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| Entry Term |
Birth Year: |
Death Year: |
Primary Category: |
| Adams, Victoria J. Gray |
|
|
Activism |
| Akbar, NaĈim (Luther B. Weems) |
1944 |
|
Activism |
| Antoine, Felix C. |
1839 |
1917 |
Activism |
| Atwell, Cordelia Jennings |
18XX |
|
Activism |
| Baraka, Ajamu |
|
|
Activism |
| Blair, Ezell (Jibreel Khazan) |
1941 |
|
Activism |
| Broughton, Virginia E. Walker |
1856 |
1934 |
Activism |
| Brown, Linda Carol |
1943 |
|
Activism |
| Campbell, Grace |
|
|
Activism |
| Galamison, Milton Arthur |
1923 |
1988 |
Activism |
| McNeil, Joseph |
1941 |
|
Activism |
| Mitchell, Juanita Jackson |
1913 |
1992 |
Activism |
| Patterson, Elizabeth Ann Hayes "Ginger" |
1945 |
|
Activism |
| Rice, Sarah |
1909 |
|
Activism |
| Richmond, David |
1941 |
1990 |
Activism |
| Williams, Henry Sylvester |
1869 |
1911 |
Activism |
| Young, Robert Alexander |
|
|
Activism |
| Bey, Dawoud |
|
|
Art |
| Bibb, Margaret |
|
|
Art |
| Billingsley, Ray |
1957 |
|
Art |
| Blue, Carroll |
1943 |
|
Art |
| Bowling, Frank |
1936 |
|
Art |
| Britt, Benjamin |
1923 |
|
Art |
| Brown, Samuel Joseph, Jr. |
1907 |
1994 |
Art |
| Buchanan, Beverly |
1940 |
|
Art |
| Cowans, Adger W. |
1936 |
|
Art |
| Crite, Allan Rohan |
1910 |
2007 |
Art |
| Cruz, Emilio |
1938 |
|
Art |
| Jones, Paul R. |
1928 |
|
Art |
| Keesee, Ann |
|
|
Art |
| Loving, Alvin D., Jr. |
1935 |
|
Art |
| Pierce, Elijah |
1892 |
1984 |
Art |
| Pope, William L. |
|
|
Art |
| De Passe, Suzanne Celeste |
1948 |
|
Business |
| Goyens, William |
1794 |
1856 |
Business |
| Jenkins, Elaine B. |
1916 |
|
Business |
| McDonald, William Madison |
1866 |
1938 |
Business |
| Petty, Herman |
|
|
Business |
| Washington, Sarah Spencer |
1889 |
1953 |
Business |
| Woods, Artha (Artha Woods Blubaugh) |
|
|
Business |
| Wright, Richard Robert, Jr. |
1878 |
1967 |
Business |
| Williams, Wayne |
1958 |
|
Crime |
| Bates, Add |
|
|
Dance |
| Brown, Ernest |
|
2009 |
DANCE |
| Williams, Dudley |
1938 |
|
Dance |
| Allen, Mary Rice Hayes |
1875 |
1935 |
Education |
| Brooks, Hallie Beachem |
1907 |
1985 |
Education |
| Collins, Marva Delores Nettles |
1936 |
|
Education |
| Desdunes, Rodolphe Lucien |
1849 |
1928 |
Education |
| Dickerson, Glenda |
1945 |
|
Education |
| Du Bois, Nina Yolande |
1900 |
1960 |
Education |
| Hanna Watkins, Mark |
1903 |
1976 |
Education |
| Jackson, E. Belle Mitchell |
1848 |
1942 |
Education |
| Jackson, Ida |
1902 |
|
Education |
| Johnson, Mildred L. |
1914 |
2007 |
Education |
| Julian, Anna Johnson |
1903 |
1994 |
Education |
| Kennedy, Yvonne |
1945 |
|
Education |
| Matthews, Miriam |
1905 |
2003 |
Education |
| Mitchell, Allee J. |
|
2005 |
Education |
| Muhammad, Nuurah Amatullah |
1930 (before) |
|
Education |
| Nutter, Corinthian |
1907 |
2004 |
Education |
| Rose, Arnold M. |
1918 |
1968 |
Education |
| Scott, Elizabeth Thorn |
1828 |
1867 |
Education |
| Shirley, Ollye |
|
|
Education |
| Spillers, Hortense |
1942 |
|
Education |
| Tatum, Beverly Daniel |
1954 |
|
Education |
| Washington, Joseph R., Jr. |
1930 |
|
Education |
| Young, Nathan B. |
1862 |
1933 |
Education |
| Fisher, Elijah John |
1858 |
1915 |
Exploration |
| Brown, Cora M. |
1914 |
1972 |
Government |
| Brown, Roscoe Conklin, Sr. |
1884 |
1962 |
Government |
| McMillan, Eldridge W. |
1934 |
|
Government |
| Newman, Constance Berry |
1935 |
|
Government |
| Crum, George |
1822 |
