical engineer and pacemaker inventor) Web Dubois Patrisse Cullors (Black Lives Matter (BLM) founder) Alice Ball (chemist) Marian Anderson Sojourner Truth James C. Evans Tina Turner (singer) Nia DaCosta (director) Reggie Jackson Althea Gibson "Little Rock Nine" Lionel Ritchie (musician) Victor J. Glover (astronaut and pilot of SpaceX Crew Dragon) H.E.R. (musician) Muhammad Ali Dr. Patricia Bath (doctor and inventor of laser cataract surgery) Robert F. Smith (Chair of Vista Equity Partners) Robert Sengstacke Abbott (founder of the Chicago Defender) Sugar Ray Leonard Dr. Carter G. Woodson Marvin Gaye (singer) Sojourner Truth (activist) Queen Latifah (musician and actress) Jason Wright (NFL president Rashida Jones (MSNBC president) Charles Wade (co- founded Operation Help Rosa Parks L. Londell McMillan (NorthStar Group publisher) Marie Van Brittan Brown (security system inventor) Berry Gordy, Jr. Oprah Winfrey Dianna Ross (singer) Duke Ellington Samuel T. Crawford The Greensboro Four Rosa Parks (Civil Rights activist) Jackie Robinson Abubacarr Tambadou (politician) Patti Labelle (singer) Muddy Water (singer) Tony Elumelu (entrepreneur and chair of Heirs Holdings) Jessie Jackson Halle Berry William D. Davis Michael Jordon LL Cool J (rapper) Jane Bolin (1st Black female judge in the U.S.) Minnie Riperton (singer) James Meredith Shirley Chisholm (1st Black woman elected to Congress) Gordon Parks (photographer and film director) Ledisi (musician) Jesse Collins (super bowl producer) Jim Crow Laws Thurgood Marshall- Supreme Court Justice George Washington Carver (scientist) Jessie Owens Cynt Marshall (NBA’s 1st Black female CEO) Madame CJ Walker Frederick Douglass Marian Anderson (singer) Alvin Ailey (performance artist) Nipsey Hussle (rapper) Dana Canedy (Simon & Schuster publishing executive) Amy Sherald (painter) Muhammad Ali Ice Cube (rapper) Jennifer Hudson (singer) Tourmaline (activist and filmmaker) Jean-Jacques Muyembe- Tamfum (Ebola researcher and microbiologist) Rachael Rollins (US attorney for Massachusetts, the first Black woman to hold the office in state history) James Forten (inventor of ship sails) Bob Marley (musician) The Weeknd (musician) Malcolm X (Civil Rights leader) Harriet Tubman Prince (musician) Josephine Baker (the first Black woman to be inducted into France’s Pantheon) Clarence Thomas- Supreme Court Justice Loretta Lynch (1st Black woman attorney general of the U.S.) John H. Evans James Brown (singer) Thomas L. Jennings (dry cleaning inventor) Stacey Abrams (politician) Ritchie Torres (politician) Martin Luther King Jr. (Civil Rights leader) Snoop Dog (rapper) Joe Louis Stevie Wonder (musician) Sean “P Diddy” Combs (entrepreneur, designer, and rapper) Rosalind Brewer (Walgreen’s CEO) Nat King Cole Jackie Joyner Alicia Keys (singer) Octavia V. Catto (activist) Ray Charles (musician) Tiger Woods Marsha P. Johnson (Black LGBTQ activist) David A. Fisher Condoleezza Rice (politician) Charles Q. Brown Jr. (U.S. Commanding Officer) Aisha “Pinky” Cole (plant- based restauranteur) Whitney Houston (singer) Aicha Evans (CEO at Zoox) Louis W. Freeman Kareem Abdul Taran Burke (#MeToo activist) Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist and planetary scientist) Wilma Rudolph Sarah E. Goode Janet Jackson (singer) Melody Hobson (Starbucks board chair) Brandy (actress and singer) Alicia Garza (Black Lives Matter founder) Sylvester J. Fletcher Cori Bush (congresswoman) Robert L. Johnson (co- founder of BET (acquired by Viacom in 2001)) Jackie Robinson John Coltrane (musician) Phylicia Rashad (singer and actress) Nina Simone (musician) Elijah McCoy (steam engine lubrication inventor with 57 U.S. patents) Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett (infectious diseases scientist behind COVID- vaccine) Dan Peebles (Black developer who aims to build New York’s tallest skyscraper) Cleo Wade (artist and poet) Cheick Camara (BlackGen Capital co- founder) Shelia Johnson (founder of Black Entertainment Television) Maya Angelou Alice H. Parker (gas furnace inventor) William A. Deltz Hariet Tubman Big Mama Thornton (singer) Angela Davis (political activist) Sarah Boone (ironing board inventor) Emancipation Proclamation Loius Armstrong (musician) Aretha