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Volume 8
Uggams - Zuber
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| Entry Name |
Birth |
Death |
Primary Category |
| Uggams, Leslie |
1943 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Uncle Jack |
1747? |
1842 |
Slave Narrative |
| Uncles, Charles Randolph |
1859 |
1933 |
Religion |
| Unseld, Westley Sissel |
1946 |
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Unthank, DeNorval |
|
|
Activism |
| Upshaw, Eugene Thurman, Jr. (Gene) |
1945 |
|
Sports (ftb) |
| Vails, Nelson |
1960 |
|
Sports (cycling) |
| Vaird, Lauretha |
|
1996 |
Crime |
| Valentine, Kid Thomas |
1896 |
1987 |
Music |
| Van Engle, Dorothy |
1917? |
2004 |
Theater / Film |
| Van Peebles, Melvin |
1932 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Vanderpool, Jacob |
|
|
Crime |
| Vanderzee, James Augustus Joseph |
1886 |
1983 |
Art |
| Vandross, Luther |
1951 |
2005 |
Music |
| VanDuvall, Ernestine |
|
|
Business |
| Vann, Robert L. |
1879 |
1940 |
Journalism |
| Varick, James |
1750 |
1827 |
Religion |
| Vashon, George Boyer |
1824 |
1878 |
Education |
| Vashon, Susan Paul Smith |
1838 |
1912 |
Education |
| Vaughan, Sarah |
1924 |
1990 |
Music |
| Veale, Charles |
1856 |
|
Military |
| Vedrine, Soliny |
|
|
Religion |
| Veney, Bethany |
1815 |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Verrett, Shirley |
1931 |
|
Music |
| Vesey, Denmark |
1767 (approx.) |
1822 |
Activism |
| Vick, Harold |
1936 |
1987 |
Music |
| Vick, Samuel Hynes |
1863 |
1935? |
Activism |
| Vivian, Cordy Tindell (C.T.) |
|
|
Activism |
| Vogelsang, Peter |
18XX |
|
Military |
| Voorhis, Robert |
1700? |
18XX |
Slave Narrative |
| Vroman, Mary Elizabeth |
1924 (approx.) |
1967 |
Writing |
| Waddles, (Mother) Charleszetta Lina Campbell |
1912 |
2001 |
Religion |
| Waddy, Harriet M. West |
1904 |
1999 |
Military |
| Waddy, Joseph C. |
1911 |
1978 |
Law |
| Wade Gayles, Gloria |
19XX |
|
Education |
| Wagoner, Henry O. |
1816 |
1901 |
Activism |
| Waits, Freddie |
1943 |
1989 |
Music |
| Walcott, Bess Bolden |
1886 |
1988 |
Education |
| Walcott, Derek |
1930 |
|
Writing |
| Walcott, Jersey Joe |
1914 |
1994 |
Sports (box) |
| Walcott, Joe |
1872 |
1935 |
Sports (box) |
| Walden, Austin Thomas |
1885 |
1965 |
Law |
| Waldron, J. Milton |
1863 |
1925 |
Activism |
| Walker, Aida Overton |
1880 |
1914 |
Theater / Film |
| Walker, Albertina |
1929 |
|
Music |
| Walker, A'Lelia |
1885 |
1931 |
Business |
| Walker, Alice Malsenior |
1944 |
|
Writing |
| Walker, Arthur Bertram Cuthbert, Jr. |
1936 |
2001 |
Science |
| Walker, Charles Thomas |
1858 |
1921 |
Religion |
| Walker, David |
1796? |
1830 |
Writing |
| Walker, Edwin G. |
1831? |
1901 |
Politics |
| Walker, George Theophilus |
1922 |
|
Music |
| Walker, Kara |
1969 |
|
Art |
| Walker, Madam C. J. |
1867 |
1919 |
Business |
| Walker, Maggie Lena |
1867 |
1934 |
Business |
| Walker, Margaret |
1915 |
1998 |
Writing |
| Walker, Moses Fleetwood |
1857 |
1924 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Walker, Quok |
|
|
Slavery |
