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Volume 1
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| Entry Name |
Birth |
Death |
Primary Category |
| Aaron |
18xx |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Aaron, Hank |
1934 |
|
Sports |
| Aaron, Jesse |
1887 |
1968 |
Art |
| Aarons, Charlie |
1847 |
|
Slavery |
| Abbott, Anderson Ruffin |
1837 |
1913 |
Medicine |
| Abbott, Cleveland Leigh |
1894 |
1968 |
Sports |
| Abbott, Israel Braddock |
1843 (approx) |
1887 |
Activism |
| Abbott, Robert Sengstacke |
1868 |
1940 |
Journalism |
| Abd Al-Rahman, Ibrahima |
|
|
Religion |
| Abdul, Raoul |
1929 |
|
Music |
| Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem |
1947 |
|
Sports |
| Abele, Julian Francis |
1881 |
1950 |
Art |
| Abernathy, Juanita Jones |
|
|
Activism |
| Abernathy, Ralph |
1926 |
1990 |
Activism |
| Abraham |
18XX |
18XX |
Slavery |
| Abrams, Muhal Richard |
1930 |
|
Music |
| Abron, Lillia Ann |
1945 |
|
Science |
| Abu Bakr Al-Saddiq |
|
|
Religion |
| Abu-Jamal, Mumia |
1954/56 |
|
Activism |
| Ace, Johnny |
1929 |
1954 |
Music |
| Adair, Thelma Cornelia |
1922 |
|
Religion |
| Adams, Alton Augustus, Sr. |
1889 |
1987 |
Music |
| Adams, Carolyn |
1944 |
|
Dance |
| Adams, Dock |
1838 |
|
Activism |
| Adams, George |
|
|
The West |
| Adams, Henry [ii] |
1843 |
1890? |
Politics |
| Adams, John Henry, Jr. |
1880 (approx.) |
|
Art |
| Adams, John Hurst |
|
|
Religion |
| Adams, John Quincy [i] |
1848 |
1922 |
Slave Narrative |
| Adams, John Quincy [ii] |
1845 |
1922? |
Slave Narrative |
| Adams, Laura Elizabeth |
1909 |
|
Writing |
| Adams, Numa Pompilius Garfield |
1885 |
1940 |
Education |
| Adams, Ron |
1934 |
|
Art |
| Adams-Ender, Clara |
1939 |
|
Medicine |
| Adderley, Cannonball |
1928 |
1975 |
Music |
| Adderley, Nat (Nathaniel Sr.) |
1931 |
2000 |
Music |
| Africanus, Scipio |
17XX |
|
Military |
| Ailey, Alvin |
1931 |
1989 |
Dance |
| Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers |
1853 |
1890? |
Slave Narrative |
| Albrier, Frances Mary |
1898 |
1987 |
Activism |
| Albright, George Washington |
1846 |
|
Slavery |
| Alcorn, George Edward, Jr. |
1940 |
|
Invention |
| Aldridge, Ira |
1807 |
1867 |
Theater / Film |
| Alexander, Archer |
1813 |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Alexander, Archie Alphonso |
1888 |
1958 |
Science |
| Alexander, Arthur |
1942? |
1993 |
Music |
| Alexander, Avery C. |
1911 (approx.) |
1999 |
Activism |
| Alexander, Clifford |
1933 |
|
Military |
| Alexander, Elizabeth |
1962 |
|
Writing |
| Alexander, Joyce London |
1949 |
|
Law |
| Alexander, Kelly Miller |
1915 |
1985 |
Activism |
| Alexander, Raymond Pace |
1898 |
1974 |
Law |
| Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell |
1898 |
1989 |
Law |
| Alexander, Virginia Margaret |
1900 |
1949 |
Medicine |
| Alexander-Ralston, Elreta |
1919 |
1998 |
Law |
| Ali, Muhammad |
1942 |
|
Sports (box) |
| Ali, Noble Drew |
