William “Count” Basie
Musician / Bandleader / Composer August 21, 1904 – April [...]
Norma Merrick Sklarek
April 15, 1926 – February 6, 2012 Architect Norma Sklarek [...]
“Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson
January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972 Baseball Player In [...]
Paul Leroy Robeson
April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976 Actor / Singer [...]
Billie Holiday
April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959 Singer / Recording [...]
(William Mercer) Will Marion Cook
January 27, 1869 – July 19, 1944 Musician / Choral [...]
Zora Neale Hurston
January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960 Anthropologist / Author [...]
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
January 24, 1874 – June 10, 1938 Historian / Writer [...]
Lt. Willa Beatrice Brown
January 22, 1906 – July 18, 1992 Educator / Soldier [...]
Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D.
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