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James Earl Jones
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Deborah “Debbie” Kaye Allen
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Bridget “Biddy” Mason
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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
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Bass Reeves
July 1838 – January 12, 1910 Law Enforcement Officer (US Marshal) Bass Reeves was one [...]
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Maestro (Charles) Dean Dixon
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