Franklin (singer) Opal Tometi (Black Lives Matter founder) Arthur Ashe Michael Jackson (singer) Trina Parks (singer and actress) Bessie Coleman Alicia Boler Davis (VP Global Customer Fulfillment at Amazon) Porter Braswell (Jopwell co- founder) Gwendolyn Brooks Billie Holliday (singer) Ermias Tadesse (BlackGen Capital co- founder) Dorothy Height (YWCA Leader & the “godmother of the women’s movement”) Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1st Black female doctor in the U.S.) Ella Baker (Civil Rights activist) Toni Morrison Bozoma Saint John (Netflix Chief Marketing Officer) Plessy v. Ferguson Missy Elliot (musician) Beyoncé Knowles- Carter (singer and songwriter) Rhianna (singer and designer) Langston Hughes Mae Jemison (1st African American in space) Ella Fitzgerald (singer) Thurgood Marshall Kamala Harris (Vice President of the United States) Susan Rice (diplomat and politician) Annie Lee Cooper (voting rights activist) Benjamin O. Davis Sr. (1st Black American military general) Bessie Coleman (1st African American aviator with a pilot’s license) Frederick Jones (inventor of refrigeration) Jackie Robinson Hattie McDaniel Bayard Rustin (Civil Rights activist) Claudette Colvin (Civil Rights activist) Ryan Williams (Cadre CEO) Medgar Evers (Civil Rights activist) Robert F. Flemmings Jr. Barack Obama (U.S. President) Joe Louis Otis Boykin (electrical engineer and pacemaker inventor) Web Dubois Patrisse Cullors (Black Lives Matter (BLM) founder) Alice Ball (chemist) Marian Anderson Sojourner Truth James C. Evans Tina Turner (singer) Nia DaCosta (director) Reggie Jackson Althea Gibson "Little Rock Nine" Lionel Ritchie (musician) Victor J. Glover (astronaut and pilot of SpaceX Crew Dragon) H.E.R. (musician) Muhammad Ali Dr. Patricia Bath (doctor and inventor of laser cataract surgery) Robert F. Smith (Chair of Vista Equity Partners) Robert Sengstacke Abbott (founder of the Chicago Defender) Sugar Ray Leonard Dr. Carter G. Woodson Marvin Gaye (singer) Sojourner Truth (activist) Queen Latifah (musician and actress) Jason Wright (NFL president Rashida Jones (MSNBC president) Charles Wade (co- founded Operation Help Rosa Parks L. Londell McMillan (NorthStar Group publisher) Marie Van Brittan Brown (security system inventor) Berry Gordy, Jr. Oprah Winfrey Dianna Ross (singer) Duke Ellington Samuel T. Crawford The Greensboro Four Rosa Parks (Civil Rights activist) Jackie Robinson Abubacarr Tambadou (politician) Patti Labelle (singer) Muddy Water (singer) Tony Elumelu (entrepreneur and chair of Heirs Holdings) Jessie Jackson Halle Berry William D. Davis Michael Jordon LL Cool J (rapper) Jane Bolin (1st Black female judge in the U.S.) Minnie Riperton (singer) James Meredith Shirley Chisholm (1st Black woman elected to Congress) Gordon Parks (photographer and film director) Ledisi (musician) Jesse Collins (super bowl producer) Jim Crow Laws Thurgood Marshall- Supreme Court Justice George Washington Carver (scientist) Jessie Owens Cynt Marshall (NBA’s 1st Black female CEO) Madame CJ Walker Frederick Douglass Marian Anderson (singer) Alvin Ailey (performance artist) Nipsey Hussle (rapper) Dana Canedy (Simon & Schuster publishing executive) Amy Sherald (painter) Muhammad Ali Ice Cube (rapper) Jennifer Hudson (singer) Tourmaline (activist and filmmaker) Jean-Jacques Muyembe- Tamfum (Ebola researcher and microbiologist) Rachael Rollins (US attorney for Massachusetts, the first Black woman to hold the office in state history) James Forten (inventor of ship sails) Bob Marley (musician) The Weeknd (musician) Malcolm X (Civil Rights leader) Harriet Tubman Prince (musician) Josephine Baker (the first Black woman to be inducted into France’s Pantheon) Clarence Thomas- Supreme Court Justice Loretta Lynch (1st Black woman attorney general of the U.S.) John H. Evans James Brown (singer) Thomas L. Jennings (dry cleaning inventor) Stacey Abrams (politician) Ritchie Torres (politician) Martin Luther King Jr. (Civil Rights leader) Snoop Dog (rapper) Joe Louis Stevie Wonder (musician) Sean “P Diddy” Combs (entrepreneur, designer, and rapper) Rosalind Brewer (Walgreen’s CEO) Nat King Cole Jackie Joyner Alicia Keys (singer) Octavia V. Catto (activist) Ray Charles (musician) Tiger