| Walker, T-Bone |
1910 |
1975 |
Music |
| Walker, Weldy |
1860 |
1937 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Walker, William [i] |
1819? |
|
Slavery |
| Walker, William Otis |
1896 |
1981 |
Journalism |
| Walker, Wyatt Tee |
1929 |
|
Activism |
| Wall, Fannie Franklin |
1860? |
1944 |
Organizations |
| Wallace, Charles |
|
|
Business |
| Wallace, Coley |
19XX |
2005 |
Sports (trk) |
| Wallace, Daniel Webster |
|
|
The West |
| Wallace, Sippie |
1898 |
1986 |
Music (blues) |
| Wallace, William "Onikwa" |
|
|
Art |
| Waller, Fats |
1904 |
1943 |
Music |
| Waller, John Louis |
1853 |
1907 |
Politics |
| Waller, Odell |
1917? |
1942 |
Work |
| Walley, Augustus |
1856 |
1938 |
Military |
| Walls, Josiah Thomas |
1842 |
1905 |
Politics |
| Walls, William Jacob |
1885 |
1975 |
Religion |
| Walrond, Eric |
1898 |
1966 |
Journalism |
| Walters, Alexander |
1858 |
1917 |
Religion |
| Wamba, Philippe Enoc |
1971 |
2002 |
Journalism |
| Ward Sears, Leah Jeanette |
1955 |
|
Law |
| Ward, Calvin Edouard |
|
|
Music |
| Ward, Clara |
1924 |
1973 |
Music |
| Ward, Gertrude Mae |
1901 |
|
Music |
| Ward, Samuel Ringgold |
1817 |
1866? |
Activism |
| Ward, T. M. D. |
1823 |
1894 |
Religion |
| Ward, Theodore (Ted) |
1902 |
1983 |
Writing |
| Ward, William |
1839/40 |
|
Activism |
| Ware, Wilbur |
1923 |
1979 |
Music |
| Warfield, Paul |
1942 |
|
Sports (ftb) |
| Warfield, William Caesar |
1920 |
2002 |
Music |
| Waring, Laura Wheeler |
1887 |
1948 |
Art |
| Warwick, Dionne |
1940 |
|
Music |
| Washboard Sam |
1910 |
1966 |
Music |
| Washington, Augustus |
1820 (approx.) |
1875 |
Art |
| Washington, Booker T. |
1856? |
1915 |
Education |
| Washington, Denzel |
1954 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Washington, Dinah |
1924 |
1963 |
Music |
| Washington, Fanny Smith |
1858 |
1884 |
Education |
| Washington, Forrester Blanchard |
1887 |
1963 |
Education |
| Washington, Fredi |
1903 |
1994 |
Theater / Film |
| Washington, George |
1817 |
1905 |
The West |
| Washington, Grover, Jr. |
1943 |
1999 |
Music |
| Washington, Harold |
1922 |
1987 |
Politics |
| Washington, Harry |
1740? |
|
Slavery |
| Washington, James Melvin |
1948 |
1997 |
Education |
| Washington, James W., Jr. |
1909 |
|
Art |
| Washington, Jerome |
|
|
Activism |
| Washington, Kenny |
1918 |
1971 |
Sports (ftb) |
| Washington, Madison |
|
|
Slavery |
| Washington, Margaret Murray |
1861 |
1925 |
Organizations |
| Washington, Mary Helen |
1941 |
|
Writing |
| Washington, Mary Thelma |
|
2005 |
Business |
| Washington, Mildred |
|
1933 |
Theater / Film |
| Washington, Ora |
1899 |
1971 |
Sports (ten, bsk) |
| Washington, Valores J. (Val) |
1901 |
1995 |
Politics |
| Washington, Walter E. |
1915 |
2003 |
Government |
| Washington, Warren Morton |
1936 |
|
Science |
| Washington-Williams, Essie Mae |
1925 |
|
Politics |
| Waters, Ethel |
1896 |
1977 |
Music |
| Waters, Maxine |
1938 |
|
Politics |
| Waters, Muddy |
1915 |
1983 |
Music (blues) |
| Waters, Sylvia |
1940 |
|
Dance |
| Watkins, Julius |
1921 |
1977 |
Music |
| Watkins, Mel |
1940 |
|
Journalism |
