Elizabeth (Libby) Duncan Koontz
June 3, 1919 – January 6, 1989 Educator / Administrator [...]
Alvin Ailey, Jr.
January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989 Dancer / Director [...]
Grace Melzia Bumbry
January 4, 1937 - May 7, 2023 Opera Singer (Mezzo-Soprano [...]
Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove)
December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919 Entrepreneur / Philanthropist [...]
Booker Taliaferro Washington
April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915 Educator / Author [...]
Shirley Graham Du Bois
November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977 Author / Playwright [...]
Alice Coachman Davis
November 9, 1923 – July 14, 2014 Olympic Champion Alice [...]
Carol Elizabeth Moseley-Braun
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Dr. Ernest Everett Just
August 14, 1883 – October 27, 1941 Scientist / Author [...]
Mary Burnett Talbert
September 17, 1866 – October 15, 1923 Educator / Activist [...]