1
W. E. B. Du Bois
(Civil Rights Activists)
171
27
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 23, 1868
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 27, 1963
2
Ida B. Wells
(Women's Rights Activist and Civil Rights Leader)
57
11
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 16, 1862
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States
Died: March 25, 1931
3
Johnny Lewis
(Actor)
11
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 29, 1983
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: September 26, 2012
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
4
Kym Whitley
(Comedian)
10
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 7, 1961
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
5
W. C. Handy
(Composer)
10
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 16, 1873
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States
Died: March 28, 1958
6
Nikki Giovanni
(Poet, Writer)
6
2
7
Mathew Knowles
(Businessperson)
3
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 9, 1952
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gadsden, Alabama, United States
8
Marion Barry
(2nd and 4th Mayor of the District of Columbia)
3
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 6, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Itta Bena, Mississippi, U.S.
Died: November 23, 2014
9
Mandisa
(Singer)
3
1
10
Diane Nash
(Human rights activist)
1
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 15, 1938
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
11
Melvin Tolson
(Poet)
6
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 6, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moberly, Missouri, United States
Died: August 29, 1966
12
John Hope Franklin
(Historian, University teacher, Author, Professor, Writer)
6
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 2, 1915
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Died: March 25, 2009
13
Nella Larsen
(American Novelist Who is Considered as the Most Important Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance)
2
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 13, 1891
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: March 30, 1964
14
Judith Jamison
(Dancer)
1
0
15
Aaron Douglas
(Painter)
1
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 26, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas, United States
Died: February 2, 1979
16
Jimmie Lunceford
(Saxophonist)
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 6, 1902
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fulton, Mississippi, United States
Died: July 12, 1947
17
George Padmore
(Writer, Journalist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 28, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago
Died: September 23, 1959
18
Robert McFerrin
(American Operatic Baritone Who Became the First African-American to Perform at 'Metropolitan Opera')
4
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 19, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marianna, Arkansas, United States
Died: November 24, 2006
19
Mary Frances Berry
(Historian)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 17, 1938
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
20
Charles Diggs
(Politician)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 2, 1922
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: August 24, 1998
21
Terry Adkins
(Artist)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: May 9, 1953
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: February 8, 2014
22
Johnnetta Cole
(Anthropologist and educator)
0
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 19, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
23
Fatima Massaquoi
(Writer)
2
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 25, 1912
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gendema, Pujehun, Sierra Leone
Died: November 26, 1978
24
Ron Walters
(Author)
0
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: July 20, 1938
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Died: September 10, 2010
25
Etta Zuber Falconer
(Educator)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 21, 1933
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Died: September 19, 2002
