Abbey Lincoln — Musician, Civil Right, Activist
Absalom Jones — Religious Leader, Abolitionist
Achille Mbembe — Historian, Philosopher, African Studies
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. — Civil Right, Political Leader, Religious Leader
Adolph Reed Jr. — Professor, Political Scholar
Afeni Shakur — Black Panther, Activist
Akua Njeri (Deborah Johnson) — Black Panther, Activist
Alain Locke — Philosopher, Educator, Harlem Renaissance
Albert Cleage Jr. — Religious Leader, Black Nationalism
Alex Haley — Author, Black History, Malcolm X
Alicia Garza — Activist, Black Lives Matter
Alice Walker — Author, Activist
Al Sharpton — Civil Right, Religious Leader, Political Activist
Amelia Boynton Robinson — Civil Right, Voting Right
Amílcar Cabral — Pan-Africanism, Revolutionary Leader
Amy Ashwood Garvey — Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism
Amy Jacques Garvey — Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism
Anderson Thompson — Historian, African-Centered Education
Andrew Young — Civil Right, Political Leader
Angela Davis — Professor, Black Power, Activist, Author
Anna Julia Cooper — Educator, Author, Black Feminism
Annie Devine — Civil Right, Voting Right
Anthony Browder (Tony Browder) — Historian, African-Centered Education
Aretha Franklin — Musician, Civil Right
Asa G. Hilliard III — Professor, Educator, African-Centered Education
Assata Shakur — Black Liberation, Revolutionary Activist
Audre Lorde — Author, Poet, Black Feminism
Autherine Lucy — Civil Right, Education
Barack Obama — Political Leader, U.S. History
Barack Obama Sr. — African History, Political History
Barbara Jordan — Political Leader, Civil Right
Bayard Rustin — Civil Right, Activist
bell hooks — Professor, Author, Black Feminism
Benjamin Quarles — Historian, Professor
Bernice King — Civil Right, Religious Leader
Bessie Smith — Musician, Black Cultural History
Betty Shabazz — Civil Right, Black Nationalism
Billie Holiday — Musician, Civil Right
Blanche K. Bruce — Reconstruction, Political Leader
Bob Marley — Musician, Pan-Africanism, Rastafarianism
Bob Moses — Civil Right, Voting Right
Bobby E. Wright — Psychologist, African-Centered Thought
Bobby Hutton — Black Panther, Black Power
Bobby Seale — Black Panther, Black Power
Booker T. Washington — Educator, Black History
Bunchy Carter — Black Panther, Black Power
Byron Hurt — Filmmaker, Documentary Filmmaker
C. L. Franklin — Religious Leader, Civil Right
C. L. R. James — Historian, Author, Pan-Africanism
C. T. Vivian — Civil Right, Religious Leader
Carole Simpson — Journalist, Black Media
Carol Anderson — Historian, Professor, Civil Right
Carlos A. Cooks — Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism
Carter G. Woodson — Historian, Educator, Black History
Cedric J. Robinson — Professor, Political Scholar, Black Radicalism
Charles Burnett — Filmmaker, Black Cinema
Charles Hamilton Houston — Civil Right, Legal History
Charles L. Blockson — Historian, Black History
Charles Mingus — Musician, Jazz
Charles S. Finch III — Historian, African-Centered Thought
Charles Sherrod — Civil Right, Activist
Charlayne Hunter-Gault — Civil Right, Journalist
Charshee McIntyre — Historian, Professor, African-Centered Education
Cheikh Anta Diop — Historian, Professor, Pan-Africanism
Christina Sharpe — Professor, Black Studies, Author
Chuck D — Musician, Hip-Hop, Political Commentary
Cicely Tyson — Actor, Black Cultural History
Claud Anderson — Author, Economics, Black Economic Empowerment
Claude McKay — Author, Poet, Harlem Renaissance
Claudette Colvin — Civil Right
Constance Baker Motley — Civil Right, Legal History
Coretta Scott King — Civil Right, Activist
Cornel West — Professor, Philosopher, Political Commentary