Woods Marsha P. Johnson (Black LGBTQ activist) David A. Fisher Condoleezza Rice (politician) Charles Q. Brown Jr. (U.S. Commanding Officer) Aisha “Pinky” Cole (plant- based restauranteur) Whitney Houston (singer) Aicha Evans (CEO at Zoox) Louis W. Freeman Kareem Abdul Taran Burke (#MeToo activist) Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist and planetary scientist) Wilma Rudolph Sarah E. Goode Janet Jackson (singer) Melody Hobson (Starbucks board chair) Brandy (actress and singer) Alicia Garza (Black Lives Matter founder) Sylvester J. Fletcher Cori Bush (congresswoman) Robert L. Johnson (co- founder of BET (acquired by Viacom in 2001)) Jackie Robinson John Coltrane (musician) Phylicia Rashad (singer and actress) Nina Simone (musician) Elijah McCoy (steam engine lubrication inventor with 57 U.S. patents) Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett (infectious diseases scientist behind COVID- vaccine) Dan Peebles (Black developer who aims to build New York’s tallest skyscraper) Cleo Wade (artist and poet) Cheick Camara (BlackGen Capital co- founder) Shelia Johnson (founder of Black Entertainment Television) Maya Angelou Alice H. Parker (gas furnace inventor) William A. Deltz Hariet Tubman Big Mama Thornton (singer) Angela Davis (political activist) Sarah Boone (ironing board inventor) Emancipation Proclamation Loius Armstrong (musician) Aretha Franklin (singer) Opal Tometi (Black Lives Matter founder) Arthur Ashe Michael Jackson (singer) Trina Parks (singer and actress) Bessie Coleman Alicia Boler Davis (VP Global Customer Fulfillment at Amazon) Porter Braswell (Jopwell co- founder)
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Billie Holliday (singer)
Ermias Tadesse (BlackGen Capital co-founder)
Dorothy Height (YWCA Leader & the “godmother of the women’s movement”)
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1st Black female doctor in the U.S.)
Ella Baker (Civil Rights activist)
Toni Morrison
Bozoma Saint John (Netflix Chief Marketing Officer)
Plessy v. Ferguson
Missy Elliot (musician)
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (singer and songwriter)
Rhianna (singer and designer)
Langston Hughes
Mae Jemison (1st African American in space)
Ella Fitzgerald (singer)
Thurgood Marshall
Kamala Harris (Vice President of the United States)
Susan Rice (diplomat and politician)
Annie Lee Cooper (voting rights activist)
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. (1st Black American military general)
Bessie Coleman (1st African American aviator with a pilot’s license)
Frederick Jones (inventor of refrigeration)
Jackie Robinson
Hattie McDaniel
Bayard Rustin (Civil Rights activist)
Claudette Colvin (Civil Rights activist)
Ryan Williams (Cadre CEO)
Medgar Evers (Civil Rights activist)
Robert F. Flemmings Jr.
Barack Obama (U.S. President)
Joe Louis
Otis Boykin (electrical engineer and pacemaker inventor)
Web Dubois
Patrisse Cullors (Black Lives Matter (BLM) founder)
Alice Ball (chemist)
Marian Anderson
Sojourner Truth
James C. Evans
Tina Turner (singer)
Nia DaCosta (director)
Reggie Jackson
Althea Gibson
"Little Rock Nine"
Lionel Ritchie (musician)
Victor J. Glover (astronaut and pilot of SpaceX Crew Dragon)
H.E.R. (musician)
Muhammad Ali
Dr. Patricia Bath (doctor and inventor of laser cataract surgery)
Robert F. Smith (Chair of Vista Equity Partners)
Robert Sengstacke Abbott (founder of the Chicago Defender)
Sugar Ray Leonard
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Marvin Gaye (singer)
Sojourner Truth (activist)
Queen Latifah (musician and actress)
Jason Wright (NFL president
Rashida Jones (MSNBC president)
Charles Wade (co-founded Operation Help
Rosa Parks
L. Londell McMillan (NorthStar Group publisher)
Marie Van Brittan Brown (security system inventor)
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Oprah Winfrey
Dianna Ross (singer)
Duke Ellington
Samuel T. Crawford
The Greensboro Four
Rosa Parks (Civil Rights activist)
Jackie Robinson
Abubacarr Tambadou (politician)
Patti Labelle (singer)
Muddy Water (singer)
Tony Elumelu (entrepreneur and chair of Heirs Holdings)
Jessie Jackson
Halle Berry
William D. Davis
Michael Jordon
LL Cool J (rapper)
Jane Bolin (1st Black female judge in the U.S.)
