1 W. E. B. Du Bois
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19
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Civil Rights Activists
Birthdate: February 23, 1868
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 27, 1963
2 Ida B. Wells
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5
Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Journalist
Birthdate: July 16, 1862
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States
Died: March 25, 1931
3 Johnny Lewis
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2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: October 29, 1983
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: September 26, 2012
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
4 Kym Whitley
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4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Comedian
Birthdate: June 7, 1961
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
5 Nikki Giovanni
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2
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet, Writer
Birthdate: June 7, 1943
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Knoxville
6 W. C. Handy
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2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Composer
Birthdate: November 16, 1873
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States
Died: March 28, 1958
7 Mathew Knowles
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7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Businessperson
Birthdate: January 9, 1952
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gadsden, Alabama, United States
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 6, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Itta Bena, Mississippi, U.S.
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9 Mandisa
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0
Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: October 2, 1976
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Citrus Heights
10 Diane Nash
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Human rights activist
Birthdate: May 15, 1938
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
11 Melvin Tolson
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1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: February 6, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moberly, Missouri, United States
Died: August 29, 1966
12 Nella Larsen
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1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: April 13, 1891
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Died: March 30, 1964
13 John Hope Franklin
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Historian, University teacher, Author, Professor, Writer
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Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Oklahoma
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14 Aaron Douglas
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: May 26, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas, United States
Died: February 2, 1979
15 Judith Jamison
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Listed In: Dancers
Famous As: Dancer
Birthdate: May 10, 1943
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
16 Jimmie Lunceford
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Saxophonist
Birthdate: June 6, 1902
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fulton, Mississippi, United States
Died: July 12, 1947
17 George Padmore
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0
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Journalist
Birthdate: June 28, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago
Died: September 23, 1959
18 Robert McFerrin
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Baritone
Birthdate: March 19, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marianna, Arkansas, United States
Died: November 24, 2006
19 Mary Frances Berry
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1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Historian
Birthdate: February 17, 1938
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
20 Charles Diggs
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: December 2, 1922
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: August 24, 1998
21 Johnnetta Cole
0
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Anthropologist and educator
Birthdate: October 19, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
22 Terry Adkins
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Artist
Birthdate: May 9, 1953
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: February 8, 2014
23 Fatima Massaquoi
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: December 25, 1912
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gendema, Pujehun, Sierra Leone
Died: November 26, 1978
24 Etta Zuber Falconer
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0
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Famous As: Educator
Birthdate: November 21, 1933
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Died: September 19, 2002
25 Ron Walters
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0
Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: July 20, 1938
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Died: September 10, 2010