| Watson, Anthony J. |
|
|
Military |
| Watson, Barbara Mae |
1918 |
1983 |
Government |
| Watson, Bob (The Bull) |
1946 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Watson, Ella |
|
|
Work |
| Watson, James Lopez |
1922 |
2001 |
Law, Military |
| Watson, Johnny "Guitar" |
1935 |
1996 |
Music (blues) |
| Watson, Samuel Codes |
1832 |
1891 |
Politics |
| Watt, Melvin |
1945 |
|
Politics |
| Wattleton, Alyce Faye |
1943 |
|
Activism |
| Watts, André |
1946 |
|
Music |
| Watts, J. C. |
1957 |
|
Politics |
| Wayans, Keenen Ivory |
1958 |
|
Theater / Film |
| we Langa, Wopashitwe Mondo Eyen |
|
|
Activism |
| Weaver, Anna Bolden |
|
|
Education |
| Weaver, Robert Clifton |
1907 |
1997 |
Government |
| Weaver, William B. |
|
|
Education |
| Webb, Chick |
1902 |
1939 |
Music |
| Webb, Frank J. |
1828 |
1894? |
Writing |
| Webb, Jane |
ca. 1680 |
|
Slavery |
| Webb, Mary |
1828 |
1859 |
Activism |
| Webb, Wellington Edward |
1941 |
|
Politics |
| Webster, Ben |
1909 |
1973 |
Music |
| Webster, Milton Price |
1887 |
1925 |
Activism |
| Wedgeworth, Robert, Jr. |
1937 |
|
Education |
| Weeks, James |
|
|
|
| Weems, Carrie Mae |
1953 |
|
Art |
| Weems, Renita J. |
1954 |
|
Education |
| Weir, Reginald S. |
1911 |
1987 |
Sports (ten) |
| Weir, Samuel |
1812 |
1844 |
Religion |
| Welch, Elizabeth |
1908 |
2003 |
Music |
| Welcome, Verda Freeman |
1907 |
1990 |
Politics |
| Wells, Dicky |
1907 |
1985 |
Music |
| Wells, James Lesesne |
1902 |
1993 |
Art |
| Wells, Junior |
1934 |
1998 |
Music (blues) |
| Wells, Willie |
1908/05 |
1989 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell |
1862 |
1931 |
Activism, |
| Wesley, Charles Harris |
1891 |
1987 |
Religion |
| Wesley, Cynthia |
1949? |
1963 |
Activism |
| Wesley, Dorothy Burnett Porter |
1905 |
1995 |
Education |
| West, Cornel |
1953 |
|
Education |
| West, Dorothy |
1907 |
1998 |
Writing |
| West, Miguel S. |
|
|
Medicine |
| West, Togo D., Jr. |
|
|
Politics |
| Westbrook, Peter |
1954? |
|
Sports |
| Weston, Maudelle Bass |
1908 |
1989 |
Dance |
| Wharton, Clifton Reginald |
1899 |
1990 |
Government |
| Wharton, Clifton Reginald, Jr. |
1926 |
|
Business |
| Wheatley, Phillis |
1753 (approx.) |
1784 |
Writing |
| Wheatstraw, William Bunch (Peetie) |
1902 |
1941 |
Music (blues) |
| Wheeler, Emma Rochelle |
1882 |
1957 |
Medicine |
| Wheeler, John Hervey |
1908 |
1978 |
Business |
| Whetsol, Artie |
1905 |
1940 |
Music |
| Whipper, Ionia Rollin |
1872 |
1953 |
Medicine |
| Whipper, William |
1804 |
1876 |
Activism |
| Whipper, William J. |
1835 |
1907 |
Politics |
| Whipple, Dinah |
17XX |
17?? |
Education |
| Whipple, Prince |
17XX |
1797 |
Military |
| Whitaker, Effie |
1892 |
1964 |
Activism |
| Whitaker, Mark |
1957 |
|
Journalism |
| White, Augustus Aaron, III |
1936 |
|
Medicine |
| White, Barry |
1944 |
2003 |
Music |
| White, Bukka |
1909? |
1977 |
Music (blues) |
| White, Charles |
1918 |
1979 |
Art |
| White, Charley C |
1885 |
1974 |
Religion |
| White, Eartha Mary Magdalene |
1876 |
1974 |
Activism |
| White, George Henry |
1852 |
1918 |
Politics |
