Esther Rolle
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Joan Murray
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Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith, Jr.)
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Rev. Alfred (Al) Charles Sharpton, Jr.
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Gen. Colin Luther Powell
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Richard Berry Harrison
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Gloria Jean Watkins, Ph.D. (bell hooks)
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Harold (Harry) Belafonte, Jr. and Shari Belafonte
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Jessye Norman
September 15, 1945 – September 20, 2019 Opera Singer Jessye [...]
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (aka “Nas”)
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