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.
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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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PROFESSION: Actress
Starred in such movies as "Head Of State" with Chris Rock, "Eve's Bayou", "The Slugger's Wife", "Jaws:The Revenge", and "A Thin Line Between Love And Hate".
Attended: Howard University
Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
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PROFESSION: Actress
"Played in the popular TV show, ""Sparks"". Also starred in such movies as ""Next Friday"", ""Nutty Professor II: The Klumps"", ""Baby Boy"", and ""Deliver Us From Eva"". Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority."
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PROFESSION: College Sports Coach
Coach of the first HBCU to ever go to the NCAA tournament and win a game. The winningest coach in Alcorn State U history.Replaced Ernie Banks at shortstop in the Negro League when Ernie went the the Majors.
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PROFESSION: Journalist
Was anchor of BET Nightly News. Also anchored the morning show on CNN headline news.
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