PROFESSION: Civil Rights Activist
Marched with Martin Luther King Jr. Led the Selma to Montgomery protests. Started the Hosea Williams Foundation. Also attended Atlanta University.
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Cassandra Wilson is often described as not only an accomplished jazz vocalist and composer but also as a lyricist, producer, musical director, guitarist and pianist. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1955, Cassandra Wilson has been singing and performing since she sang at ...
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Oprah Winfrey, the multi media mogul, has garnered international appeal for her talk show. As the first Black woman billionaire in world history, Winfrey has overtaken EBay CEO, Meg Whitman, as the richest self-made woman in America... Do you know which HBCU Oprah graduated from? ...
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PROFESSION: Politician
Former Ambassador to the United Nations. Former Atlanta mayor and US Congressman. Also attended Howard University.
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PROFESSION: Civil Rights Activist
Was Dean of College of Social Work at Atlanta University. Was VP of NAACP in Georgia. Was Director of National Urban League. Helped plan the historic march on Washington in 1963. Had a stamp made in his memory.
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PROFESSION: Civil Rights Activist
Friend of Martin Luther King Jr. Key organizer of the Tallahassee bus boycott. Charter member of SCLC and 1st VP of SCLC.
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PROFESSION: Actress
Played in "A Time To Kill" as Samuel Jackson's wife. Director of Theatre Arts at Alabama State University. Taught at Jackson State for 20 years. First African American female to receive a Doctorate from Florida State University's School of Theater. Member of Zeta Phi Beta ...
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PROFESSION: Educator
Former Secretary of Health and Human Services. Founder and former President of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
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PROFESSION: Actress
Starred in her own TV sitcom. Successful comedian. Starred in several movies.
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PROFESSION: Actor
Surrounded by four dazzling Southern-styled ladies on the hit sitcom "Designing Women" (1986), genial African-American Meshach Taylor made a name for himself as the beleaguered male foil consistently at the mercy of the ladies' a ...
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PROFESSION: Military Figure
"In the Air Force, served as Deputy Chief of Staff and was instrumental in the establishment of the Defense Race Relations Institute, currently known as the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI)."
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PROFESSION: Actor
Hosted HBO's Def Comedy Jam. Starred in film "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, and Regina King.
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PROFESSION: Educator
Born in 1856 to a white father and black mother. Founded Tuskegee University in Alabama. Became the recognized leader for Black people when Frederick Douglass died.
Two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century were W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker ...
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PROFESSION: Doctor
First African American to hold positions of Associate Dean of John Hopkins University School of Medicine and Professor of Cardiac Surgery. Performed world's first implementation of the automatic implantable defibrillator. Member o ...
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PROFESSION: Actor
Played in the comedy TV show, "In Living Color". Starred in movies such as "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and "A Low Down Dirty Shame"
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