| White, Jacob C., Jr. |
|
|
Religion |
| White, Jesse Clark, Jr. |
1934 |
|
Sports |
| White, John H. |
1942 |
|
Art |
| White, Josh |
1915 |
1969 |
Music |
| White, Lulu Belle |
1900 |
1957 |
Activism |
| White, Reginald Howard "Reggie" |
1961 |
2005 |
Sports (ftb) |
| White, Sarah |
1958 |
|
Activism |
| White, Slappy |
1921 |
1995 |
Theater / Film |
| White, Solomon |
1868 |
1955 |
Sports (bsb) |
| White, Walter Francis |
1893 |
1955 |
Activism |
| White, William Jefferson |
1832 |
1913 |
Journalism |
| White, William Sylvester, Jr. |
|
|
Military |
| Whitehead, Colson |
1969 |
|
Writing |
| Whiteside, Larry |
1938 |
2007 |
Journalism |
| Whitfield, James Monroe |
1822 |
1871 |
Activism |
| Whitfield, Owen |
|
|
Activism |
| Whitman, Albery Allson |
1851 |
1901 |
Writing |
| Whittaker, Johnson Chesnut |
1858 |
1931 |
Education |
| Whitten, Jack |
1939 |
|
Art |
| Wickham, DeWayne |
1946 |
|
Journalism |
| Wideman, John Edgar |
1941 |
|
Writing |
| Wilberforce, Daniel Flickinger |
1855 |
|
Education |
| Wilder, Douglas |
1931 |
|
Politics |
| Wilkens, Lenny |
1937 |
|
Sports (bsk) |
| Wilkerson, Doxey Alphonso |
1905 |
1993 |
Education |
| Wilkerson, Vernon Alexander |
1901 |
1968 |
Medicine |
| Wilkins, Ernie |
1919 |
1999 |
Music |
| Wilkins, J. Ernest, Jr. |
1923 |
|
Science |
| Wilkins, Joe Willie |
1921 |
1979 |
Music |
| Wilkins, Roger Wood |
1932 |
|
Journalism |
| Wilkins, Roy |
1901 |
1981 |
Organizations |
| Wilkinson, Henry B. |
|
|
Writing |
| Wilkinson, Marion Birnie |
1870 |
1956 |
Organizations |
| Willet, Chappie |
1907 |
1976 |
Music |
| Williams, Aaron |
|
|
Theater / Film |
| Williams, Bert, and George Walker |
1874 |
1922 |
Theater / Film |
| Williams, Big Joe |
1903 |
1982 |
Music (blues) |
| Williams, Billy Leo |
1938 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Williams, Camilla Ella |
1919/22 |
|
Music |
| Williams, Carla |
1965 |
|
Art |
| Williams, Cathay |
1844 |
|
The West |
| Williams, Clara Belle |
|
|
Medicine |
| Williams, Clarence |
1893 |
1965 |
Music |
| Williams, Claude "Fiddler" |
|
|
Music |
| Williams, Cootie |
1910 |
1985 |
Music |
| Williams, Daniel Hale |
1856 |
1931 |
Medicine |
| Williams, Doug |
1955 |
|
Sports (ftb) |
| Williams, Edward Christopher |
1871 |
1929 |
Education |
| Williams, Ella V. Chase |
1852 |
|
Education |
| Williams, Emily Harper |
1873 |
1933 |
Education |
| Williams, Eugene |
19XX |
1919 |
Activism |
| Williams, Fannie Barrier |
1855 |
1944 |
Organizations |
| Williams, Frances E. |
1905 |
1994 |
Theater / Film |
| Williams, George Washington |
1849 |
1891 |
Activism |
| Williams, Hosea |
1926 |
2000 |
Activism |
| Williams, Isaac D. |
1821 |
1898 |
Slave Narrative |
| Williams, James |
1825 |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Williams, Joe |
1918 |
1999 |
Music |
| Williams, John Alfred |
1925 |
|
Writing |
| Williams, Kenny J. |
1928 |
2003 |
Education |
| Williams, Lavinia |
1916 |
1989 |
Dance |
| Williams, Leon Lawson |
|
|
Business |
| Williams, Marion |
1927 |
1994 |
Music |
| Williams, Mary Lou |
1910 |
1981 |
Music |
