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A. Philip Randolph civil-rightscivil_rightsemployment 4 facts Aaron Moore civil-rightsinnovation 1 fact Abner Louima civil-rights 1 fact Abraham Lincoln abolitioncivil-rightsconstitution 3 facts Absalom Jones civil-rightseducationorganizations 2 facts Adam Clayton Powell Jr. civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Addie Mae Collins civil-rights 1 fact Agostinho Neto african-diasporamilitarypolitics 1 fact Ahmaud Arbery civil-rightslegal 1 fact Aimé Césaire african-diasporaartscivil-rights 1 fact Alain Locke artscivil-rightseducation 3 facts Albert Woodfox civil-rightslegal 1 fact Alex Haley artsarts-culture 4 facts Alexander Bustamante african-diasporaindependencepolitics 1 fact Alice Coachman civil-rightssports 2 facts Alice Walker artscivil-rightseducation 2 facts Alicia Garza civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Allen Iverson basketballsports 1 fact Althea Gibson barrier breakingcivil-rightssports 4 facts Alvin Ailey artsdanceperformance 2 facts Amanda Gorman artspolitics 1 fact Amelia Boynton Robinson civil-rightspoliticsvoting-rights 1 fact Amiri Baraka artscivil-rights 2 facts Ana Nzinga Mbande Angolacolonialismresistance 1 fact Andrew Brimmer innovationpolitics 1 fact Andrew Young civil-rightscivil_rightscongress 2 facts André Leon Talley arts 1 fact Angela Benton 1 fact Angela Davis 1 fact Angelina Weld Grimké arts 1 fact Anita Hill legalpolitics 1 fact Ann Petry arts 1 fact Annie Brown Kennedy 1 fact Anthony Burns abolitioncivil-rights 1 fact Aretha Franklin artsmusic 1 fact Arthur Ashe civil-rightssports 1 fact Arthur Mitchell arts 1 fact Askia Muhammad I SonghaiTimbuktuWest Africa 1 fact Audley Moore civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Audre Lorde artscivil-rights 1 fact August Wilson arts 1 fact Augusta Savage artseducation 2 facts Ava DuVernay artscivil-rightslegal 1 fact Ayanna Howard 1 fact

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B.B. King artsmusic 1 fact Barack Obama artscivil-rightseducation 6 facts Barbara Jordan civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Bass Reeves civil-rightsinnovation 1 fact Bayard Rustin civil-rightspolitics 3 facts Benjamin Banneker educationscience 1 fact Benjamin Chavis civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Benjamin O. Davis Jr. aviationmilitaryworld_war_ii 1 fact Berry Gordy artsinnovationmusic 2 facts Bessie Coleman aviationcivil-rightsinnovation 3 facts Beyoncé artscivil-rightsmusic 2 facts Bill Pickett innovationsports 1 fact Bill Robinson arts 1 fact Billie Holiday artsmusic 1 fact Blanche Bruce civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Bob Marley arts-culturemusic 1 fact Bobby Seale activismblack_panther_partyblack_power 3 facts Booker T. Washington businesseconomicseducation 4 facts Branch Rickey civil-rightssports 1 fact Breonna Taylor civil-rightslegal 1 fact Byron De La Beckwith civil-rightslegal 2 facts

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CORE civil-rightsprotest 1 fact Cab Calloway artsmusic 1 fact Carl Lewis sports 1 fact Carl Stokes civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Carlotta Walls civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 2 facts Carol Denise McNair civil-rights 1 fact Carol Moseley Braun civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Carole Robertson civil-rights 1 fact Carter G. Woodson black_history_monthcivil-rightseducation 5 facts Cato South Carolinaresistancerevolt 1 fact Celia civil-rightslegal 1 fact Chadwick Boseman african-diasporaartscivil-rights 2 facts Charles Clinton Spaulding civil-rightsinnovation 1 fact Charles Drew civil-rightsinnovationscience 3 facts Charles Hamilton Houston civil-rightseducationlegal 1 fact Charles R. Drew 2 facts Charles Rangel politics 1 fact Charles White arts 1 fact Charlie Parker artsmusic 1 fact Charlotte E. Ray civil-rightseducationlegal 1 fact Chester Himes arts 1 fact Chinua Achebe african-diasporaartseducation 1 fact Chuck Berry artsmusic 1 fact Cicely Tyson artscivil-rights 1 fact Clara Hale civil-rightseducation 1 fact Clarence Ellis 1 fact Clarence Thomas legalpolitics 1 fact Claude McKay african-diasporaartscivil-rights 2 facts Claudette Colvin civil-rights 2 facts Claudia Jones african-diasporaartscivil-rights 1 fact Claudia Rankine african-diasporaartscivil-rights 1 fact Claudine Gay educationpolitics 1 fact Clementa Pinckney civil-rights 1 fact Colin Kaepernick civil-rightssports 1 fact Colin Powell militarypolitics 2 facts Colson Whitehead arts 1 fact Condoleezza Rice politics 2 facts Constance Baker Motley civil-rightslegalpolitics 3 facts Coretta Scott King civil-rights 1 fact Cori Bush civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Cornel West civil-rightseducationpolitics 1 fact Count Basie artsmusic 1 fact Crispus Attucks militarypolitics 1 fact Cudjoe Jamaicamaroonresistance 1 fact Cynthia Wesley civil-rights 1 fact

