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A. G. Gaston
Birmingham entrepreneur and community institution-builder
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Andrew McCutchen
Baseball MVP and youth-access advocate
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Victor B. MacFarlane
Real-estate investment-management founder
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Marc Hannah
Computer-graphics engineer and Silicon Graphics co-founder
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Stevie Wonder
Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
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Sidney Poitier
Actor, director, and screen trailblazer
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Leonidas H. Berry
Gastroenterologist, inventor, and community-health advocate
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Thurgood Marshall
Civil-rights lawyer and Supreme Court justice
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Anthony Overton
Manufacturing and diversified-business entrepreneur
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Anthony Ervin
Olympic swimming champion and relief supporter
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Alden J. McDonald Jr.
Liberty Bank CEO and community-finance leader
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Andre Douglas
Systems engineer and astronaut
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Babyface
Songwriter, producer, singer, and label co-founder
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Aldis Hodge
Actor and producer
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Albert H. Wheeler
Microbiologist and medical-education equality advocate
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A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
Federal appellate judge and legal historian
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Arnold W. Donald
Former Carnival CEO and industrial executive
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Arthur Ashe
Grand Slam tennis champion and equality advocate
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Alonzo Herndon
Atlanta Life founder and insurance pioneer
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Anthony D. Joseph
Computer-security and distributed-systems researcher
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Bill Withers
Singer and songwriter
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André Braugher
Film, television, and stage actor
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Alfred C. Johnson
Biomedical scientist and research-training leader
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Andre M. Davis
Former federal appellate judge and public-service attorney
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Bernard J. Tyson
Former Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO
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Ben Shelton
Tennis champion and contemporary role model
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André T. Anderson
Atlanta Fed operating executive
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Benjamin Alvin Drew Jr.
Astronautical engineer and space-sustainability leader
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Bootsy Collins
Funk bassist, singer, and songwriter
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André Holland
Film, television, and stage actor
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Alvin H. Crawford
Pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and mentor
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Anthony C. Thompson
Clinical-law educator and founder of a racial-justice research center
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Bruce S. Gordon
Former Verizon retail-markets president
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Bill Russell
Basketball champion, coach, and civil-rights advocate
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Andrew F. Brimmer
Economist and former Federal Reserve governor
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Bryant York
Computer scientist and computing-access builder
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Branford Marsalis
Saxophonist, bandleader, and film composer
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Anthony Mackie
Film, television, and stage actor
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Andre Campbell
Trauma surgeon, surgical educator, and community advocate
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Barrington D. Parker Jr.
Second Circuit senior judge
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C. David Moody Jr.
Construction-company founder and industry leader
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Buck O’Neil
Baseball pioneer, talent scout, and history steward
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Bernard B. Beal
Investment banker and M. R. Beal founder
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Chad Jenkins
Roboticist, computer scientist and collaborative educator
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Buddy Guy
Blues guitarist and singer
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Antoine Fuqua
Film and television director and producer
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Anthony Watkins
Transplant surgeon and transplant-access advocate
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Benjamin Crump
Civil-rights attorney and legal-access advocate
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Clarence Otis Jr.
Former Darden Restaurants chairman and chief executive
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Calvin Johnson Jr.
Football Hall of Famer and scholarship supporter
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Bernard E. Anderson
Labor economist and former federal policy official
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Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Astronaut and space-technology program leader
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Chance the Rapper
Rapper, songwriter, and community arts supporter
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Barry Jenkins
Filmmaker and screenwriter
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Augustus A. White III
Orthopedic surgeon and medical-equity educator
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Bryan Stevenson
Public-interest lawyer and Equal Justice Initiative founder
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Craig Arnold
Former Eaton chairman and CEO
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Carl Lewis
Olympic sprinting and long-jump champion and coach
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Brian Lamb
Banking executive and organizational leader
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Charles Isbell Jr.
Computer scientist and computing-education leader
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Charlie Wilson
R&B singer and former Gap Band lead vocalist
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Blair Underwood
Actor, director, and producer
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Bert Petersen
Breast surgeon and cancer-care access advocate
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Carl E. Stewart
Fifth Circuit judge and former chief judge
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David L. Steward
World Wide Technology founder and enterprise-builder
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CC Sabathia
Baseball Hall of Famer and youth-program founder
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Charles Clinton Spaulding
Insurance executive and Durham financial leader
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Clarence A. Ellis
Collaborative-computing pioneer and educator
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Christian McBride
Jazz bassist, bandleader, and educator
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Brian Tyree Henry
Film, television, and stage actor
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Trauma surgeon and public-health communicator
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Carlton W. Reeves
Federal district judge and U.S. Sentencing Commission chair
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Daymond John
FUBU co-founder and entrepreneurship advocate
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Charlie Sifford
Professional golf pioneer
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Charles Hudson
Precursor Ventures founder and early-stage investor
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Edward W. Tunstel Jr.
