Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 Clergy / Activist / Icon Born as Michael [...]
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith)
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(Lawrence) Douglas Wilder
Born January 17, 1931 Soldier / Attorney / Politician (66th Governor of Virginia) / Author Lawrence Douglas [...]
Bass Reeves
July 1838 – January 12, 1910 Law Enforcement Officer (US Marshal) Bass Reeves was one [...]
Mary Ellen Pleasant
August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904 Entrepreneur / Business Mogul / Philanthropist / Abolitionist [...]
Maestro (Charles) Dean Dixon
January 10, 1915 – November 3, 1976 Musician / Conductor Charles Dean Dixon was born [...]
Earl Gilbert Graves, Sr.
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Colonel Charles Young
March 12, 1864 – January 8, 1922 Military Hero (“Buffalo Soldiers”) / Diplomat As a [...]
Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D.
January 7, 1914 – June 13, 2004 Surgeon / Politician Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown (Dr. D) [...]
Elizabeth (Libby) Duncan Koontz
June 3, 1919 – January 6, 1989 Educator / Administrator / Activist Libby Duncan Koontz [...]
Alvin Ailey, Jr.
January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989 Dancer / Director / Choreographer / Icon Our [...]
Grace Melzia Bumbry
January 4, 1937 - May 7, 2023 Opera Singer (Mezzo-Soprano & Soprano) Grace [...]