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Mohammed
Ali
Heavy Weight Boxing Champ
Louis
Armstrong
Jazz, Artist-Trumpet
Josephine
Baker
Actress
Carol
Mosley-Braun
U.S. Enbassador to
New Zealand
Jim
Brown
Football Hall of Fame Honoree
Actor, Activist
George
Washington Carver
Agriculturist, Scientist
William "Bill" Cosby
Actor, Comedian
Dorothy
Dandridge
Actress / Singer
Sammy
Davis, Jr.
Singer, Dancer
Comedian, Actor
Larry
Doby
Star for Cleveland Indians
First African American player
in American League
W.E.B.
DuBois
Author
Ella
Fitzgerald
Jazz Singer
Aretha
Franklin
Singer
Marcus
Garvey
Activist
Alex
Haley
Novelist, Journalist
Virginia
Hamilton
(Author)
Billie
Holiday
Jazz Singer
Langston
Hughes
poet, song writer, novelist
Zora
Neale Hurston
Novelist, Folklorist
Shirley
Ann Jackson
Physicist
Mae
Jemison
Astronaut
Marion
Jones
Female Track Olypian
Jesse
Jackson
Religious Leader, Civil Rights / Human Rights Activist |
Lakewood City Schools || Elementary Pathfinders
Prominent
African Americans Past and Present
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Quincy
Jones
Music Impresario
Barbara
Jordan
Served in the
U.S. Congress (TX),
Professor
Michael
Jordan
Basketball Player
Florence
Griffith Joyner
Female Track Olympian
B.B.
King
Musician
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Activist
Spike
Lee
Film Director,
Producer, Actor
Malcolm
X
Civil Rights Leader
Thurgood
Marshall
Supreme Court Justice
Toni
Morrison
Novelist, Editor, Teacher
Jesse
Owens
Olympian
Track and Field
Sidney
Poitier
Actor
Colin
Powell
Secretary of State
Rosa
Parks
Civil Rights Activist
Condoleeza
Rice
National Security Advisor
Wilma
Rudolph
Olympian-Track and Field
Sojourner
Truth
Abolitionist
Harriet
Tubman
Conductor on the
Underground Railroad
Alice
Walker
Poet, Novelist, Activist
Madame
C.J. Walker
Entrepeneur, Cosmetics Manufacturer
Booker
T. Washington
Educator, activist
Phyllis
Wheatley
Poet
Oprah Winfrey
Talk Show Host / Philanthropist |