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