Robotics and autonomous-navigation engineer
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Chuck D
Rapper, Public Enemy co-founder, and cultural commentator
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Chadwick Boseman
Actor and screen storyteller
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Carl L. Hart
Neuroscientist and psychologist
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Charles Hamilton Houston
Civil-rights legal strategist and educator
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Don Thompson
Former McDonald’s CEO and restaurant-business investor
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Chris Paul
Basketball point guard and scholarship advocate
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Christopher J. Williams
Williams Capital Group co-founder and investment banker
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Elijah McCoy
Automatic-lubrication inventor
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Common
Rapper, songwriter, actor, and activist
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Charles Burnett
Independent filmmaker and screenwriter
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Charles Drew
Surgeon, blood-banking pioneer, and medical educator
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Charles J. Ogletree Jr.
Civil-rights advocate, public defender and Harvard law educator
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Earl G. Graves Sr.
Black Enterprise founder and publisher
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Christian Taylor
Olympic triple-jump champion and athlete-voice advocate
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Darrick Hamilton
Economist and economic-policy institute founder
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Emmett W. Chappelle
Bioluminescence and remote-sensing inventor
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Darius Rucker
Singer and cross-genre recording artist
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Colman Domingo
Actor, playwright, and director
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Charles Modlin
Urologist and minority-health outreach founder
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Curtis L. Collier
Tennessee federal senior judge and former chief judge
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Elliott L. Ferguson II
Tourism executive and hospitality-opportunity advocate
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Christopher Eubanks
Tennis champion and community mentor
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Darrin L. Williams
Community-development banking leader
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Eugene M. DeLoatch
Engineering educator and institution builder
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Dom Flemons
Roots musician, songwriter, and music historian
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Courtney B. Vance
Actor and author
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Clyde W. Yancy
Cardiologist and medical-education equity leader
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Damon Jerome Keith
Federal judge and civil-liberties defender
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Farad Ali
Asociar business owner and supplier-development leader
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Cullen Jones
Olympic swimmer and water-safety advocate
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David J. Grain
Grain Management founder and telecom investor
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Frank S. Greene Jr.
Semiconductor innovator, entrepreneur and mentor
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Duke Ellington
Composer, pianist, and jazz bandleader
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Denzel Washington
Actor, director, and theater performer
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Damon Tweedy
Psychiatrist and medical author
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David R. Jones
Lawyer and Community Service Society anti-poverty leader
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George E. Johnson Sr.
Johnson Products founder
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Curtis Granderson
Baseball humanitarian and youth-opportunity builder
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Derek Jones
Retired private-equity executive and diverse-manager advocate
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Frederick D. Gregory
Research test pilot and spaceflight leader
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Gary Clark Jr.
Blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Don Cheadle
Actor, producer, and director
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Daniel Hale Williams
Surgeon and founder of Provident Hospital
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Dennis Archer
Jurist and first Black American Bar Association president
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Herman J. Russell
Construction and real-estate entrepreneur
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David Robinson
Basketball Hall of Famer and education founder
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Dwight L. Bush Sr.
Banking executive and financial-advisory founder
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Frederick McKinley Jones
Mobile-refrigeration inventor
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Gary Thomas
Jazz saxophonist, flutist, and educator
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F. Gary Gray
Film and music-video director
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David M. Carlisle
Physician and community-focused medical educator
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Derrick Bell
Constitutional-law scholar and civil-rights educator
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H. Jerome Russell Jr.
Real-estate-development executive
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Derrick Brooks
Football Hall of Famer and education-program founder
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Eddie C. Brown
Brown Capital Management founder and investment manager
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Garrett Morgan
Safety-device and traffic-signal inventor
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George Benson
Jazz guitarist and singer
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Forest Whitaker
Actor, filmmaker, and peacebuilding advocate
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David Satcher
Physician, former U.S. Surgeon General, and health-equity leader
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Emmet G. Sullivan
Federal senior judge and former D.C. appellate judge
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James H. Lowry
Management consultant and minority-business advocate
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Doug Williams
Super Bowl-winning quarterback and mentor
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Emmett J. Rice
Economist and former Federal Reserve governor
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Gary S. May
Electrical engineer, educator, and STEM mentor
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George Clinton
Bandleader, songwriter, and P-Funk innovator
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Giancarlo Esposito
Actor, director, and producer
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Edward E. Cornwell III
Trauma surgeon, educator, and violence-prevention advocate
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Eric H. Holder Jr.
