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