African American Figures

 

  1. Aaron, Hank
  2. Ali, Laila
  3. Ali, Muhammad
  4. Anderson, Marian
  5. Angelou, Maya
  6. Armstrong, Louis
  7. Ashe, Arthur
  8. Baldwin, James
  9. Bethune, Mary McLeod
  10. Bettis, Jerome
  11. Bond, Julian
  12. Bradley, Ed
  13. Brooks, Gwendolyn
  14. Brown, James
  15. Bunche, Ralph
  16. Carver, George Washington
  17. Charles, Ray
  18. Chisholm, Shirley
  19. Coleman, Bessie
  20. Cooke, Sam
  21. Cosby, Bill
  22. Davis, Sammy Jr.
  23. Douglas, Frederick
  24. Drew, Charles
  25. DuBois, W.E.B.
  26. Dunbar, Paul Lawrence
  27. Ellington, Duke
  28. Evers, Medger
  29. Faulk, Marshall
  30. Ford, Harold Jr.
  31. Haley, Alex
  32. Handy, W.C.
  33. Hansberry, Loraine
  34. Horne, Lena
  35. Hughes, Langston
  36. Jackson, Jessie
  37. Jackson, Mahalia
  38. Jemison, Mae
  39. Johnson, Ervin
  40. Jordan, Michael
  41. King, B.B.
  42. King, Corretta Scott
  43. King, Martin Luther Jr.
  44. Lewis, Carl
  45. Little, Malcom X
  46. Louis, Joe
  47. Marshall, Thurgood
  48. Mfume, Kweisi
  49. Miller, “Dorie” Doris
  50. Morgan, Garrett
  51. Parks, Gordon
  52. Parks, Rosa
  53. Obama, Barack
  54. Owens, Jessie
  55. Powell, Colin
  56. Rice, Condelisa
  57. Robison, Jackie
  58. Rudolph, Wilma
  59. Smith, Will
  60. Sosa, Sammy
  61. Thomas, Clarence
  62. Truth, Sojourner
  63. Tubman, Harriet
  64. Turner, Tina
  65. Washington, Booker T.
  66. Wells, Ida B.
  67. Wheatley, Phillis
  68. White, Reggie
  69. Winfrey, Oprah
  70. Woods, Tiger
  71. Woodson, Carter
  72. Young, Andrew