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Daisy Bates civil-rightseducation 1 fact Daniel Hale Williams healthcarehospitalinnovation 5 facts Daniel Webster civil_rightslegislationslavery 1 fact Darius Rucker 1 fact Daunte Wright civil-rightslegal 1 fact David Blackwell 7 facts David Jones Peck 1 fact David Richmond civil-rightseducation 3 facts DeHart Hubbard 1 fact Denmark Vesey african-diasporacivil-rightspolitics 5 facts Denzel Washington arts 2 facts Derek Chauvin civil-rightslegal 2 facts Desmond Tutu african-diasporacivil-rightspolitics 1 fact Diamond Reynolds civil-rightslegal 1 fact Diana Ross artsmusic 1 fact Diane Abbott african-diasporapolitics 1 fact Diane Nash civil-rightseducation 4 facts Diego Colón Hispaniolaresistancerevolt 1 fact Dizzy Gillespie artsmusic 1 fact Djoser Egyptancient historyarchitecture 1 fact Dorothy Dandridge arts 1 fact Dorothy Height civil-rightspolitics 3 facts Dorothy Vaughan civil-rightsinnovationscience 1 fact Dorothy West arts 1 fact Dr. Marjorie Lee Browne 1 fact Dred Scott civil-rightslegalpolitics 3 facts Duke Ellington artsmusic 1 fact Dutty Boukman Haitiresistancerevolution 1 fact

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Earl Warren civil-rightseducationlegal 1 fact Ed Bradley artscivil-rights 1 fact Eddie Murray sports 1 fact Edith Mae Irby Jones civil-rightseducationscience 1 fact Edward Brooke civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Eleanor Roosevelt artscivil-rightsmusic 2 facts Elijah McCoy engineeringinnovationinvention 3 facts Elijah Muhammad civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Elizabeth Eckford civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 3 facts Ella Baker civil-rightseducationpolitics 4 facts Ella Fitzgerald artsmusic 1 fact Elvis Presley artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact Emmett Till civil rightscivil-rightsjustice 6 facts Eric Garner civil-rights 1 fact Eric Holder civil-rightslegalpolitics 1 fact Eric Williams african-diasporapolitics 1 fact Ernest Everett Just biologyresearchscience 2 facts Ernest Green civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 3 facts Ernie Davis civil-rightssports 1 fact Erroll Garner artsmusic 1 fact Eslanda Robeson civil-rightseducationscience 1 fact Esteban de Dorantes MoroccoSouthwestexploration 1 fact Estevanico MoroccoSouthwestexploration 1 fact Ethel Waters artsmusic 1 fact Eubie Blake broadwayjazzmusic 1 fact Ezell Blair Jr. civil-rightseducation 2 facts

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F.W. de Klerk african-diasporacivil-rightspolitics 2 facts Fannie Lou Hamer civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Fats Domino artsmusic 1 fact Florence Griffith-Joyner 1 fact Florence Mills artsmusic 1 fact Francois Pienaar african-diasporacivil-rightspolitics 1 fact Franklin D. Roosevelt civil-rightscivil_rightseducation 3 facts Franklin McCain civil-rightseducation 3 facts Frantz Fanon african-diasporacivil-rightseducation 1 fact Fred Shuttlesworth civil-rightsprotest 2 facts Frederick Douglass abolitionartsarts-culture 6 facts Freedom Riders civil-rightsprotest 1 fact