Cory Booker — Political Leader
Countee Cullen — Poet, Harlem Renaissance
Creflo Dollar — Religious Leader
Curtis Mayfield — Musician, Civil Right
Daddy Grace — Religious Leader, Black Church History
Daisy Bates — Civil Right, Journalist
Daina Ramey Berry — Historian, Professor, Slavery
Darlene Clark Hine — Historian, Professor, Black Women’s History
Dave Chappelle — Comedian, Black Cultural Commentary
David Hilliard — Black Panther, Black Power
David Walker — Abolitionist, Black Nationalism
Deborah Gray White — Historian, Professor, Slavery
Denzel Washington — Actor, Black Cinema
Denmark Vesey — Slavery, Resistance
Derrick Bell — Professor, Legal Scholar, Critical Race Theory
Dhoruba bin Wahad — Black Panther, Black Liberation
Diane Nash — Civil Right, Activist
Dick Gregory — Civil Right, Comedian, Activist
Don Lemon — Journalist, Black Media
Dorothy Height — Civil Right, Women’s Right
Dred Scott — Slavery, Legal History
Dudley Thompson — Pan-Africanism, Political Leader
Duke Ellington — Musician, Jazz
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. — Professor, Author, Black Studies
Ed Bradley — Journalist, Black Media
Edward W. Robinson Jr. — Historian, African-Centered Education
Edward Wilmot Blyden — Pan-Africanism, Educator
Eldridge Cleaver — Black Panther, Black Power
Elijah Muhammad — Religious Leader, Nation of Islam, Black Nationalism
Elizabeth Keckley — Slavery, Author, Black History
Ella Baker — Civil Right, Activist
Ellen Craft — Abolitionist, Slavery
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — African Political Leader
Emmett Till — Civil Right, Racial Violence
Emory Douglas — Black Panther, Artist
Ernest Green — Civil Right, Education
Ericka Huggins — Black Panther, Activist
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham — Historian, Professor, Black Women’s History
Fannie Lou Hamer — Civil Right, Voting Right
Father Divine — Religious Leader, Black Religious History
Fela Kuti — Musician, Pan-Africanism, Political Activism
Frances Cress Welsing — Psychiatrist, Author, Black Psychology
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper — Abolitionist, Author, Women’s Right
Frantz Fanon — Philosopher, Psychiatrist, Anti-Colonialism
Fred Gray — Civil Right, Legal History
Fred Hampton — Black Panther, Black Power, Revolutionary Leader
Fred Hampton Jr. — Black Power, Activist
Frederick D. Haynes III — Religious Leader, Civil Right
Frederick Douglass — Abolitionist, Author, Black History
Frederick Douglass Opie — Historian, Professor
Fred Shuttlesworth — Civil Right, Religious Leader
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti — Women’s Right, African Independence
Gabriel Prosser — Slavery, Resistance
Gardner C. Taylor — Religious Leader, Black Church History
George G. M. James — Historian, Author, African-Centered Thought
George Jackson — Black Liberation, Revolutionary Leader, Author
George Padmore — Pan-Africanism, Author, Anti-Colonialism
George Washington Carver — Scientist, Educator, Black History
Gerald Horne — Historian, Professor, African American Studies
Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt — Black Panther, Black Liberation
Gil Noble — Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker, Black History
Gil Scott-Heron — Musician, Poet, Political Commentary
Glenn Loury — Professor, Economist, Political Commentary
Gloria Richardson — Civil Right, Black Power
Gordon Parks — Photographer, Filmmaker, Civil Right
Gwendolyn Brooks — Poet, Author, Black Cultural History
Gwen Ifill — Journalist, Political History
H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin) — Black Power, Civil Right, Black Nationalism
Haile Gerima — Filmmaker, African History, Black Cinema