1886 |
1929 |
Religion |
| Ali, Rashied |
1935 |
|
Music |
| Ali, Salimah |
1954 |
|
Art |
| Alice of Dunk's Ferry |
1686 (approx.) |
1802 |
Slavery |
| Allain, Theophile T. |
1846 |
1917 |
Business |
| Allen, Anthony D. |
|
|
Business |
| Allen, Aris Tee |
1910 |
1991 |
Medicine |
| Allen, Debbie |
1950 |
|
Dance |
| Allen, Elise Ford |
|
|
Journalism |
| Allen, Ethel D. |
1929 |
1981 |
Medicine |
| Allen, Geri Antoinette |
1957/59 |
|
Music |
| Allen, James Latimer |
1909 |
1977 |
Art |
| Allen, Macon Bolling |
1816 |
1894 |
Law |
| Allen, Red |
1908 |
1967 |
Music |
| Allen, Richard [i] |
1830 |
1909 |
Slavery |
| Allen, Richard [ii] |
1760 |
1831 |
Slave Narrative |
| Allen, Sarah |
1764 |
1849 |
Religion |
| Allen, Thomas Cox |
1900 (approx.) |
|
Military |
| Allen, William G. |
1820 (approx.) |
|
Activism |
| Allen-Noble, Rosie |
1938 |
|
Education |
| Allensworth, Allen |
1842 |
1914 |
Military |
| Allensworth, Josephine Leavell |
1855 |
1939 |
Activism |
| Alston, Charles Henry |
1907 |
1977/72 |
Art |
| Alston, Melvin Ovenus |
1911 |
1985 |
Education |
| Amaki, Amalia |
|
|
Art |
| America, Richard F. |
|
|
Writing |
| Ammi, Ben |
19XX |
|
Religion |
| Ammons, Albert C. |
1907 |
1949 |
Music |
| Ammons, Gene |
1925 |
1974 |
Music |
| Amos, Emma Veoria (Levine) |
1938 |
|
Art |
| Amos, Harold |
1918 |
2003 |
Science |
| Amos, Wally |
1936 |
|
Business |
| Anderson, Aaron |
18XX |
|
Military |
| Anderson, Bruce |
|
|
Military |
| Anderson, Caroline Virginia Still Wiley |
1848 |
1919 |
Medicine |
| Anderson, Cat |
1916 |
1981 |
Music |
| Anderson, Charles Alfred (Chief) |
1907 |
1996 |
Military |
| Anderson, Charles W., Jr |
1907 |
1960 |
Politics |
| Anderson, Charles William |
1866 |
1938 |
Politics |
| Anderson, Eddie "Rochester" |
1905 |
1977 |
Theater / Film |
| Anderson, Garland |
1886 |
1939 |
Writing |
| Anderson, Gloria Long |
1938 |
|
Science |
| Anderson, Ivie |
1905 |
1949 |
Music |
| Anderson, James, Jr. |
1947 |
|
Military |
| Anderson, Jervis B. |
1936 |
|
Writing |
| Anderson, John |
|
|
Slavery |
| Anderson, Leafy |
1887? |
1927 |
Religion |
| Anderson, Marian |
1897 |
1993 |
Music |
| Anderson, Matthew |
1845 |
1928 |
Religion |
| Anderson, Michael |
1959 |
2003 |
Science |
| Anderson, Osborne Perry |
1830? |
1871? |
Activism |
| Anderson, Peter |
18XX |
|
Journalism |
| Anderson, T. J. |
1928 |
|
Music |
| Anderson, Webster |
1933 |
|
Military |
| Anderson, William T. |
1859 |
1934 |
Military |
| Andrews, Benny |
1930 |
|
Art |
| Andrews, Ludie |
1875 |
1943? |
Medicine |
| Andrews, Raymond |
1934 |
1991 |
Writing |
| Andrews, Regina M. Anderson (Ursula Trelling) |
1900? |
1993 |
Writing |
| Angelou, Maya |
1928 |
|
Writing |
| Ansa, Tina McElroy |
1949 |
|
Writing |
| Antoine, Caesar Carpetier |
1836 |
1921 |
Politics |
| Appiah, Kwame Anthony |
1954 |
|
Education |
| Applegate, Joseph R. |
1925 |
2003 |
Education |
| Arbor, Jesse |
|
|
Military |