Minnie Riperton (singer)
James Meredith
Shirley Chisholm (1st Black woman elected to Congress)
Gordon Parks (photographer and film director)
Ledisi (musician)
Jesse Collins (super bowl producer)
Jim Crow Laws
Thurgood Marshall- Supreme Court Justice
George Washington Carver (scientist)
Jessie Owens
Cynt Marshall (NBA’s 1st Black female CEO)
Madame CJ Walker
Frederick Douglass
Marian Anderson (singer)
Alvin Ailey (performance artist)
Nipsey Hussle (rapper)
Dana Canedy (Simon & Schuster publishing executive)
Amy Sherald (painter)
Muhammad Ali
Ice Cube (rapper)
Jennifer Hudson (singer)
Tourmaline (activist and filmmaker)
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum (Ebola researcher and microbiologist)
Rachael Rollins (US attorney for Massachusetts, the first Black woman to hold the office in state history)
James Forten (inventor of ship sails)
Bob Marley (musician)
The Weeknd (musician)
Malcolm X (Civil Rights leader)
Harriet Tubman
Prince (musician)
Josephine Baker (the first Black woman to be inducted into France’s Pantheon)
Clarence Thomas-Supreme Court Justice
Loretta Lynch (1st Black woman attorney general of the U.S.)
John H. Evans
James Brown (singer)
Thomas L. Jennings (dry cleaning inventor)
Stacey Abrams (politician)
Ritchie Torres (politician)
Martin Luther King Jr. (Civil Rights leader)
Snoop Dog (rapper)
Joe Louis
Stevie Wonder (musician)
Sean “P Diddy” Combs (entrepreneur, designer, and rapper)
Rosalind Brewer (Walgreen’s CEO)
Nat King Cole
Jackie Joyner
Alicia Keys (singer)
Octavia V. Catto (activist)
Ray Charles (musician)
Tiger Woods
Marsha P. Johnson (Black LGBTQ activist)
David A. Fisher
Condoleezza Rice (politician)
Charles Q. Brown Jr. (U.S. Commanding Officer)
Aisha “Pinky” Cole (plant-based restauranteur)
Whitney Houston (singer)
Aicha Evans (CEO at Zoox)
Louis W. Freeman
Kareem Abdul
Taran Burke (#MeToo activist)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysicist and planetary scientist)
Wilma Rudolph
Sarah E. Goode
Janet Jackson (singer)
Melody Hobson (Starbucks board chair)
Brandy (actress and singer)
Alicia Garza (Black Lives Matter founder)
Sylvester J. Fletcher
Cori Bush (congresswoman)
Robert L. Johnson (co-founder of BET (acquired by Viacom in 2001))
Jackie Robinson
John Coltrane (musician)
Phylicia Rashad (singer and actress)
Nina Simone (musician)
Elijah McCoy (steam engine lubrication inventor with 57 U.S. patents)
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett (infectious diseases scientist behind COVID-vaccine)
Dan Peebles (Black developer who aims to build New York’s tallest skyscraper)
Cleo Wade (artist and poet)
Cheick Camara (BlackGen Capital co-founder)
Shelia Johnson (founder of Black Entertainment Television)
Maya Angelou
Alice H. Parker (gas furnace inventor)
William A. Deltz
Hariet Tubman
Big Mama Thornton (singer)
Angela Davis (political activist)
Sarah Boone (ironing board inventor)
Emancipation Proclamation
Loius Armstrong (musician)
Aretha Franklin (singer)
Opal Tometi (Black Lives Matter founder)
Arthur Ashe
Michael Jackson (singer)
Trina Parks (singer and actress)
Bessie Coleman
Alicia Boler Davis (VP Global Customer Fulfillment at Amazon)
Porter Braswell (Jopwell co-founder)