Haile Selassie — African Political Leader, Pan-Africanism, Rastafarianism
Hakeem Jeffries — Political Leader
Haki R. Madhubuti — Poet, Educator, Black Arts Movement
Harriet Jacobs — Slavery, Abolitionist, Author
Harriet Tubman — Slavery, Abolitionist, Resistance
Harry Belafonte — Civil Right, Musician, Activist
Henri Christophe — Haitian Revolution, Political Leader
Henry Hampton — Documentary Filmmaker, Civil Right History
Henry Highland Garnet — Abolitionist, Religious Leader, Black Nationalism
Henry Louis Gates Jr. — Historian, Professor, Documentary Filmmaker
Henry McNeal Turner — Religious Leader, Reconstruction, Black Nationalism
Henry Sylvester Williams — Pan-Africanism, Political Activist
Hiram Revels — Reconstruction, Political Leader
Hortense Spillers — Professor, Literary Scholar, Black Feminism
Hosea Williams — Civil Right, Activist
Howard Thurman — Religious Leader, Philosopher, Civil Right
Hubert Harrison — Black Nationalism, Author, Political Activist
Huey P. Newton — Black Panther, Black Power, Revolutionary Leader
Ibram X. Kendi — Historian, Professor, Author
Ice Cube — Musician, Hip-Hop, Filmmaker
Ida B. Wells — Journalist, Civil Right, Anti-Lynching Activist
Isabel Wilkerson — Author, Journalist, Black History
Ivan Van Sertima — Historian, Professor, African-Centered Thought
J. Edgar Hoover — FBI History, Civil Right Surveillance, Black Panther History
J. Marion Sims — Medical History, Slavery
Jacqueline Olive — Documentary Filmmaker, Racial Justice
Jacob H. Carruthers — Historian, Professor, African-Centered Education
James Baldwin — Author, Civil Right, Black Literature
James Brown — Musician, Black Cultural History, Black Power
James Cone — Theologian, Professor, Black Liberation Theology
James Farmer — Civil Right, Activist
James Lawson — Civil Right, Religious Leader, Nonviolent Resistance
James Meredith — Civil Right, Education
James Small — Historian, Professor, African-Centered Education
Jamal Bryant — Religious Leader, Civil Right
Jane Elliott — Educator, Anti-Racism Activist, Diversity Trainer, Racial Discrimination Awareness
Jawanza Kunjufu — Educator, Author, Black Youth Development
Jean-Jacques Dessalines — Haitian Revolution, Anti-Colonialism
Jeremiah Wright — Religious Leader, Black Liberation Theology
Jesse Jackson — Civil Right, Political Leader, Religious Leader
Jessica B. Harris — Historian, Professor, African Diaspora Food History
Jimmie Lee Jackson — Civil Right, Voting Right
Jo Ann Robinson — Civil Right, Montgomery Bus Boycott
John Coltrane — Musician, Jazz, Black Cultural History
John Garang — African Political Leader, Revolutionary Leader
John G. Jackson — Historian, Author, African-Centered Thought
John Henrik Clarke — Historian, Professor, Pan-Africanism
John Hope Franklin — Historian, Professor, African American History
John H. Johnson — Publisher, Black Media, Business History
John Huggins — Black Panther, Black Power
John Lewis — Civil Right, Political Leader, Voting Right
John McWhorter — Professor, Linguist, Political Commentary
John Singleton — Filmmaker, Black Cinema
Jonathan Jackson — Black Liberation, Revolutionary Activist
Jomo Kenyatta — African Political Leader, Pan-Africanism
Josephine Baker — Entertainer, Civil Right, World War II
Joseph Lowery — Civil Right, Religious Leader
Joseph White — Psychologist, Professor, Black Psychology
Joy DeGruy — Professor, Author, Social Work, Historical Trauma
Julian Bond — Civil Right, Political Leader
Julie Dash — Filmmaker, Black Cinema
Julius Nyerere — African Political Leader, Pan-Africanism
June Jordan — Poet, Professor, Black Feminism
Kaba Hiawatha Kamene — Educator, Historian, African-Centered Education
Kamala Harris — Political Leader, U.S. History
