| Description | Black Alabamian | Hometown |
| Baseball great | |
| Civil rights activist; King's right hand man | |
| First black mayor of Birmingham | |
| Model; 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' fame | |
| NBA superstar | |
| Academy Award-winning sound editor | |
| Actress/Singer | |
| TV actor | |
| The Father of Afrocentric Scholars | |
| Vocalist and icon | |
| Educator | |
| New York Jets wide receiver | |
| 1960s activist; lecturer | |
| Composer/Arranger; Negro Spiritualist | |
| Soul singer, song writer,producer | |
| Olympic bobsledder | |
| Entrepreneur/millionaire | |
| Jazz musician, xylophonist | |
| 'Father of the Blues'/Ex-AAMU band head | |
| Former U.S. Secretary of Labor | |
| Boxer | |
| Novelist | |
| Football and baseball great | |
| Voting rights activist | |
| First black female in space | |
| Movie actor | |
| Radio personality | |
| Inventor | |
| Civil rights advocate | |
| Artist of official President Clinton Portrait | |