1914 |
Invention |
| Bray, Rosemary L. |
1955 |
|
Journalism |
| Clayton, Xernona |
1930 |
|
Journalism |
| Dash, Leon |
1944 |
|
Journalism |
| Doctor Daddy-O |
1911 (approx.) |
1993 |
Journalism |
| Evans, Orrin Cromwell |
1902 |
1971 |
Journalism |
| Forbes, George Washington |
1864 |
1927 |
Journalism |
| Martinet, Louis A. |
18XX |
|
Journalism |
| Merrick, Lyda Moore |
1890 |
1987 |
Journalism |
| Nelson, Jill |
1953 |
|
Journalism |
| Roberts, Frederick Madison |
1880 |
1952 |
Journalism |
| Rowe, George Clinton |
1853 |
1903 |
Journalism |
| Simpson, Carole |
1940 |
|
Journalism |
| Slaughter, Henry Proctor |
1871 |
1958 |
Journalism |
| Tapley, Melvin (Tap Melvin) |
|
2005 |
Journalism |
| Thornton, Lee |
|
|
Journalism |
| White, Jack E. |
1946 |
|
Journalism |
| Anderson, Violette Neatley |
1882 |
1937 |
Law |
| Hall, Amos T. |
1896 |
1971 |
Law |
| Lewis, Kathleen McCree |
1947 |
2007 |
Law |
| Looby, Z. Alexander |
1899 |
1972 |
Law |
| Creed, Courtlandt Van Rensselaer |
1835 |
1900 |
Medicine |
| Hall, Julia R. (Jane) |
1865 |
|
Medicine |
| Nelson, Annie Greene |
1902 |
1983? |
Medicine |
| Shorter, Hilda Bolden |
|
|
Medicine |
| Barnes, William Henry |
18XX |
1866 |
Military |
| Bowley, Freeman Sparks |
1846 |
|
Military |
| Cosby, Robert W. |
1925 |
2004 |
Military |
| Hayes, Marcella A. |
|
|
Military |
| Blanchard, Terence |
1962 |
|
Music |
| Bland, (Bobby Blue) Robert Calvin |
|
|
Music |
| Bowman, Euday (Louis) |
1887 |
1949 |
Music |
| Brown, Buster |
1911 |
1976 |
Music |
| Brown, Clarence Gatemouth |
1924 |
2005 |
Music |
| Buckwheat Zydeco (Durel, Stanley) |
1947 |
|
Music |
| Carter, John E. |
|
2009 |
MUSIC |
| Douglass, Joseph Henry |
1871 |
1935 |
Music |
| Ennis, Ethel Llewellyn |
1932 |
|
Music |
| Guillory, Ida Lewis (Queen Ida) |
1929 |
|
Music |
| Hawkins, Tramaine |
1951 |
|
Music |
| Heath, Percy, Jr. |
1923 |
2005 |
Music |
| Layton, John Turner, Sr. |
1849 |
1916 |
Music |
| Roberts, Leon Cedric |
1950 |
1999 |
Music |
| Spikes, Benjamin Franklin (Reb) |
1888 |
1982 |
Music |
| Vodery, Will Henry Bennett |
1884 |
1951 |
Music |
| Smith, Mable Louise |
1924 |
1972 |
Music (blues) |
| Blue, Thomas Fountain |
1866 |
1935 |
Organizations |
| Lucas, C. Payne |
|
|
Organizations |
| Dawson, Matel, Jr. |
1921 |
2002 |
Philanthropy |
| Belton, Sharon Sayles |
1951 |
|
Politics |
| Boyd, Walter |
18XX |
|
Politics |
| Bush, A. L. ((Rush) |
18XX |
|
Politics |
| Bussey, Charles |
1919 (approx.) |
|
Politics |
| Crockett, George W., Jr. |
1909 |
1997 |
Politics |
| Cummings, Elijah |
1951 |
|
Politics |
| Diggs, Charles Coles, Jr. |
1922 |
1998 |
Politics |
| Frazer, Victor O. |
|
|
Politics |
| Hilliard, Earl Frederick |
1942 |
|
Politics |
| Jackson-Lee, Sheila |
1950 |
|
Politics |
| Meek, Carrie Pittman |
1926 |
|
Politics |
| Millender-McDonald, Juanita |
1938 |
|
Politics |
| Murray, George Washington |
1853 |
1926 |
Politics |
| Perry, Carrie Saxon |
1931 |
|
Politics |
| Perry, Cynthia Shepard |
1928 |
|
Politics |
| Small, Sara Everett |
1927 |
2002 |
Politics |
| Tucker, Walter L., III |
1957 |
|
Politics |
| Waldon, Alton R. |
1936 |
|
Politics |
| Watson, Diane |
|
|
Politics |
| Wheat, Alan |
1951 |
|
Politics |
| Dunjee, John W. |
1833 |
1903 |
RELIGION |
| Dunjee, John W. |
|
|
Religion |
| Jones, Robert Elijah |
187X |
1960 |
Religion |
| Maloney, Arnold Hamilton |
1888 |
1955 |
Religion |
| Stanford, Peter Thomas |
1860 |