Former U.S. attorney general and public-service lawyer
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John H. Johnson
Johnson Publishing Company founder
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Dwyane Wade
Basketball champion and youth-opportunity advocate
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Eugene Mitchell
Insurance executive and financial-education entrepreneur
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George E. Alcorn Jr.
X-ray instrumentation inventor and engineer
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Gregory Porter
Jazz and soul singer and songwriter
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Gordon Parks
Photographer, filmmaker, and writer
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Emery N. Brown
Anesthesiologist, neuroscientist, statistician, and educator
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Fred Gray
Civil-rights lawyer and desegregation advocate
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Joseph B. Anderson Jr.
Automotive-supplier entrepreneur and former GM executive
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Edwin Moses
Olympic hurdles champion and athlete-welfare advocate
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Frank K. Ross
Accounting leader and NABA co-founder
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George R. Carruthers
Ultraviolet space-instrument engineer and educator
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Herbie Hancock
Pianist, composer, and musical innovator
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James Earl Jones
Actor and voice performer
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Eric Goosby
Infectious-disease physician and global-health leader
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George B. Daniels
Southern District of New York senior judge
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Kenneth C. Frazier
Former Merck chief executive and OneTen co-founder
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Ernie Banks
Baseball Hall of Famer and barrier-breaking role model
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Franklin D. Raines
Former Fannie Mae CEO and federal-budget director
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Granville T. Woods
Electrical inventor and railway-communications innovator
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John Coltrane
Jazz saxophonist and composer
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Jeffrey Wright
Film, television, and stage actor
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Ernest J. Grant
Registered nurse and burn-care educator
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Harry T. Edwards
D.C. Circuit senior judge and legal educator
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Larry D. Thornton
Restaurant franchise owner and business mentor
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Frances Tiafoe
Tennis champion and youth-access advocate
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George Willie
Public-accounting executive and profession-development leader
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Guion S. Bluford Jr.
Aerospace engineer and pioneering astronaut
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John Legend
Singer, songwriter, and cross-format producer
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Jharrel Jerome
Film and television actor
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Gary H. Gibbons
Physician-scientist and former NHLBI director
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James E. Coleman Jr.
Wrongful-convictions advocate and Duke clinical-law educator
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Leon C. Richardson
Chemico founder and chemical-management executive
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Grant Hill
Basketball Hall of Famer and arts-education advocate
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Harold A. Black
Finance scholar and former financial regulator
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Henry T. Sampson
Nuclear engineer and gamma-electric-cell co-inventor
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Jon Batiste
Pianist, composer, singer, and bandleader
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John David Washington
Film and television actor
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Griffin P. Rodgers
Physician-hematologist and biomedical research leader
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James E. Graves Jr.
Fifth Circuit judge and former state supreme court justice
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Lloyd G. Trotter
Former GE vice chairman and operating executive
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Grant Holloway
Olympic and world hurdles champion
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Harold E. Doley Jr.
Doley Securities founder and investment banker
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Hildreth Hal Walker Jr.
Laser engineer and STEM-education advocate
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Joshua Redman
Jazz saxophonist and composer
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John Singleton
Filmmaker, screenwriter, and mentor
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Hassan A. Tetteh
Thoracic transplant surgeon and medical innovator
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James Madison Nabrit Jr.
Constitutional lawyer and Howard University leader
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Lloyd H. Dean
Former CommonSpirit Health CEO
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Hank Aaron
Baseball Hall of Famer and scholarship founder
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John Hope Bryant
Operation HOPE founder and financial-education leader
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James West
Electret-microphone co-inventor and engineering educator
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Kamasi Washington
Jazz saxophonist and composer
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Jordan Peele
Writer, director, and genre storyteller
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Herman A. Taylor Jr.
