Jackie “Moms” Mabley
March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975 Comedian / Actress [...]
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965 Author (Playwright) / [...]
Langston Hughes
February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967 Poet / Playwright [...]
Zora Neale Hurston
January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960 Anthropologist / Author [...]
(William Mercer) Will Marion Cook
January 27, 1869 – July 19, 1944 Musician / Choral [...]
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
January 24, 1874 – June 10, 1938 Historian / Writer [...]
Lt. Willa Beatrice Brown
January 22, 1906 – July 18, 1992 Educator / Soldier [...]
Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D.
January 7, 1914 – June 13, 2004 Surgeon / Politician [...]
Cabell “Cab” Calloway III
December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994 Entertainer (Bandleader / [...]
Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove)
December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919 Entrepreneur / Philanthropist [...]