Gen. Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002 Military Hero (Tuskegee [...]
Grover Washington, Jr.
December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999 Musician (Saxophone) / [...]
Henry Thacker (“Harry”) Burleigh
December 2, 1866 – September 12, 1949 Singer / Composer [...]
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972 Clergy / Politician [...]
James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix
November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970 Soldier / Recording [...]
Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree)
1797 – November 26, 1883 Activist / Abolitionist Our sister [...]
Mary Burnett Talbert
September 17, 1866 – October 15, 1923 Educator / Activist [...]
William “Count” Basie
Musician / Bandleader / Composer August 21, 1904 – April [...]
Charles Mingus, Jr.
April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979 Musician / Composer [...]
Milton Olive III
November 7, 1946 – October 22, 1965 Military Hero (Vietnam) [...]