Willie M. “Bill” Pickett
Cowboy / Rodeo Performer / Actor December 5, 1870 – [...]
Scott Joplin
1868 – April 1, 1917 Composer / Pianist Scott Joplin's [...]
Elijah J. McCoy
May 2, 1844 – October 10, 1929 Inventor / Engineer [...]
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
Poet / Author June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000 [...]
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman
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Percy R. Miller (Master P)
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Edward K. “Duke” Ellington
April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974 Bandleader / Composer [...]
Arthur Wergs Mitchell
December 22, 1883 – May 9, 1968 Politician Arthur Mitchell [...]
August Wilson
Playwright April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005 August Wilson [...]
Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights Activist April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006 [...]