| Williams, Melvin Jr. |
|
|
Military |
| Williams, Melvin Sr. |
|
|
Military |
| Williams, Paul Revere |
1894 |
1980 |
Art |
| Williams, Peter, Jr. |
1780? |
1840 |
Activism |
| Williams, Peter, Sr. |
1749 |
1849/23 |
Religion |
| Williams, Preston |
|
|
Education |
| Williams, Robert Franklin |
1925 |
1996 |
Activism |
| Williams, Sally (Aunt Sally) |
1796? |
|
Slave Narrative |
| Williams, Serena, and Venus Williams |
1982 1981; V '80 |
|
Sports (ten) |
| Williams, Sherley Anne |
1944 |
1999 |
Writing |
| Williams, Smokey Joe |
1886 |
1951 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Williams, Stanley "Tookie" |
|
2006 |
Crime |
| Williams, Tony |
1945 |
|
Music |
| Williams, Walter E. |
1936 |
|
Journalism |
| Williams, Wesley |
|
|
Misc. |
| Williamson, Fred |
1938 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Williamson, John Hendrick |
1844 |
|
Slavery |
| Williamson, Sonny Boy [Aleck Miller] |
1914 |
1948 |
Music (blues) |
| Williamson, Sonny Boy [No. 1] |
1910 |
1965 |
Music (blues) |
| Willis, Deborah |
1948 |
|
Art |
| Willis, William Shedrick, Jr. |
1921 |
1983 |
Education |
| Willmott, Kevin |
|
|
Theater / Film |
| Wills, Harry |
1889 |
1958 |
Sports (box) |
| Wills, Maury |
1932 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Willson, Joseph |
1817 |
1895 |
Writing |
| Wilson, Alyce McCarroll |
|
|
Activism |
| Wilson, August |
1945 |
2005 |
Writing |
| Wilson, Butler |
1860 |
1939 |
Activism |
| Wilson, Cassandra |
1955 |
|
Music |
| Wilson, Ed |
1925 |
|
Art |
| Wilson, Edith Goodall |
1896/1906 |
1981 |
Music (blues) |
| Wilson, Ellis |
1899 |
1977 |
Art |
| Wilson, Ernest Judson |
1899 |
1963 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Wilson, Flip |
1933 |
1998 |
Theater / Film |
| Wilson, Frank H. |
1886 |
1956 |
Theater / Film |
| Wilson, Fred |
1954 |
|
Art |
| Wilson, Gerald |
1918 |
|
Music |
| Wilson, Harriet E. |
1828 (approx.) |
|
Writing |
| Wilson, J. Finley |
1881 |
1952 |
Activism |
| Wilson, Jackie |
1934 |
1984 |
Music |
| Wilson, John Woodrow |
1922 |
|
Art |
| Wilson, Margaret Bush |
1919 |
|
Law |
| Wilson, Mary |
1944 |
|
Music |
| Wilson, Milton James |
|
|
Business |
| Wilson, Olly |
1937 |
|
Music |
| Wilson, Orlandus |
1917 |
1998 |
Music |
| Wilson, Shadow |
1919 |
1959 |
Music |
| Wilson, Sunnie |
1908 |
1999 |
Business |
| Wilson, Teddy |
1912 |
1986 |
Music |
| Wilson, William Joseph |
|
|
Writing |
| Wilson, William Julius |
1935 |
|
Education |
| Wimberly, Dred |
1848 |
1937 |
Activism |
| Winfield, Dave |
1951 |
|
Sports (bsb) |
| Winfield, Hemsley |
1907 |
1934 |
Theater / Film |
| Winfield, Paul |
1941 |
2004 |
Theater / Film |
| Winfrey, Oprah |
1954 |
|
Business |
| Winkfield, Jimmy |
1882 |
1974 |
Sports (jockey) |
| Winston, Isabella |
1888 |
1971 |
Business |
| Withers, Ernest C. |
1922 |
|
Art |
| Withers, William "Bill" |
1938 |
|
Music |
| Witten, Juan Bautista (Big Prince) |
|
|
Military |
| Wolfe, George C. |
1954 |
|
Theater / Film |
| Womack, Bobby |
1944 |
|
Music |
| Wonder, Stevie |
1950 |
|
Music |
| Wood, William Vernell |
1936 |