Karen Hunter — Journalist, Author, Black Media
Katherine McKittrick — Professor, Black Studies, Geography
Kathleen Cleaver — Black Panther, Black Power, Legal Scholar
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor — Professor, Author, Black Social Movement
Kenneth B. Clark — Psychologist, Civil Right, Education
Kenneth Kaunda — African Political Leader, Pan-Africanism
Khalid Abdul Muhammad — Black Nationalism, Nation of Islam
Khalil Gibran Muhammad — Historian, Professor, Criminal Justice History
Kimberlé Crenshaw — Professor, Legal Scholar, Critical Race Theory
Kobi Kambon — Psychologist, African-Centered Psychology
Kofi Annan — African Political Leader, United Nations
KRS-One — Musician, Hip-Hop, Education
Kwame Anthony Appiah — Philosopher, Professor, African Studies
Kwame Nkrumah — Pan-Africanism, African Independence, Political Leader
Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) — Civil Right, Black Power, Pan-Africanism
Langston Hughes — Poet, Author, Harlem Renaissance
Larry Neal — Poet, Black Arts Movement, Literary Scholar
Lauryn Hill — Musician, Hip-Hop, Black Cultural History
Leonard Jeffries — Historian, Professor, African-Centered Thought
Léopold Sédar Senghor — Poet, Pan-Africanism, African Political Leader
Lerone Bennett Jr. — Historian, Author, Journalist
Lewis Gordon — Philosopher, Professor, Africana Studies
Linda James Myers — Psychologist, Professor, African-Centered Psychology
Lorraine Hansberry — Playwright, Civil Right, Black Literature
Louis Armstrong — Musician, Jazz, Black Cultural History
Louis Farrakhan — Religious Leader, Nation of Islam, Black Nationalism
Lucille Clifton — Poet, Author
Lucy Parsons — Labor Activist, Political Organizer
Madeline Anderson — Documentary Filmmaker, Civil Right History
Maggie Lena Walker — Business Leader, Women’s History, Black Economic History
Malik Rahim — Black Panther, Community Activist
Malcolm X — Civil Right, Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Nation of Islam
Mamie Phipps Clark — Psychologist, Civil Right, Education
Mamie Till-Mobley — Civil Right, Activist, Anti-Lynching
Manning Marable — Historian, Professor, African American Studies
Marc Lamont Hill — Professor, Journalist, Political Commentary
Marcus Garvey — Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Black Economic Empowerment
Marian Wright Edelman — Civil Right, Children’s Right
Marion Barry — Civil Right, Political Leader
Mario Van Peebles — Filmmaker, Black Cinema
Marimba Ani — Professor, African-Centered Thought, Anthropology
Mark Clark — Black Panther, Black Power
Marlon Riggs — Documentary Filmmaker, Black Cultural History
Martin Delany — Abolitionist, Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism
Martin Luther King Jr. — Civil Right, Religious Leader, Nonviolent Resistance
Marva Collins — Educator, Teacher, Education Reform, Black Education
Mary Ann Shadd Cary — Abolitionist, Journalist, Women’s Right
Mary Church Terrell — Civil Right, Women’s Right, Educator
Mary McLeod Bethune — Educator, Civil Right, Political Activist
Ma Rainey — Musician, Blues, Black Cultural History
Maulana Karenga — Professor, Black Nationalism, African-Centered Thought, Kwanzaa
Maxine Waters — Political Leader, Civil Right
Max Robinson — Journalist, Black Media
Max Roach — Musician, Jazz, Civil Right
Maya Angelou — Author, Poet, Civil Right
Medgar Evers — Civil Right, Voting Right
Melvin Van Peebles — Filmmaker, Black Cinema
Michael Eric Dyson — Professor, Author, Political Commentary
Michael Gomez — Historian, Professor, African Diaspora History
Michael Imhotep — Black History Educator, African-Centered Education
Michael Jackson — Musician, Black Cultural History
Michelle Alexander — Author, Legal Scholar, Criminal Justice
