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