Table of Contents: “…Virgin Islands in Congress -- Joe Frazier, heavyweight boxing great who died in 2011 -- Blake Griffin, talented NBA all-star playing for the Los Angeles Clippers -- Walt Hazzard, respected basketball player and coach -- Heavy D, good-natured rapper, producer, and actor -- Jamie Hector, intense actor and community activist -- T.J. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Whitney : Hall of Fame Alcorn State basketball coach -- David W. Williams : First African-American federal judge in the Western United States -- Renn Woods : Stage and screen actress known for role in Roots -- Andrew Young : Georgia politician who served in Congress, presidential administrations.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Wole Soyinka : powerful Nigerian writer and Nobel laureate -- Tom Stith : college basketball star at St. Bonaventure University -- David E. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Gibbs, 19th-century municipal judge and consul -- Marita Golden, acclaimed contemporary author -- Katerina Graham, actress and singer known for breakout role in TV's Vampire Diaries -- Dobie Gray, genre-spanning singer and songwriter -- Spencer Haywood, pro basketball offensive powerhouse -- Andrew Holness, Jamaican parliamentarian --…”
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Table of Contents: “…Bernard Hopkins : one of the greatest middleweight boxers of all time -- LeBron James : basketball megastar -- Al Jarreau : Grammy Award-winning singer of pop, jazz, and R&B -- Judy Johnson : Negro League player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame -- Mat Johnson : author whose satirical fiction and graphic novels explore race and identity -- Bob Kaufman : beat generation poet known as "black American Rimbaud" -- Alan Keyes : conservative political activist, radio, and television commentator and politician -- Kendrick Lamar : rapper who made major-label debut in 2012 with good kid, m.A.A.d city -- Byard Lancaster : saxophonist who played a diversity of musical styles -- Freda Lewis-Hall : psychiatrist and top pharmaceutical executive at Pfizer -- Chris Lighty : music industry executive who took hip-hop into mainstream culture -- Booker Little : talented jazz trumpeter died tragically young -- Iris Mack : mathematician and financial analyst who warned of looming financial crisis -- Trayvon Martin : Florida teen shot by neighborhood watch patrolman in 2012 : Ameena Matthews : community activist, antiviolence advocate, and breakout documentary star -- Memphis Slim : pianist who popularized blues music in Paris -- Ronald Elbert Mickens : physicist, mathematician, educator, author, and chronicler of African-American achievements in science and tech -- Reggie Middleton : financial blogger who predicted global financial crisis -- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud : Somali civic activist and scholar who became president --…”
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Table of Contents: “…Doe, Liberia's first tribal-ethnic president -- Patricia Stephens Due, leader of Florida "jail-in" -- En Vogue, top R&B girl group of the 1990s -- Crystal Dreda Bird Fauset, first black female state legislator -- Sarah Loguen Fraser, physician to underserved black communities -- Morgan Freeman, iconic film, theater, and television actor -- The Gap Band, R&B and funk trio of the 1970s and 1980s -- Henry Highland Garnet, antislavery orator who urged slave rebellion -- Frank Grant, star of baseball's Negro Leagues -- Leonard Hamilton, winning college basketball coach --…”
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