Michelle Obama — Public Figure, Women’s History
Miles Davis — Musician, Jazz
Miriam Makeba — Musician, Anti-Apartheid, Pan-Africanism
Molefi Kete Asante — Professor, Historian, Afrocentricity
Moms Mabley — Comedian, Black Cultural History
Muhammad Ali — Athlete, Civil Right, Nation of Islam
Mumia Abu-Jamal — Journalist, Black Panther, Criminal Justice
Mutulu Shakur — Black Liberation, Revolutionary Activist
Myrlie Evers-Williams — Civil Right, Women’s History
Na’im Akbar — Psychologist, Professor, African-Centered Psychology
Nannie Helen Burroughs — Educator, Civil Right, Women’s History
Nat Turner — Slavery, Resistance, Rebellion
Nell Irvin Painter — Historian, Professor, African American History
Nelson George — Author, Filmmaker, Black Cultural History
Nelson Mandela — Anti-Apartheid, African Political Leader, Revolutionary Leader
Nikole Hannah-Jones — Journalist, Slavery and Its Legacy
Nikki Giovanni — Poet, Professor, Black Arts Movement
Nipsey Russell — Comedian, Actor, Poet, Entertainer, Television Personality
Noble Drew Ali — Religious Leader, Moorish Science, Black Nationalism
Noliwe Rooks — Professor, Author, African American Studies
Ntozake Shange — Playwright, Poet, Black Feminism
Odetta — Musician, Civil Right, Folk Music
Olaudah Equiano — Abolitionist, Author, Slavery
Oliver Tambo — Anti-Apartheid, African Political Leader
Opal Tometi — Activist, Black Lives Matter
Oscar Micheaux — Filmmaker, Black Cinema
Ossie Davis — Actor, Civil Right, Activist
Patrice Lumumba — African Independence, Pan-Africanism, Revolutionary Leader
Patricia Hill Collins — Professor, Sociologist, Black Feminism
Patrisse Cullors — Activist, Black Lives Matter
Paul Robeson — Civil Right, Actor, Musician, Political Activism
Pauli Murray — Civil Right, Legal Scholar, Religious Leader
Peniel E. Joseph — Historian, Professor, Civil Right History
Peter Tosh — Musician, Reggae, Pan-Africanism
Phillis Wheatley — Poet, Slavery, Black Literature
Queen Latifah — Musician, Hip-Hop, Actor
Queen Mother Moore — Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Reparations Activism
Queen Nanny of the Maroons — Slavery, Resistance, Jamaican History
Raoul Peck — Filmmaker, Documentary Filmmaker, Haitian History
Ralph Abernathy — Civil Right, Religious Leader
Ralph Ellison — Author, Black Literature
Randall Kennedy — Professor, Legal Scholar, Civil Right
Raphael Warnock — Religious Leader, Political Leader
Redd Foxx — Comedian, Black Cultural History
Richard Allen — Religious Leader, Abolitionist, Black Church History
Richard Aoki — Black Panther, Asian American and Black Solidarity
Richard Pryor — Comedian, Actor, Black Cultural Commentary
Richard Wright — Author, Black Literature, Civil Right
Robert F. Williams — Civil Right, Black Nationalism, Armed Self-Defense
Robert Mugabe — African Political Leader, African Independence
Robert Sengstacke Abbott — Journalist, Publisher, Black Media
Robert Smalls — Slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction, Political Leader
Robin D. G. Kelley — Historian, Professor, Black Radicalism
Roland Martin — Journalist, Political Commentary, Black Media
Rosa Parks — Civil Right, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Roy Wilkins — Civil Right, NAACP
Ruby Bridges — Civil Right, Education
Ruby Dee — Actor, Civil Right, Activist
Runoko Rashidi — Historian, African-Centered Thought, African Diaspora History
Ruth Wilson Gilmore — Professor, Geographer, Prison Abolition
Safiya Bukhari — Black Panther, Black Liberation, Revolutionary Activist
Saidiya Hartman — Professor, Historian, Slavery and Its Legacy
Sam Cooke — Musician, Soul Music, Civil Right
Sammy Davis Jr. — Singer, Dancer, Actor, Comedian, Entertainer, Civil Right Activist
