Andre Braugher (File photo)
Ron Cephas Jones
Richard Roundtree (File photo)
Jim Brown (File photo)
Clarence Avant (File photo)
By Magrira
Contributing Writer
AKA, South African rapper
Clarence Avant, music executive and businessman
John Beasley
Harry Belafonte, actor, activist
Vida Blue, Major League Baseball player
Andre Braugher, actor
Jim Brown, actor, activist
George ‘Funky’ Brown, drummer and Kool & The Gang founding member
Gangsta Boo, rapper (Lola Chantrelle Mitchell)
Tori Bowie, track and field champion
Bertie Bowman, longest-serving Black Congressional staffer in U.S. history
YNG Cheese, the son of Rapper/Podcaster Gillie Da Kid
DJ Casper
Irv Cross, NFL Player and sport analyst
Walter Davis, basketball legend
Thomas W. Dortch Jr.
Trugoy The Dove
Arthur Duncan, dancer
Zandra Flemister, first African American female Secret Service
Hughes Van Ellis,Tulsa Race Massacre survivor
Irish Grinstead, singer
Clark Haggans
Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway
Gordy Hardmon
C.J. Harris
D.J. Hayden, former NFL Player
Ellen Holly, actress
Brandon Hunter, NBA player
Richard Hunt
Rudolph Isley, singer
Ahmad Jamal, pianist
Ron Cephas Jones
C-Knight, rapper
Jean Knight, singer
DJ Mark The 45 King, hip-hop producer
Lorenzo “Lo” Jelks, pioneering TV reporter
Bill Lee
Ray Lewis III
Jesse Lemonier
Kevin Lemons, gospel singer
David Mack III, lawmaker and radio host
Zoleka Mandela
Johanna Mazibuko, world’s oldest person
George McGinnis, NBA Player
Brandi Mallory, TV star and makeup artist
Keisha Nash, actress and producer
Gail O’Neill, model and journalist
Uche Nwaneri
Charles Ogletree, attorney, professor and activist
Sheila Oliver, New Jersey lt. governor
Cleophas “Cleo” Orange, civil rights icon
Bishop Carlton Pearson
Blaise Pearman
Bill Perkins, Harlem politician
Anita Pointer, singer
Charles Porter Jr., reporter and anchor
Roslyn Pope, civil rights leader
Willie Perry Jr., aka DJ Casper
Bill Pinkney, American Sailor
Big Pokey
Taraja Ramess, film stunt actor
Lance Reddick, actor
Otis Redding III
Willis Reed, NBA Legend
Sheldon Reynolds
Randall Robinson, anti-apartheid icon
Larry “Gator” Rivers, Harlem Globetrotters legend
Richard Roundtree, actor
Mutulu Shakur
Wayne Shorter, jazz legend
Aaron Spears
Felton Spencer, former NBA player
Brandon Smiley
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, rock’n roll pianist
Barrett Strong, singer/songwriter
Dr. Brenda Snipes, Florida elections official
Otis Taylor, NFL Player
Charlie Thomas of the Drifters
Tina Turner, singer
Howell Wayans, father of the Wayans
Fred White, Earth Wind & Fire Drummer
Mike Williams, Former NFL wide receiver
Rasheeda Williams, aka Koko Da Doll
Stanley Wilson Jr., former NFL player
Charles White
Benjamin Zephaniah, poet and actor
