Assata Shakur

Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806)

Bell, Cool Papa

Benga, Ota (1883-1916)

Bond, Julian

Bridges, Ruby

Carver, George Washington (1861-1943)

Charleston, Oscar

Chisholm, Shirley

Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)

Coleman, Bessie

Dandridge, Ray

Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895)

Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868-1963)

Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)

Foster, Rube (1879-1930)

Garvey, Marcus (1887-1940)

Gibson, Josh (1911-1947)

Healy, James - first African-American Roman Catholic priest.

Healy, Patrick - first African-American Ph.D and president of a predominantly white university.

Hemings, Sally (1773-1835)

Henson, Matthew (1866-1955)

Johnson, Henry

Johnson, Judy

King, Martin Luther Jr. (1929-1968)

Malcolm X (1925-1965)

Marshall, Thurgood (1908 - 1993)

Micheaux, Oscar

Paige, Satchel

Parks, Rosa

Robeson, Paul (1898 - 1976)

Robinson, Jackie (1919-1972)

Seale, Bobby

Toussaint l'Ouverture (1746-1803)

Truth, Sojourner (1797-1883)

Tubman, Harriet (1820-1913)

Turner, Nat (1800-1831)

Walker, Madam C.J. - first American millionairess: her story, and her home.

Wells, Ida B. (1862-1930)