Sam Pollard — Documentary Filmmaker, Black History
Samora Machel — African Independence, Revolutionary Leader, African Political Leader
Sekou Odinga — Black Panther, Black Liberation
Septima Poinsette Clark — Civil Right, Educator, Voting Right
Shola Lynch — Documentary Filmmaker, Black Women’s History
Shelby Steele — Author, Scholar, Political Commentary
Shirley Chisholm — Political Leader, Civil Right, Women’s History
Sidney Poitier — Actor, Filmmaker, Civil Right
Sojourner Truth — Abolitionist, Women’s Right, Slavery
Soledad O’Brien — Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker
Solomon Northup — Slavery, Author, Abolitionist
Sonia Sanchez — Poet, Professor, Black Arts Movement
Stanley Nelson — Documentary Filmmaker, Black History
Steve Biko — Anti-Apartheid, Black Consciousness, Revolutionary Leader
Stevie Wonder — Musician, Civil Right, Black Cultural History
Sundiata Acoli — Black Panther, Black Liberation
Sylviane A. Diouf — Historian, Author, African Diaspora History
Sylvia Wynter — Philosopher, Professor, Caribbean Studies
T. Thomas Fortune — Journalist, Civil Right, Black Political History
Tarana Burke — Activist, Women’s Right, Me Too Movement
Ta-Nehisi Coates — Author, Journalist, African American History
Tavis Smiley — Journalist, Political Commentary, Black Media
Thelonious Monk — Musician, Jazz
Théophile Obenga — Historian, Professor, African-Centered Thought
Thomas Mboya (Tom Mboya) — African Independence, Political Leader, Pan-Africanism
Thomas Sankara — Pan-Africanism, African Political Leader, Revolutionary Leader
Thomas Sowell — Economist, Professor, Author
Thurgood Marshall — Civil Right, Legal History, Supreme Court
Toni Morrison — Author, Professor, Black Literature
Tony Brown — Journalist, Black History, Documentary Television
Toussaint Louverture — Haitian Revolution, Slavery, Resistance
Trymaine Lee — Journalist, Black History, Racial Justice
Tupac Shakur — Musician, Hip-Hop, Black Cultural History
Umar Johnson — Psychologist, Educator, African-Centered Education
Unita Blackwell — Civil Right, Voting Right, Political Leader
Vernon Johns — Religious Leader, Civil Right
Victoria Gray Adams — Civil Right, Voting Right
Viola Liuzzo — Civil Right, Voting Right
W. E. B. Du Bois — Historian, Professor, Civil Right, Pan-Africanism
Wade Nobles — Psychologist, Professor, African-Centered Psychology
Walter E. Williams — Economist, Professor, Political Commentary
Walter Rodney — Historian, Pan-Africanism, Anti-Colonialism
Wangari Maathai — Environmental Activist, African Political History, Women’s Right
Warith Deen Mohammed (Wallace D. Muhammad) — Religious Leader, Nation of Islam, Islamic History
Whitney Young — Civil Right, National Urban League
William Barber II — Religious Leader, Civil Right, Economic Justice
William Craft — Abolitionist, Slavery, Resistance
William Cross Jr. — Psychologist, Professor, Black Identity Development
William Darity Jr. — Economist, Professor, Reparations Research
William Greaves — Documentary Filmmaker, Black Cinema
William J. Seymour — Religious Leader, Black Church History
William L. Patterson — Civil Right, Legal Activism, Black Liberation
William Leo Hansberry — Historian, Professor, African History
William Wells Brown — Abolitionist, Author, Slavery
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela — Anti-Apartheid, African Political Leader, Women’s History
Whoopi Goldberg — Actor, Comedian, Black Cultural History
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Yoruba Richen — Documentary Filmmaker, Black History
Yosef Ben-Jochannan (Dr. Ben) — Historian, Professor, African-Centered Thought
Zora Neale Hurston — Author, Anthropologist, Harlem Renaissance