Langston Hughes
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Douglas (Doug) Lee Williams
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Sharon Pratt Dixon-Kelly
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Oprah Gail Winfrey
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Zora Neale Hurston
January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960 Anthropologist / Author / Filmmaker Zora Neale Hurston [...]
(William Mercer) Will Marion Cook
January 27, 1869 – July 19, 1944 Musician / Choral Director / Composer Will Marion [...]
Anita Denise Baker
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Bob Johnson and the Story of BET
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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
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Amanda Berry Smith
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Lt. Willa Beatrice Brown
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Charles (“Chuck”) Edward Anderson Berry
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