Cardiologist and community-centered researcher
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Jerome A. Holmes
Tenth Circuit chief judge
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Louis Carr
Media-sales executive and advertising-industry leader
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Harold Varner III
Golf champion and youth-access advocate
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John Merrick
North Carolina Mutual co-founder and community entrepreneur
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James W. Mickens
Computer-systems researcher and educator
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Keb' Mo'
Blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter
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Keegan-Michael Key
Actor, comedian, writer, and producer
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James E. K. Hildreth
Physician-immunologist and medical educator
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John C. Brittain
Civil-rights attorney and legal educator
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Marc H. Morial
National Urban League president and CEO
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Jackie Robinson
Baseball pioneer and civil-rights advocate
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John W. Cromwell Jr.
First Black CPA and accounting educator
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Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Shoe-manufacturing automation inventor
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Kendrick Lamar
Rapper and songwriter
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Kenan Thompson
Actor and sketch comedian
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James McCune Smith
Physician, pharmacist, and abolitionist
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John Payton
Civil-rights litigator and former LDF president and director-counsel
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Marvin Ellison
Retail executive and former JCPenney chief executive
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James Blake
Tennis champion and grassroots-opportunity advocate
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John W. Rogers Jr.
Ariel Investments founder and investment manager
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Jerry Lawson
Video-game engineer and cartridge-console pioneer
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Kirk Franklin
Gospel songwriter, producer, and choir leader
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LaKeith Stanfield
Film and television actor
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Jerome Adams
Anesthesiologist and public-health leader
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Julius L. Chambers
Civil-rights litigator, LDF leader and university chancellor
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Michael C. Hyter
Executive Leadership Council leader and management consultant
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Jesse Owens
Olympic sprinting and long-jump champion
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Kenneth Chenault
Former American Express chairman and chief executive
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Jesse E. Russell Sr.
Digital-cellular communications engineer
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Lecrae
Hip-hop artist, label co-founder, and community supporter
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Laurence Fishburne
Actor, playwright, director, and producer
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John M. Carethers
Gastroenterologist and cancer-disparities researcher
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Matthew J. Perry Jr.
South Carolina lawyer and federal district judge
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Michael Russell Sr.
H. J. Russell & Company CEO
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Joe Louis
Heavyweight boxing champion and wartime relief supporter
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Kenneth H. Kelly
First Independence Bank chairman and CEO
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John Henry Thompson
Software inventor, creative technologist and educator
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Lenny Kravitz
Rock musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
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LeVar Burton
Actor, television storyteller, and literacy advocate
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Kafui Dzirasa
Psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and mentor
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Myron H. Thompson
Alabama federal judge and former chief judge
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Nicholas Perkins
Food-service entrepreneur and Fuddruckers owner
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John Carlos
Olympic sprinter and human-rights advocate
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Kevin Cohee
OneUnited Bank chairman and CEO
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John O. Dabiri
Aeronautical and mechanical engineer using bioinspired design
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Lionel Richie
Singer, songwriter, and former Commodores member
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Mahershala Ali
Film and television actor
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Keith L. Black
Neurosurgeon, researcher, and student mentor
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Nathaniel R. Jones
Civil-rights counsel and Sixth Circuit judge
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Orlando D. Ashford
Travel-industry executive and organizational leader
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball champion, author, and education advocate
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Kneeland C. Youngblood
Pharos Capital co-founder and investment executive
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Juan Gilbert
Human-centered computing and accessible-voting innovator
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Louis Armstrong
Jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Malcolm D. Lee
Film and television director and writer
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Kevin B. Churchwell
Pediatric critical-care physician and hospital leader
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Oliver W. Hill Sr.
Virginia civil-rights and school-desegregation attorney
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O. W. Gurley
Greenwood property developer and entrepreneur
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Ken Griffey Jr.
Baseball Hall of Famer and college-player opportunity advocate
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L. Duane Jackson
Real-estate investor and public-board leader
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Kevin T. Kornegay
Electrical engineer and hardware-security researcher
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Marvin Gaye
Soul singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer
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Melvin Van Peebles
Independent filmmaker, writer, and composer
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Levi Watkins Jr.
Cardiac surgeon, innovator, and mentor
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Raymond J. Lohier Jr.