| Archer, Dennis |
1942 |
|
Politics |
| Archer, Osceola Macarthy (Adams) |
1890 |
1983 |
Theater / Film |
| Archey, Jimmy |
1902 |
1967 |
Music |
| Archibald, Nathaniel |
1948 |
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Armstead, Robert “Bob” |
|
|
Writing |
| Armstrong, Henry |
1912 |
1988 |
Sports (box) |
| Armstrong, Lil |
1898 |
1971 |
Music |
| Armstrong, Louis |
1901 |
1971 |
Music |
| Armwood, Blanche |
1890 |
1939 |
Education |
| Arnett, Benjamin William |
1838 |
1906 |
Religion |
| Arnold, Hendrick |
18xx |
1849 |
Military |
| Arnold, James |
1901 |
1968 |
Music |
| Arnold, Juanita Delores Burnett |
|
|
Crime |
| Arrington, Richard, Jr. |
1934 |
|
Science |
| Arroyo, Martina |
1936? |
|
Music |
| Artemus, John C. |
1885 |
1964 |
Activism |
| Arter, Jared |
1850 |
1928 |
The West |
| Artis, William Ellisworth |
1914 |
1977 |
Art |
| Artrell, William Middleton |
|
|
Organizations |
| Asante, Molefi Kete |
1942 |
|
Education |
| Asberry, Nettie J. |
1865 |
1968 |
Activism |
| Ashby, Irving C. |
1920 |
1987 |
Music |
| Ashe, Arthur |
1943 |
1993 |
Sports (ten) |
| Asher, Jeremiah |
1812 |
|
Religion |
| Ashford, Emmett Littleton |
1914 |
1980 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Ashley, Eugene, Jr. |
1931 |
|
Military |
| Askin, Luther B. |
1843 |
1929 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Atkins, Daniel |
1867 |
|
Military |
| Atkins, Jasper Alston |
|
|
Law |
| Attaway, William Alexander |
1912/11 |
1986 |
Writing |
| Attucks, Crispus |
1723 (approx.) |
1770 |
Military |
| Atwater, Ann |
|
|
Activism |
| Augusta, Alexander Thomas |
1825 |
1890 |
Medicine |
| Austin, Doris Jean |
1949 (approx.) |
1994 |
Writing |
| Austin, H. Elsie |
|
|
Writing |
| Austin, Louis Ernest |
1903 |
1971 |
Journalism |
| Austin, Lovie |
1887 |
1972 |
Music |
| Austin, Oscar Palmer |
1948 |
1969 |
Military |
| Avery, Byllye |
1937 |
|
Activism |
| Avery, Margaret |
|
|
Theater / Film |
| Ayler, Albert |
1936 |
1970 |
Music |
| Babb, Valerie Melissa |
1955 |
|
Writing |
| Baby Laurence |
1921 |
1974 |
Dance |
| Bacon-Bercey, June |
1934 |
|
Science |
| Badger, Roderick |
1834 |
1890 |
Medicine |
| Bagneris, Vernel Martin |
|
|
Theater / Film |
| Bailey, Beryl Isadore Loftman |
|
|
Education |
| Bailey, Buster |
1902 |
1967 |
Music |
| Bailey, DeFord |
1899 |
1982 |
Music |
| Bailey, Herman "Kofi" |
1931 |
|
Art |
| Bailey, Pearl |
1918 |
1990 |
Theater / Film |
| Bailey, Walter T. |
1884 |
19XX |
Art |
| Baker, Augusta Braxton |
1911 |
1998 |
Education |
| Baker, Bertram L |
|
|
Politics |
| Baker, Ella |
1903 |
1986 |
Activism |
| Baker, Etta |
1913 |
|
Music |
| Baker, Frankie |
|
|
Folk Legend |
| Baker, General |
1942 |
|
Activism |
| Baker, Harriet Ann |
1829? |
|
Religion |
| Baker, Josephine |
1906 |
1975 |
Dance |
| Baker, LaVern |
1928? |
1997 |
Music |
| Baker, Lena |
1900 |
1945 |
Crime |
| Baker, Thomas Nelson, Sr. |
1860 |
|
Slavery |