1909 |
Religion |
| Williams, Lacey Kirk |
1871 |
1940 |
Religion |
| Harrison, Faye Venetia |
1951 |
|
Science |
| Shaw, Earl D. |
1937 |
|
Science |
| Burton, Annie L. |
1858? |
? |
Slave Narrative |
| Campbell, Israel |
1815 |
1898 |
Slave Narrative |
| Johnson, Isaac |
1844 |
1905 |
Slave Narrative |
| Mason, Isaac |
1822 |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Smallwood, Thomas |
1801 |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Thompson, Charles |
1833 |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Browne, Dinah Hope |
|
18XX |
Slave Narrative |
| Charlton, Dimmock |
1799? |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Still, Peter |
1801 |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Deslandes (Deslondes), Charles |
1780 |
1811 |
Slavery |
| Raynor, Judy |
|
|
Slavery |
| Spinks, Leon |
1953 |
|
Sports (box) |
| Alou, Felipe Rojas |
1935 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Dawson, Andre |
1954 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Hinton, Chuck |
1934 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Cooper, Charles (Chuck) |
1926 |
1984 |
Sports (bsk) |
| Gates, William (Pop) |
1917 |
1999 |
Sports (bsk) |
| Parish, Robert |
1953 |
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Robinson, David |
|
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Woodard, Lynette |
1959 |
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Barney, Lem |
1945 |
|
Sports (ftb) |
| Thorpe, Jim |
1949 |
|
Sports (golf) |
| Faggs, Mae |
1932 |
2000 |
Sports (trk) |
| Bethea, Elvin |
1946 |
|
Sports ftb |
| Jones, Hayes |
1938 |
|
Sports trk |
| McJunkin, George |
1851 |
1922 |
The West |
| Walker, Lewis Wilson |
1838 |
1916 |
The West |
| Best, Willie |
1915 |
1962 |
Theater / Film |
| Betsch, Mavynee |
1935 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Brooks, Avery |
1948/49 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Brown, George Stanford |
1943 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Buckner, Willa Mae |
1922 |
2000 |
Theater / Film |
| Burke, Gracie Maldell (Georgia) |
1906 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Bush, Anita |
1883 |
1974 |
Theater / Film |
| Dearing, Judy |
1940 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Guillaume, Robert |
1927 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Gunn, Moses |
1929 |
1993 |
Theater / Film |
| Kirby, George |
1924 |
1995 |
Theater / Film |
| Walker, Jimmie |
1947 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Washington, Ford Lee (Buck) |
1906 |
1955 |
Theater / Film |
| Pearse, Abraham |
1600? |
1673 |
Work |
| Amini, Johari M. (Jewel Christine McLawler Latimore / Johari M. Kunjufu) |
1935 |
|
Writing |
| Childs, Faith |
|
|
Writing |
| Christian, Barbara |
1943 |
2002 |
Writing |
| Collins, Kathleen |
1942 |
1988 |
Writing |
| Cooper, J. California |
|
|
Writing |
| Dance, Daryl Cumber |
1938 |
|
Writing |
| Guillen y Batista, Nicolas Cristobal |
1902 |
1989? |
Writing |
| Guy, Rosa Cuthbert |
1925/28 |
|
Writing |
| Madhubuti, Haki R. (Don L. Lee) |
1942 |
|
Writing |
| Myers, Walter Dean |
1937 |
|
Writing |
| Redmond, Eugene B. |
1937 |
|
Writing |
| Rowell, Charles |
194X? |
|
Writing |
| Tate, Claudia |
1947 |
2002 |
Writing |
| Eve, Arthur O. |
|
|
|
| Holmes, Eugene C. |
|
|
|
| White, Elizabeth Azalea Julian |
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