Second Circuit chief judge
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Ralph Gilles
Automotive design executive
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Kevin Durant
Basketball champion and college-access supporter
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Marcus Alexis
Economist and former Federal Reserve Bank chair
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Kinnis K. Gosha
Human-centered computing researcher and mentor
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Miles Davis
Jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader
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Michael B. Jordan
Actor, director, and producer
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Louis Tompkins Wright
Surgeon and medical civil-rights advocate
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Raymond M. Brown
Trial lawyer and international human-rights advocate
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R. Donahue Peebles
Real-estate developer and Peebles Corporation founder
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LeBron James
Basketball champion and education philanthropist
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Martin H. Nesbitt
Vistria co-CEO and private-investment executive
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Leland D. Melvin
Materials engineer and astronaut
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Muddy Waters
Blues singer, guitarist, and bandleader
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Morgan Freeman
Actor, narrator, and filmmaker
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Louis W. Sullivan
Physician, medical-school founder, and public-health leader
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Reggie B. Walton
Federal senior judge and former public defender
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Reginald F. Lewis
International business leader and philanthropist
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Magic Johnson
Basketball champion and college-access advocate
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Michael T. Pugh
LISC president and CEO and former community-bank leader
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Lewis Latimer
Electric-lighting inventor and patent draftsman
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Nat King Cole
Singer, pianist, and television trailblazer
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Oscar Micheaux
Independent filmmaker, author, and producer
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Michael R. DeBaun
Pediatric hematologist and physician-scientist
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R. Guy Cole Jr.
Sixth Circuit senior judge and former chief judge
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Richard D. Parsons
Media and financial-services corporate leader
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Michael Jordan
Basketball champion and community-health philanthropist
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Norman B. Rice
Former Federal Home Loan Bank and foundation executive
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Lonnie Johnson
Engineer and Super Soaker inventor
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Nile Rodgers
Guitarist, songwriter, and record producer
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Ossie Davis
Actor, director, playwright, and activist
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Nathan Francis Mossell
Physician and hospital-training founder
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Robert Lee Carter
School-desegregation lawyer and federal judge
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Rick C. Wade
Business-association executive and economic-development adviser
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Mookie Betts
Baseball champion and youth-opportunity philanthropist
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Philip N. Jefferson
Federal Reserve vice chair and economist
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Mark Dean
Computer engineer and IBM PC innovator
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Philip Bailey
Earth, Wind & Fire singer and songwriter
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Paul Robeson
Stage and screen actor, singer, and civil-rights advocate
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Otis Brawley
Oncologist and cancer-equity advocate
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Robert L. Wilkins
D.C. Circuit judge and former public defender
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Robert J. Brown
Business-consulting founder and corporate adviser
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Muhammad Ali
Boxing champion and humanitarian
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Quintin E. Primo III
Capri founder and real-estate investment leader
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Michael P. Anderson
Physics-trained astronaut and space-research operations leader
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Questlove
Musician, producer, author, and documentary filmmaker
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Reginald Hudlin
Director, writer, producer, and media executive
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Richard Allen Williams
Cardiologist and medical-opportunity advocate
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Roger L. Gregory
Fourth Circuit judge and former chief judge
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Robert L. Johnson
BET co-founder and diversified-business entrepreneur
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Noah Lyles
Olympic sprint champion and youth-wellness advocate
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Ralph Albert Thomas
CPA-society executive and accounting leader
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Michael Seibel
Video-platform co-founder and startup mentor
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Quincy Jones
Record producer, arranger, and composer
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Robert Townsend
Actor, director, writer, and producer
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Rick Kittles
Human geneticist and health-disparities researcher
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Ronald S. Sullivan Jr.
Criminal-law professor and public-defense advocate
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Rodney O’Neal
Former Delphi CEO and automotive operating executive
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Rai Benjamin
Olympic hurdles champion and athlete voice
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Raphael W. Bostic
Former Atlanta Fed president and housing-policy economist
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Otis Frank Boykin
Electronic-resistor inventor
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Raphael Saadiq
Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer
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Roger Ross Williams
Documentary director, producer, and writer
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Samuel L. Kountz
Kidney-transplant surgeon and access advocate
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Samuel W. Tucker
Civil-rights lawyer and Alexandria library sit-in organizer
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Roland Parrish
Restaurant franchise owner and philanthropist
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Ray Allen
Basketball Hall of Famer and history-education advocate
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Raymond J. McGuire
Investment banker and civic institution leader
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Paul Judge
Cybersecurity inventor and technology entrepreneur
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Ray Charles
Soul singer, pianist, and musical innovator
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Ryan Coogler
Filmmaker and screenwriter
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Selwyn M. Vickers
Cancer surgeon and health-equity leader
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Spottswood W. Robinson III
Civil-rights lawyer, Howard Law dean and federal appellate judge
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Ronald Busby Sr.
