Acting Legend

James Earl Jones

Civil Rights Leader

Jesse Jackson

Nation of Islam Leader

Elijah Muhammad

Medical Pioneer

Daniel Hale Williams

Suffragist Pioneer

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

Jazz Percussionist

Max Roach

History Pioneer

Carter G. Woodson

Civil Rights Icon

Joseph Lowery

Civil Rights Warrior

Fred Shuttlesworth

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Tarana Burke

Medical Marvel

Homer G. Phillips

Black Arts Movement Architect

Larry Neal

Religious Pioneer

Richard Allen

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Vertner Woodson Tandy

Motown Maestro

Berry Gordy

Literary Vanguard

Haki Madhubuti

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Woodie King Jr.

Disability Advocate

Leroy F. Moore Jr.

Ballet Maestro

Arthur Mitchell

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William Monroe Trotter

Dance Visionary

Lester Horton

Religious Trailblazer

James Varick

LGBTQ+ Trailblazer

Marsha P Johnson

Educational Visionary

Booker T. Washington

Colonization Advocate

Benjamin "Pap" Singleton

Chicago Founder

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

Operatic Star

Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones

Intellectual Trailblazer

W.E.B. Du Bois

Pan-African Visionary

Marcus Garvey

Broadcasting Pioneer

Jesse B. Blayton, Sr.

Civil Rights Architect

James Farmer

Dance Pioneer

Alvin Ailey

Revolutionary Activist

Bobby Seale

Activist & Leader

Huey P. Newton

Activist & Leader

Bunchy Carter