Biographies

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A

• Abernathy, Ralph
• Ali, Muhammad
• Allen, Richard
• Anderson, Marian
• Anderson, Michael
• Angelou, Maya
• Armstrong, Louis
• Ashe, Arthur
• Attucks, Crispus

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B

• Baker, Ella
• Banneker, Benjamin
• Blount, Bessie
• Brown, James
• Brown, Sterling A.

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C

• Carmichael, Stokely
• Carver, George Washington
• Charles, Ray
• Coleman, Bessie
• Cosby, Bill
• Cullen, Countee

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D

• Dandridge, Dorothy
• Douglass, Frederick
• Drew, Charles
• Du Bois, W.E.B.

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E

• Evers, Medgar

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F

• Fauset, Jessie Redmon
• Fortune, T. Thomas

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G

• Garvey, Marcus
• Gibson, Josh

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H

• Handy, W.C.
• Hansberry, Lorraine
• Holiday, Billie
• Horne, Lena
• House, Son
• Hughes, Langston
• Hunter, Alberta

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I

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J

• Jacobs, Harriet
• Jefferson, Blind Lemon
• Jemison, Mae
• Johnson, Jack
• Johnson, James Weldon
• Joyner, Marjorie Stewart

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K

• King, Coretta Scott
• King, Martin Luther, Jr.

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L

• Larsen, Nella
• Lewis, Carl
• Louis, Joe

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M

• Marshall, Thurgood
• McCoy, Elijah
• Morgan, Garrett

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N

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O

• Obama, Barack
• Obama, Michelle
• Owens, Jesse

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P

• Paige, Satchel
• Parks, Rosa
• Patton, Charley
• Poage, George
• Poitier, Sidney
• Powell, Colin
• Pryor, Richard

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Q

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R

• Radcliffe, Ted
• Rainey, Joseph
• Rainey, Ma
• Randolph, A. Philip
• Revels, Hiram
• Rice, Condoleezza
• Robinson, Jackie
• Rustin, Bayard

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S

• Smith, Bessie
• Stewart, Maria

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T

• Taylor, John Baxter
• Thomas, Debi
• Tubman, Harriet
• Turner, Nat
• Truth, Sojourner

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U

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V

• Vaughan, Sarah

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W

• Walker, Madam C.J.
• Walker, David
• Washington, Booker T.
• Washington, Denzel
• Waters, Ethel
• Wells-Barnett, Ida
• Wheatley, Phillis
• Williams, Cathay
• Woodson, Carter

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X

• X, Malcolm

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Y

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