| Baker, Vernon Joseph |
1919 |
|
Military |
| Baldwin, James |
1924 |
1987 |
Writing |
| Baldwin, Maria Louise |
1856 |
1922 |
Education |
| Ball, Alice Augusta |
1892 |
1916 |
Medicine |
| Ball, Charles |
1781? |
18XX |
Slave Narrative |
| Ball, James Presley (J. P.) |
1825 |
1905 |
Art |
| Ball, William |
17XX |
|
Military |
| Ballard, Butch |
|
|
Music |
| Ballard, Florence |
|
|
Music |
| Baltimore, Jeremiah Daniel |
1852 |
19XX |
Invention |
| Baltimore, Priscilla |
|
|
The West |
| Bambaataa Aasim, Afrika |
1960 |
|
Music |
| Bambara, Toni Cade |
1939 |
1995 |
Writing |
| Banks, Charles |
1873 |
1923 |
Business |
| Banks, Ernest (Ernie) |
1931 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Banks, William Venoid |
1903 |
1985 |
Business |
| Banks, Willie |
1956 |
|
Sports (trk) |
| Banneker, Benjamin |
1731 |
1806 |
Science |
| Banning, James Herman |
1899 |
1933 |
Military |
| Bannister, Edward Mitchell |
1826 (approx.) |
1901 |
Art |
| Baquaqua, Mahommah G. |
17XX |
18? 17? |
Slave Narrative |
| Baquet, Achille |
1885 |
1956 |
Music |
| Baquet, Dean |
|
|
Journalism |
| Baquet, George |
1883 |
1949 |
Music |
| Baraka, Amiri |
1934 |
|
Writing |
| Barbadoes, James G. |
1796 |
1841 |
Activism |
| Barbarin, Paul |
1899 |
1969 |
Music |
| Barber, Jesse Max |
1878 |
1949 |
Journalism |
| Barboza, Anthony |
1944 |
|
Art |
| Barès, Basile Jean |
1846 |
1910/02 |
Music |
| Barker, Danny |
1909 |
1994 |
Music |
| Barkley, Charles |
1963 |
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Barksdale, Don |
|
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Barnes, Ernie |
1938 |
|
Art |
| Barnes, Samuel |
|
|
Military |
| Barnes, William Harry |
1887 |
1945 |
Medicine |
| Barnett, Claude Albert |
1889 |
1967 |
Journalism |
| Barnett, Etta Moten |
1902 |
|
Music |
| Barrett, Janie Porter |
1865 |
1948 |
Organizations |
| Barrier, Eric (Eric B.) |
1965 |
|
Music |
| Barrow, Peter |
1841 |
1906 |
Slavery, Military, Religion |
| Barrow, Willie Taplin |
1924 |
|
Religion |
| Barry, Marion Shepilov, Jr. |
1936 |
|
Politics |
| Barthe, Richmond |
1901 |
1989 |
Art |
| Bartholomew, Dave |
1920 |
|
Music |
| Bartz, Gary Lee |
1940 |
|
Music |
| Basie, Count |
1904 |
1984 |
Music |
| Baskett, James F. |
1904 |
1948 |
Theater / Film |
| Basquiat, Jean-Michel |
1960 |
1988 |
Art |
| Bass, Charlotta |
1880 |
1969 |
Journalism |
| Bass, George Houston |
1938 |
|
Writing |
| Bassett, Angela |
1958 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Bates, Daisy |
1914 |
1999 |
Activism |
| Bates, Peg Leg |
1907 |
1998 |
Dance |
| Bath, Patricia |
1942 |
|
Medicine |
| Batson, Flora |
1864 |
1906 |
Music |
| Battey, Cornelius Marion (C.M.) |
1873 |
1927 |
Art |
| Battey, Earl |
19xx |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Battle, Effie Dean Threat |
|
|
Writing |
| Battle, Kathleen |
1948 |
|
Music |
| Battle, Wallace Aaron, Sr. |
|
|
Education |
| Baugh, John |
|
|
Education |
