Louis Daniel Armstrong
August 4, 1901* – July 6, 1971 Musician / Singer [...]
Thurgood Marshall
July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993 Attorney / Activist [...]
Vivian Malone Jones
July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005 Civil Rights Pioneer [...]
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
Poet / Author June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000 [...]
Sir Sidney Poitier
February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022 Actor / Director [...]
Emmett Littleton Ashford
November 23, 1914 – March 1, 1980 Baseball Umpire Emmett [...]
“Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson
January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972 Baseball Player In [...]
Patricia Roberts Harris
May 31, 1924 – March 23, 1985 Government Official / [...]
Janet Faye Collins
March 7, 1917 – May 28, 2003 Dancer (Ballet) / [...]
Sharon Pratt Dixon-Kelly
Born January 30, 1944 Attorney / Politician (3rd Mayor of Washington [...]