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Gabby Douglas sports 1 fact Ganga Zumba Brazilmaroonquilombo 1 fact Garrett Morgan innovationsciencescience-innovation 3 facts Gaspar Yanga Mexicofreedommaroon 1 fact George Edmund Haynes civil_rightseconomic_justiceorganizations 1 fact George Floyd civil-rightslegal 3 facts George Foreman sports 1 fact George Washington artscivil-rights 1 fact George Washington Carver agricultureeducationinnovation 3 facts George Zimmerman civil-rightslegal 1 fact Georgiana Rose Simpson civil-rightseducation 1 fact Gerald Ford civil-rightseducationpolitics 1 fact Gloria Ray civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 2 facts Gordon Granger civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Gordon Parks arts 1 fact Granville T. Woods innovationscience 3 facts Greenwood District civil-rightseconomics 1 fact Guion Bluford innovationmilitaryscience 2 facts Gwendolyn Brooks arts-cultureliterature 2 facts

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H. Rap Brown civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Haile Selassie african-diasporapolitics 1 fact Halle Berry arts 1 fact Hank Aaron baseballcivil-rightsrecords 3 facts Harold C. Johnson 1 fact Harriet Beecher Stowe artscivil-rights 1 fact Harriet Tubman abolitionabolitionismcivil-rights 5 facts Harry Truman civil-rightsmilitarypolitics 1 fact Harvey Beech 1 fact Hattie McDaniel artscivil-rights 2 facts Hazel Scott african-diasporaartsmusic 1 fact Hector Pieterson civil-rightseducationprotest 1 fact Heman Marion Sweatt civil-rightseducationlegal 1 fact Henrietta Lacks civil-rightsscience 2 facts Henry Clay civil_rightslegislationslavery 1 fact Henry Louis Gates Jr. arts-cultureeducation 1 fact Henry O. Flipper civil-rightseducationmilitary 1 fact Herman Wallace civil-rightslegal 1 fact Hiram Revels civil-rightseducationfirst 3 facts Hiram Rhodes Revels politicsreconstructionsenate 1 fact Homer Plessy civil-rightslegalpolitics 1 fact Hosea Williams civil-rightspoliticsvoting-rights 1 fact Huey Newton civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Huey P. Newton activismblack_panther_partyblack_power 1 fact

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Ida B. Wells anti_lynchingarts-culturecivil-rights 4 facts Imhotep Egyptancient historyarchitecture 1 fact Isaac Hayes artsmusic 1 fact

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J. Rosamond Johnson artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact J.W. Milam civil-rightslegal 1 fact Jack Johnson civil-rightssports 3 facts Jackie Robinson baseballcivil-rightsintegration 5 facts Jacob Lawrence arts 1 fact James Baldwin artsarts-culturecivil-rights 2 facts James Brown arts-culturemusic 1 fact James E. Clyburn 1 fact James E. Shepard 1 fact James Earl Jones arts 1 fact James Farmer civil-rights 1 fact James McCune Smith 1 fact James Meredith civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 3 facts James Weldon Johnson artscivil-rightsmusic 3 facts Jan Ernst Matzeliger innovationscience 1 fact Janelle Monáe 1 fact Jason Reynolds artseducation 1 fact Jean Baptiste Point du Sable innovation 1 fact Jean-Jacques Dessalines african-diasporacivil-rightsindependence 2 facts Jean-Michel Basquiat arts-culture 1 fact Jefferson Thomas civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 2 facts Jemmy South Carolinaresistancerevolt 1 fact Jesse Jackson civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Jesse Owens civil-rightsolympicssports 3 facts Jibreel Khazan 1 fact Jim Jeffries civil-rightssports 1 fact Jimi Hendrix artsmusic 1 fact Jimmy Connors civil-rightssports 1 fact Joe Biden civil-rightslegalpolitics 2 facts Joe Louis civil-rightssports 1 fact John A. Kenney 1 fact John Baxter Taylor Jr. 1 fact John Brown civil-rightspolitics 3 facts John Brown Russwurm artscivil-rightsinnovation 2 facts John Carlos civil-rightspoliticssports 1 fact John Coltrane artsmusic 2 facts John Conyers politics 1 fact John F. Kennedy civil rightsdesegregationeducation 1 fact John H. Johnson artscivil-rightsinnovation 2 facts John Henry artsinnovation 1 fact John Henry Thompson 2 facts John Hope Franklin civil-rightseducation 2 facts John Lewis artscivil-rightseducation 12 facts John Merrick civil-rightsinnovation 1 fact John Quincy Adams civil-rightslegal 1 fact John Russwurm arts-culturecivil-rights 1 fact Jomo Kenyatta african-diasporapolitics 1 fact Jordan Peele arts 1 fact Joseph Cinqué 1 fact Joseph McNeil civil-rightseducation 3 facts Josephine Baker artsarts-culturecivil-rights 3 facts Josh Gibson sports 1 fact Joy Buolamwini 2 facts Juan Garrido Mexicoagricultureconquistador 1 fact Julius Nyerere african-diasporapolitics 1 fact