|
Sports (ftb) |
| Woodard, Beulah Ecton |
1895 |
1955 |
Art |
| Woodbey, George Washington |
1854 |
1937 |
Religion |
| Woodby-McKane, Alice |
1863 (approx.) |
1946 |
Medicine |
| Wooding, Sam |
1895 |
1985 |
Music |
| Woodruff, Hale Aspacio |
1900 |
1980 |
Art |
| Woods, Granville T. |
1856 |
1910 |
Invention |
| Woods, Mattiebelle |
1904 |
2005 |
Journalism |
| Woods, Sylvia |
19XX |
|
Business |
| Woods, Tiger |
1975 |
|
Sports (golf) |
| Woodson, Carter Godwin |
1875 |
1950 |
Education |
| Woodyard, Sam |
1925 |
1988 |
Music |
| Work, John Wesley, III |
1901 |
1967/68 |
Music |
| Work, John Wesley, Jr. |
1873 |
1925 |
Music |
| Work, Monroe Nathan |
1866 |
1945 |
Journalism |
| Wormley, James |
1819 |
1884 |
Business |
| Wright, Binkley T. |
|
|
Crime |
| Wright, Charles S. |
1932 |
|
Writing |
| Wright, Cleo |
1916 |
1942 |
Crime |
| Wright, Jane |
1919 (approx.) |
|
Science |
| Wright, Jonathan Jasper |
1840 |
1885 |
Law |
| Wright, Louis Tompkins |
1891 |
1952 |
Medicine |
| Wright, Mary Herring |
|
|
Writing |
| Wright, Richard |
1908 |
1960 |
Writing |
| Wright, Richard Robert, Sr. |
1855 |
1947 |
Slavery |
| Wright, Stan |
1921 |
1998 |
Sports (trk) |
| Wright, Theodore Sedgwick |
1797 |
1847 |
Activism |
| Wright, Wild Bill |
1914 |
1996 |
Sports (bsb) |
| Wyatt, Addie L. |
1924 |
|
Activism |
| Wysinger, Edmond |
|
|
Activism |
| Xuma, Madie Hall |
1894 |
1982 |
Education |
| Yancey, Mama |
1896 |
1986 |
Music (blues) |
| Yarbrough, Emmanuel (Manny) |
|
|
Sports |
| Yarrow, Mamout |
1706 (approx.) |
1820 (approx.) |
Slavery |
| Yates, James |
1906 |
1994 |
Activism |
| Yates, Josephine A. |
1859 |
1912 |
Education |
| Yates, William Henry |
1816 |
1868 |
Activism |
| Yerby, Frank |
1916 |
1991 |
Writing |
| Yergan, Max |
1892 |
1975 |
Activism |
| York |
1772 (approx.) |
1832 |
The West |
| Young, Plummer Bernard |
1884? |
1962 |
Journalism |
| Young, Al |
1939 |
|
Writing |
| Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr. |
1932 |
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Government |
| Young, Buddy |
1926 |
1983 |
Sports (ftb) |
| Young, Charles |
1864 |
1922 |
Military |
| Young, Coleman |
1918 |
1997 |
Politics |
| Young, James Hunter |
1858 |
1921 |
Activism |
| Young, Jean Childs |
1933 |
1994 |
Activism |
| Young, Kevin |
1970 |
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Writing |
| Young, Lester |
1909 |
1959 |
Music |
| Young, Preston Bernard |
1884 |
1962 |
Journalism |
| Young, Roger Arliner |
1889 |
1964 |
Science |
| Young, Rosa J. |
1890 |
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Education |
| Young, Trummy |
1912 |
1984 |
Music |
| Young, Whitney Moore, Jr. |
1921 |
1971 |
Activism |
| Younge, Sammy Leamon |
1944 |
1966 |
Activism |
| Zampty, John Charles |
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Activism |
| Zollar, Jawole |
1950 |
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Dance |
| Zuber, Paul Burgess |
1927 |
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Activism |
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