| Short Biography | Famous Person |
|---|
| Acted in 'How Stella Got Her Groove Back' and 'Akeelah and the Bee' | |
| In 1974, he broke Babe Ruth's home run record | |
| Pan-Africanist; 'Black Power;' Emigrated to Guinea | |
| 'The Godfather of Soul' | |
| First African American to sit on the Supreme Court | |
| Singer and Actress; Died in a plane crash | |
| Wrote 'Warrior Marks' | |
| Recited a poem at Clinton's Inauguration | |
| Acted in 'The Color Purple' and 'Dreamgirls' | |
| Ghanian-American teenage soccer phenom | |
| Arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott | |
| Sailed for the colony of Sierra Leone with 38 free blacks aboard | |
| 'Queen of Soul' | |
| Olympic Heavyweight boxer | |
| Went from 'Blade' to 'Too Wong Fu' | |
| Hip-hop group that combines rap, R&B and reggae sounds | |
| Jazz trupet player; Nicknamed 'Satchmo' | |
| Organized the SCLC | |
| First African American President | |
| Tennis player; Has a stadium named after him | |
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