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Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith, Jr.)
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Rev. Alfred (Al) Charles Sharpton, Jr.
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Johnnie Lee Cochran, Jr.
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Antoine “Fats” Domino, Jr.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels
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Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr.
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Dr. William E.B. Du Bois
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Julius Winfield Erving II (Dr. J)
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Frances E. Watkins Harper
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Barbara Charline Jordan
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Charles Wade Barkley
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