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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