| Bayley, Solomon |
1771 (approx.) |
1839 (approx.) |
Slave Narrative |
| Baylor, Elgin Gay |
1934 |
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Bayne, Thomas |
1824 |
1889 |
Slavery |
| Beals, Melba Pattillo |
1942 |
|
Writing |
| Beam, Joseph Fairchild |
1954 |
1989 |
Writing |
| Beamon, Bob |
1946 |
|
Sports (trk) |
| Beard, Andrew Jackson |
1849 |
1921 |
Invention |
| Beard, Matthew |
1925 |
1981 |
Theater / Film |
| Bearden, Romare |
1911 |
1988 |
Art |
| Beasley, Delilah Leontium |
1872? |
1934 |
Journalism |
| Beasley, Mathilda Taylor |
1833 (approx.) |
1903 |
Religion |
| Beasley, Phoebe |
1943 |
|
Art |
| Beatty, Talley |
1919 |
1995 |
Theater / Film |
| Beaty, Powhatan |
18XX |
|
Military |
| Beavers, Louise |
1902 |
1962 |
Theater / Film |
| Bechet, Sidney |
1897 |
1959 |
Music |
| Beck, Robert (Iceberg Slim) |
1918 |
|
Writing |
| Beckwourth, Jim |
1800? |
1866? |
The West |
| Bedou, Arthur (Paul) |
1882 |
1966 |
Art |
| Belafonte, Harry |
1927 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Belinda |
1713? |
|
Writing |
| Bell, Al |
1940 |
|
Business |
| Bell, Bobby Lee |
1940 |
|
Sports (ftb) |
| Bell, Cool Papa |
1903 |
1991 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Bell, Derrick Albert, Jr. |
1930 |
|
Law |
| Bell, James Madison |
1826 |
1902 |
Writing |
| Bell, Mary A. [i] |
1852 |
|
Slavery |
| Bell, Mary A. [ii] |
1873 |
1941 |
Art |
| Bell, Philip Alexander |
1808? |
1889 |
Journalism |
| Bell, Robert Mack |
1943 |
|
Activism |
| Bell, Travers, Jr. |
|
|
Politics |
| Bellamy, Sherry F. |
1952 |
|
Business |
| Bellinger, Charles |
1875 |
1937 |
The West |
| Belton, Ethel |
|
|
Activism |
| Beman, Amos Gerry |
1812 |
1874 |
Activism |
| Beman, Jehiel C. |
19xx |
|
Activism |
| Benberry, Cuesta Ray |
|
|
Art |
| Benjamin, Bennie |
1907 |
1989 |
Music |
| Benjamin, Fred |
1944 |
|
Dance |
| Benjamin, Robert Charles O'Hara |
1855 |
1900 |
Writing |
| Ben-Jochannan, Yosef |
1918 |
|
Writing |
| Bennett, Gwendolyn |
1902 |
1981 |
Writing |
| Bennett, Hal |
1930 |
|
Journalism |
| Bennett, Lerone, Jr. |
1928 |
|
Journalism |
| Bennett, Louise (Simone) |
1919 |
|
Writing |
| Benson, Al |
1908 |
1978 |
Journalism |
| Bentley, Gladys |
1907 |
1960 |
Music |
| Bernhardt, Clyde |
1905 |
1986 |
Music |
| Berry, Chu |
1915 |
1969 |
Music |
| Berry, Chuck |
1926 |
|
Music |
| Berry, Halle |
1966 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Berry, Lawrence S. |
18XX |
1870? |
Activism |
| Berry, Leonidas |
1902 |
1995 |
Medicine |
| Berry, Mary Frances |
1938 |
|
Government |
| Berry, Nyas, James Berry, and Warren Berry |
1913 |
1951 |
Dance |
| Berry, Theodore M. |
|
|
Politics |
| Bessent, Hattie |
1926 |
|
Medicine |
| Best, Denzil |
1917 |
1965 |
Music |
| Bethea, Rainey |
1913 |
1936 |
Crime |
| Bethune, Mary McLeod |
1875 |
1955 |
Education |
| Bettis, Jerome |
|
|
Sports (ftb) |
| Bevel, James |
1936 |
|
Activism |
| Bey, James Hawthorne |
