Arthur Ashe (tennis player 1943-1993), James Baldwin (American novelist 1924 - 1984), Ruby Bridges (Civil Rights Activist 1954 - present), Kobe Bryant (NBA star, humanitarian 1978 - 2020), Mary Jackson (scientist 1921-2005), Mary Fields (mail carrier 1832-1914), Mae Jemison (Astronaut 1956 - present), Harriet Jacobs (writer 1813 - 1897), Sojourner Truth (abolitionist 18797 - 1883), Ethel Waters - (entertainer,TV star 1896 - 1977), Phillis Wheatley (poet 1753-1784), Cecil B Moore (lawyer 1915 - 1979), Langston Hughes (poet 1902 - 1967), Alvin Ailey (dancer/choreographer 1931-85), Daniel Hale Williams (open heart surgeon 1856-1931), Medgar Evers (Civil Rights activist 1925-1963), Claudette Colvin (Civil Rights Pioneer 1939-present), Maya Angelou (poet 10928 - 2014), Madam C.J Walker (entrepreneur, activist 1867 - 1919), Ida B. Wells (journalist, civil rights activist 1862 - 1931), August Wilson (playwright 1945-2005), Shirley Chisholm (politician 1924 - 2005), Henrietta Lacks (Hela Cell Line 1920 - 1951), Jo Ann Robinson (Women’s Political council, Bus boycott 1912-1992), Bayard Rustin (civil rights activist 1912-1987), Toni Morrison (Nobel Laureate 1931 - 2019), Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (1st black general in American military 1880-1970), Robert Sengstacke Abbott (founded “Chicago Defender”, wkly newspaper 1870 -1940), Barack Obama (44th Pres. of U.S 1961- present), Michelle Obama (attorney, author, wide of former President 1964 - present), Jackie Robsinson (1st African American to play in Major League Baseball 1919-1972), Dorothy Height (godmother of women’s movement 1912-2010).

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