~ A ~

• Robert S. Abbott - Publishing (Illinois) - Founder of Chicago Defender

• Ralph Abernathy - Civics

• Amilia Aguinado - President of Phillipines

• Adeyamo Alakija - Co-founded Daily Times of Nigeria

• Eugene Charlie Alston (Washington DC) - Head White House Butler for 33 years

• Richard Allen - Ministry (Pennsylvania)

• Gerald Alston (New Jersey) - Lead singer Manhattans

• Roy Althouse - (Kansas)

• Dennis Archer - Politics (Michigan)

• Louis Armstrong - Entertainment

• Alexander T. Augusta - Medicine

 
 

~ B ~

• Ernie Banks - Athletics (Illinois)

• Ras Baraka (New Jersey) - Mayor of Newark

• Ferdinand L. Barnett - Publishing (Illinois)

• Marion Barry - Politics (District of Columbia)

• William Count Basie - Entertainment

• Walt Bellamy (Georgia) - NBA Hall of Famer

• Ted Berry - Politics (Ohio)

• Henry Blair - Inventor

• James Herbert "Hubie Blake" - Entertainment

• Julian Bond - Civics

• Edward Bouchet - Education

• Thomas Bradley - Politics (California)

• William Wells Brown - Publishing

• Roland Burris - Politics (Illinois)

• Jerry Iceman Butler - Entertainment (Illinois)

 
 

~ C ~

• William Campbell - Politics (Georgia)

• Ashby B. Carter - Civics (Illinois)

• Gene Chandler - Entertainment (Illinois)

• Emanuel Cleaver - Politics (Missouri)

• Otis Clay - Entertainment (Illinois)

• James Clyburn (South Carolina)

• Nathaniel "Nat King Cole" - Entertainment

• Frank Coleman (Washington DC) - Founder of Omega Psi Phi

• Michael Coleman (Ohio) - 1st Black Mayor of Columbus

• John Conyers (Michigan)

• Benjamin Crump (Florida)

 
 

~ D ~

• Corneal Davis - Politics (Illinois)

• Ossie Davis - Entertainment

• William L. Dawson - Politics (Illinois)

• Martin R. Delany - Miltary

• Oscar DePriest - Politics (Illinois)

• John Wesley Dobbs - Civics (Georgia)

• W.E.B. DuBois - Civics/Education

• Alexander Dumas - Entertainment

 
 

~ E ~

• (Edward Kennedy) Duke Ellington - Entertainment

• Medgar Wiley Evers - Civics

 

~ F ~

• Chaka Fattah - Politics

• Marshall Faulk - Athletics (Illinois)

• James Forten - Civics

• Timothy Thomas Fortune - Publishing

 
 

~ G ~

• Richard Gidron - Business

• Dizzy Gillespie - Entertainment

• Richard Howell Gleaves - Politics (Ohio)

• Wilson Goode - Politics (Pennsylvania)

• Louis Gossett Jr - Entertainment (Mississippi)

• Al Green - Entertainment

 
 

~ H ~

• Alex Haley - Entertainment

• George C. Hall - Business (Illinois)

• Prince Hall - Civics (Massachusetts)

• Lionel Hampton - Entertainment

• William C. Handy - Entertainment

• Michael C. Harper - Sports (Oregon) - Former NBA Player

• Augusta Hawkins - Civics (California congressman)

• Matthew Henson - Explorer

• A. Leon Higginbotham - Education (Pennsylvania)

• Benjamin L. Hooks - Civics (Tennessee)

 
 

~ J ~

• Maynard Jackson - Politics (Georgia)

• Jesse L. Jackson Jr. - Politics (Illinois)

• Jesse L. Jackson Sr. - Civics (Illinois)

• Daniel Chappie James - Miltary (Illinois)

• Sharpe James (New Jersey) - former Mayor of Newark

• Jack Johnson - Athletics

• John H. Johnson - Publishing (Illinois)

• Absalom Jones - Ministry (Pennsylvania)

• John Jones - Politics (Illinois)

• Dr. Ernest Everett Just - Civics (Washington DC) - Founder of Omega Psi Phi

 
 

~ K ~

• George Biddle Kelley (New York) - Founder of Alpha Phi Alpha

• Isaac H. Kelly - Civics (Illinois)

• Don King - Entertainment

• Martin Luther King, Sr.

 
 

~ L ~

• William J. Latham - Business (Illinois)

• Lewis Howard Latimer - Inventor

• Emmanuel Lewis - Entertainment (Georgia)

• John Lewis (Georgia) - Freedom Rider/Congressman

• Malcolm "Malcolm X" Little

• Edgar Amos Love (Pennsylvania) - Founder of Omega Psi Phi

 
 

~ M ~

• Nelson Mandela - Civics (North Carolina)

• Stephon Marbury - Sports (New York) - Former NBA Player

• Rev. John Marrant - Ministry (Massachusetts)

• Thurgood Marshall - Civics (Oklahoma/Georgia)

• Benjamin E. Mays - Civics

• Ralph Metcalfe - Athletics (Illinois)

• Kwesi Mfume - Civics (Maryland)

• Garrett A. Morgan Sr. - (Ohio) Inventor

• Elijah Muhammad - Founder, Nation of Islam

 
 

~ O ~

• Shaquille Oneal - Athletics (Massachusetts)

• Jesse Owens - Athletics (Illinois)

 
 

~ P ~

• Scottie Pippen - Athletics (Arkansas)

• Chester C. Pryor, MD - Opthalmology (Ohio)

• Richard Pryor - Entertainment (Illinois)

• Alexander Pushkin - Entertainment

 
 

~ R ~

• A. Philip Randolph - Civics (District of Columbia)

• Charles Rangel - Politics (New York)

• Hiram Rhodes Revels (Missouri) - 1st President of Alcorn State University

• Lionel Ritchie - Entertainment (Alabama)

• Sugar Ray Robinson - Athletics

• Benjamin F. Rogers - Civics (Illinois)

• Bobby Rush - Politics (Illinois)

 
 

~ S ~

• Arthur A. Schomburg - Education (New York)

• William T. Scott - Politics (Illinois)

• John Sengstacke - Publishing (Illinois)

• Rev. Al Sharpton - Civics (New York)

• Ralph Slaughter - Education (Louisiana)

• Carl B. Stokes - Politics

• Louis Stokes - Politics

• John Street - Politics (Pennsylvania)

• Reuben Studdard - Entertainment (Alabama)

• Frank M. Summers - Civics (Illinois)

 
 

~ T ~

• George E. Taylor - Politics (Illinois)

• Langston Taylor (Washington DC) - Founder of Phi Beta Sigma

• John W.E. Thomas - Politics (Illinois)

• Isaiah Thomas - Sports (Washington DC)

• Bishop Desmond Tutu - Ministry

 
 

~ W ~

• David Walker - Civics

• Joseph L. Walkes - Education (Kansas)

• Booker T. Washington - Civics

• Harold Washington - Politics (Illinois)

• Michael C. Watson - Civics (CEO, Absalom Jones Fnd)

• Dr. Allen A. Wesley - Medicine (Illinois)

• Charles H. Wesley - Education (Ohio)

• Lawrence Douglass Wilder - Politics (Virginia)

• Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - Medicine (District of Columbia)

• Egbert Austin Bert Williams - Actor

• Harry A. Williamson - Education

• Granville T. Woods - Inventor

• Jeremiah Wright - Religion (Illinois)

 

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~ Y ~

• Andrew Young - Politics (Georgia)

• Coleman Young - Politics (Michigan)