1913 |
2004 |
Music |
| Bharucha-Reid, Albert Turner |
1927 |
1985 |
Science |
| Biassou, Jorge (Georges) |
|
|
Military |
| Bibb, Henry Walton |
1815 |
1854 |
Slave Narrative |
| Bibb, Joseph Dandridge |
1891 |
|
Journalism |
| Bibb, Leon |
1926 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Bigard, Barney |
1906 |
1980 |
Music |
| Biggers, John (Thomas) |
1924 |
2001 |
Art |
| Biggs, Bradley |
|
|
Military |
| Bilali |
18XX? |
1859? |
Slavery |
| Billingsley, Orzell, Jr. |
|
|
Law |
| Billops, Camille |
1933 |
|
Art |
| Billy |
1756 |
1806 |
Slavery |
| Binga, Jesse |
1865 |
1950 |
Business |
| Bingham, Howard |
|
|
Art |
| Birtha, Becky |
1948 |
|
Writing |
| Bishop, Stephen |
1821 |
1857 |
Exploration |
| Bivins, Horace Wayman |
1862 |
1937 |
Military |
| Black, John L. Sr. |
1931 |
2004 |
Education |
| Black, Leonard |
1822 |
1883 |
Slave Narrative |
| Blackburn, Alpha |
1939 |
|
Art |
| Blackburn, Robert Hamilton |
1920/21 |
|
Art |
| Blackburn, Walter Scott |
1938 |
2000 |
Art |
| Blackman, Pompey |
17XX |
|
Military |
| Blackwell, David |
1919 |
|
Science |
| Blackwell, Ed |
1929 |
1992 |
Music |
| Blackwell, Lucien Edward |
1931 |
|
Politics |
| Blackwell, Otis |
1932? |
2002 |
Music |
| Blackwell, Randolph Talmadge |
1927 |
1981 |
Activism |
| Blackwell, Unita Z. |
1933 |
|
Activism |
| Blair, Norval |
1825 |
|
The West |
| Blake, Eubie |
1883 |
1983 |
Music |
| Blake, Robert |
18XX |
|
Military |
| Blakely, Allison |
|
|
Education |
| Blakely, Nora |
|
|
Writing |
| Blakey, Art |
1919 |
1990 |
Music |
| Blakey, Theodore Robert |
1925 |
2004 |
Business |
| Bland, James Allen |
1854 |
1911 |
Music |
| Blanks, Birleanna |
1889 |
1968 |
Theater / Film |
| Blanton, Jimmy |
1918 |
1942 |
Music |
| Blanton, John W. |
1922 |
|
Military |
| Blayton, Jesse Bee |
1900/1897 |
|
Business |
| Bledsoe, Jules |
1897? |
1943 |
Music |
| Blind Boone |
1864 |
1927 |
Music |
| Blind Tom |
1849 |
1908 |
Music |
| Block, Samuel |
1940 |
2000 |
Activism |
| Blocker, Sarah |
|
|
Education |
| Blockson, Charles L. |
1933 |
|
Writing |
| Blount, Mel |
1948 |
|
Sports (ftb) |
| Blue, Daniel T., Jr. |
19xx |
|
Politics |
| Bluford, Guion Stewart, Jr. (Guy) |
1942 |
|
Military |
| Blunden, Jeraldyne |
1832 |
1912 |
Dance |
| Blyden, Edward Wilmot |
1832 |
1912 |
Education |
| Blythe, Arthur |
1940 |
|
Music |
| Blythe, Jimmy |
1901 |
1931 |
Music |
| Boen, William |
1734 (approx.) |
1824 |
Organizations |
| Bogan, Lucille (Bessie Jackson) |
1897 |
1948 |
Music |
| Boggs, James |
1919 |
1993 |
Activism |
| Bogle, Donald |
|
|
Theater / Film |
| Bohannon, Horace |
|
|
Military |
| Bolden, Buddy |
1877 |
1931 |
Music |
| Bolden, Charles F., Jr. |
1946 |
|
Military |
| Bolden, Ethel Martin |
|
2002 |
Activism |
| Bolden, Frank E. |
|
2003 |
Journalism |
| Bolden, Melvin R. |
1919 |
2000 |
Art |
| Bolin, Jane Mathilda |
1908 |
2007 |
Law |
| Bond, Horace Mann |
1904 |
1972 |
Education |
