Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 Clergy / Activist [...]
Mary Ellen Pleasant
August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904 Entrepreneur / Business [...]
Elizabeth (Libby) Duncan Koontz
June 3, 1919 – January 6, 1989 Educator / Administrator [...]
Odetta (Holmes)
December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008 Musician / Singer [...]
George Thomas Downing
December 30, 1819 – July 21, 1903 Restauranteur / Abolitionist [...]
Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove)
December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919 Entrepreneur / Philanthropist [...]
Jimmie Lee Jackson
December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965 Clergy / Activist [...]
Hon. Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs Taylor
December 9, 1932 – November 4, 2017 Attorney / Activist [...]
Fredrick Allen Hampton, Sr.
August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969 Activist / Martyr [...]
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972 Clergy / Politician [...]