Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige
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Prince Rogers Nelson
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Marian Wright Edelman
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Dr. Angela Yvonne Davis
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Josephine Baker
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Dr. Cornel Ronald West
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Morgan P. Freeman, Jr.
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George Edward Foreman
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The Story of the Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street
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Countee LeRoy Cullen
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Vivian Malone Jones
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