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