| Bond, John Robert |
1846 |
1905 |
Military |
| Bond, Julian |
1940 |
|
Activism |
| Bond, Scott |
1852 |
19XX |
Business |
| Bonds, Barry Lamar |
1964 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Bonds, Margaret Jeannette Allison |
1913 |
1972 |
Music |
| Bonner, Marita |
1899 |
1971 |
Writing |
| Bontemps, Arna Wendell |
1902 |
1973 |
Writing |
| Booker, James Carroll, III |
1939 |
1983 |
Music (blues) |
| Booker, Joseph Albert |
1859 |
1925 |
Writing |
| Booker, Kinney I. |
|
|
Crime |
| Boone, Clinton Caldwell Sr. |
18XX |
1939 |
Religion |
| Boone, Eva Roberta (or Mae) Coles |
1880 |
1902 |
Religion |
| Boone, Sarah |
18XX |
|
Invention |
| Boothe, Charles Octavius |
1845 |
1924 |
Religion |
| Borde, Percival |
1922 |
1979 |
Theater / Film |
| Bostic, Earl |
1913 |
1965 |
Music |
| Boston, Absalom |
1875 |
1855 |
Business |
| Bottoms, Lawrence W. |
|
|
Religion |
| Bouchet, Edward Alexander |
1852 |
1918 |
Science |
| Bouey, Harrison N. |
1849 |
1909 |
Activism |
| Bousfield, Midian Othello |
1885/86 |
1948 |
Medicine |
| Boutelle, Frazier Augustus |
1840 |
1924 |
Military |
| Bowden, Artemisia |
1879 |
1969 |
Education |
| Bowe, Riddick |
1967 |
|
Sports (box) |
| Bowen, John Wesley Edward |
1855 |
1933 |
Religion |
| Bowen, Ruth Jean |
1924/30 |
|
Business |
| Bowen, Uvelia Atkins |
|
|
Education |
| Bowers, Thomas J. |
1836 |
1885 |
Music |
| Bowie, Lester |
1941 |
1999 |
Music |
| Bowles, Eva Del Vakia |
1875 |
1943 |
Organizations |
| Bowman, James E., Jr. |
1923 |
|
Medicine |
| Bowman, Laura |
1881 |
1957 |
Theater / Film |
| Bowser, David Bustill |
1820 |
1900 |
Art |
| Bowser, Mary Elizabeth |
1839? |
|
Military |
| Bowser, Rosa Lewis Dixon |
1885 |
1931 |
Education |
| Boyd, Gerald M. |
1950 |
2006 |
Journalism |
| Boyd, Henry Allen |
1876 |
1959 |
Business |
| Boyd, Richard Henry |
1843 |
1922 |
Journalism |
| Boyer, Frances |
|
|
The West |
| Boykin, Keith |
|
|
Activism |
| Bozeman, Sylvia Trimble |
1947 |
|
Science |
| Brace, Jeffrey |
1742? |
1827 |
Slave Narrative |
| Bradford, Alex |
1926? |
1978? |
Music |
| Bradford, Perry |
1895 |
1970 |
Music |
| Bradley, Aaron Alpeora |
1815 |
1882 |
Politics |
| Bradley, Buddy |
1908 |
1972 |
Theater / Film |
| Bradley, David Henry, Jr. |
1950 |
|
Writing |
| Bradley, Edward R. (Ed) |
1941 |
2006 |
Journalism |
| Bradley, Thomas |
1917 |
1998 |
Politics |
| Bradshaw, Tiny |
1905 |
1958 |
Music |
| Brady, St. Elmo |
1884 |
1966 |
Science |
| Bragg, George Freeman, Jr. |
1863 |
1940 |
Religion |
| Bragg, Janet |
1907 |
1993 |
Military |
| Braithwaite, William Stanley Beaumont |
1878 |
1962 |
Writing |
| Branch, Fredrick C. |
19XX |
2005 |
Military |
| Branch, Mary Elizabeth |
1881 |
1944 |
Education |
| Branch, Wallace |
|
|
Art |
| Branche, George Clayton |
1896 |
1956 |
Medicine |
| Brandon, Barbara |
1958 |
|
Art |
| Brandon, Brumsic, Jr. |
1927 |
|
Journalism |
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