U.S. Black Chambers leader and entrepreneur
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Reece Whitley
NCAA swimming champion and representation advocate
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Robert E. James
Carver State Bank chairman and long-serving community banker
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Robert L. Curbeam Jr.
Aerospace engineer and space-station assembly astronaut
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Robert Glasper
Pianist, composer, and jazz/R&B collaborator
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Sam Pollard
Film editor, documentary director, and producer
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Solomon Carter Fuller
Psychiatrist and Alzheimer’s-research pioneer
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Theodore A. McKee
Senior federal appellate judge and reentry-court leader
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Roy S. Roberts
Automotive executive and business leader
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Russell Westbrook
Basketball MVP and education advocate
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Roger W. Ferguson Jr.
Former Federal Reserve vice chair and TIAA chief executive
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Ronald E. McNair
Laser physicist and astronaut
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Ronald Isley
Singer and founding Isley Brothers member
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Samuel L. Jackson
Actor and producer
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Thomas A. LaVeist
Public-health researcher and medical sociologist
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Theodore M. Shaw
Civil-rights lawyer, professor and former LDF leader
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Russell R. Stokes
Industrial and aerospace operating executive
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Satchel Paige
Baseball Hall of Famer and Negro Leagues pioneer
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Ronald E. Blaylock
GenNx360 founder and private-equity investor
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Roy Lee Clay Sr.
Computer engineer and Silicon Valley pioneer
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Sam Cooke
Soul and gospel singer, songwriter, and recording entrepreneur
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Spike Lee
Filmmaker, screenwriter, and educator
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Utibe R. Essien
Internist and pharmacoequity researcher
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Theodore V. Wells Jr.
Trial lawyer, legal educator and civil-rights board leader
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S. B. Fuller
Consumer-products entrepreneur
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Stephen Curry
Basketball champion and children’s wellbeing advocate
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Economist and public-policy scholar
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Thomas L. Jennings
Dry-scouring inventor and civil-rights advocate
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Scott Joplin
Ragtime composer and pianist
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Stanley Nelson Jr.
Documentary filmmaker and producer
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Vivien Thomas
Surgical laboratory innovator and educator
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U. W. Clemon
Civil-rights attorney and former federal chief judge
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Stephen L. Hightower
Hightowers Petroleum president and CEO
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Tommie Smith
Olympic sprint champion, educator, and activist
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Tracy V. Maitland
Advent Capital founder and investment executive
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Thomas O. Mensah
Fiber-optic manufacturing innovator
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Shaboozey
Country and hip-hop singer and songwriter
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Sterling K. Brown
Actor and television storyteller
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Wayne J. Riley
Internist and medical-education leader
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Wade Henderson
Civil-rights attorney, coalition leader and legal educator
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Troy Taylor
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida founder and business leader
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Vince Carter
Basketball Hall of Famer and youth advocate
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William A. Darity Jr.
Economist studying wealth inequality and economic policy
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Victor B. Lawrence
Digital signal-processing and telecommunications innovator
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Terence Blanchard
Jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator
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Tim Reid
Actor, filmmaker, and educator
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William Augustus Hinton
Bacteriologist and diagnostic-test innovator
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Wiley A. Branton Sr.
Desegregation lawyer, voting-rights organizer and Howard Law dean
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Warren M. Thompson
Thompson Hospitality founder and chairman
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Warrick Dunn
Football standout and housing philanthropist
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William E. Spriggs
Labor economist and former AFL-CIO chief economist
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Victor J. Glover Jr.
Flight-test engineer and astronaut
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William Grant Still
Classical composer and conductor
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Wendell Pierce
Actor and producer
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William B. Lawson
Psychiatrist and mental-health access advocate
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William Henry Hastie
Pioneering federal judge and civil-rights lawyer
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William F. Pickard
Automotive-supplier entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Willie Mays
Baseball Hall of Famer and youth-opportunity founder
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William M. Lewis Jr.
Investment banker and corporate-finance leader
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Winston E. Scott
Aeronautical engineer and astronaut
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Wynton Marsalis
Trumpeter, composer, and music educator
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William Greaves
Documentary filmmaker, producer, and actor
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William Montague Cobb
Physician, anatomist, and scientific civil-rights advocate
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William T. Coleman Jr.
Civil-rights lawyer and former U.S. transportation secretary
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Joseph Barker Sr.
NASA engineer, Army veteran and Catholic deacon
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