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K. A. C. 1 fact Kamala Harris civil-rightslegalpolitics 3 facts Katherine Johnson innovationscience 2 facts Keith Lamont Scott 2 facts Kendrick Lamar artsmusic 1 fact Kenneth Clark civil-rightseducationscience 1 fact Ketanji Brown Jackson civil-rightslegalpolitics 1 fact Khufu Egyptancient historyarchitecture 1 fact Kim Potter civil-rightslegal 1 fact Kimberly Bryant 1 fact King Ezana AksumChristianityEthiopia 1 fact Kobe Bryant sports 1 fact Kwame Nkrumah african-diasporacivil-rightsindependence 3 facts Kwame Ture african-diasporacivil-rightspolitics 2 facts

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L. Douglas Wilder governorpoliticsvirginia 1 fact Langston Hughes artscivil-rightsharlem_renaissance 2 facts LeBron James civil-rightseducationsports 2 facts LeVar Burton artseducation 1 fact Lena Horne artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact Leontyne Price artsmusic 2 facts Lewis Howard Latimer innovationscience 1 fact Lisa Jackson 1 fact Little Richard artsmusic 1 fact Lloyd Austin militarypolitics 1 fact Lonnie Johnson innovationscience 1 fact Loretta C. Ford 1 fact Lorraine Hansberry artscivil-rights 2 facts Louis Armstrong artsmusic 1 fact Louis Farrakhan civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Louis T. Wright 1 fact Lucy Parsons civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Lyndon B. Johnson Supreme Courtbarrier breakingcivil-rights 7 facts Léopold Sédar Senghor african-diasporapolitics 1 fact

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MOVE Organization civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Madam C.J. Walker civil-rightsinnovation 4 facts Madame C.J. Walker civil-rightsscience-innovation 1 fact Mae Jemison civil-rightsinnovationscience 4 facts Mahalia Jackson artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact Malcolm X civil-rightspoliticsreligion 4 facts Mamie Clark civil-rightseducationscience 1 fact Mamie Till-Bradley civil rightsjusticeracial violence 1 fact Mamie Till-Mobley civil-rights 3 facts Mansa Musa IslamMali Empirepilgrimage 1 fact Marcus Garvey african-diasporacivil-rightsinnovation 2 facts Marian Anderson artscivil-rightsmusic 4 facts Marian Wright Edelman civil-rightseducationpolitics 1 fact Mark Dean 1 fact Marquis de Lafayette abolitioncivil-rights 1 fact Marsha P. Johnson civil-rights 1 fact Martin Luther King Jr. civil-rightseducationlegal 13 facts Marva Collins 2 facts Marvin Gaye artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact Mary Church Terrell civil-rightseducationpolitics 1 fact Mary Eliza Mahoney 2 facts Mary Fields innovation 1 fact Mary Frances Berry civil-rightseducationpolitics 1 fact Mary Jackson civil-rightsinnovationscience 1 fact Mary Lena Lewis Tate civil-rightseducation 1 fact Mary Lou Williams artsmusic 1 fact Mary McLeod Bethune HBCUcivil-rightseducation 5 facts Mary Seacole african-diasporamilitaryscience 1 fact Mary White Ovington civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Matthew Henson innovationscience 2 facts Maulana Karenga african-diasporaartseducation 2 facts Mavis Staples artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact Max Robinson artscivil-rights 1 fact Max Schmeling civil-rightssports 1 fact Maya Angelou artseducation 1 fact Medgar Evers civil-rightslegal 3 facts Melba Pattillo civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 2 facts Melba Pattillo Beals civil-rightseducation 1 fact Michael B. Jordan arts 1 fact Michael Brown 1 fact Michael Jordan innovationsports 1 fact Michelle Obama educationpolitics 1 fact Mildred Loving civil-rightslegal 2 facts Miles Davis artsmusic 1 fact Millard Fillmore abolitionlawpolitics 1 fact Minnijean Brown civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 2 facts Misty Copeland artscivil-rights 2 facts Modjeska Monteith Simkins 1 fact Muddy Waters artsmusic 1 fact Muhammad Ali activismboxingcivil-rights 4 facts Muhammad Ture SonghaiTimbuktuWest Africa 1 fact Myrlie Evers-Williams civil-rightspolitics 1 fact

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Naomi Osaka civil-rightssports 1 fact Nat King Cole artscivil-rightsentertainment 2 facts Nat Turner civil-rightshistorypolitics 4 facts Nella Larsen arts 1 fact Nelson Mandela african-diasporacivil-rightslegal 8 facts Nikki Giovanni artscivil-rights 1 fact Nikole Hannah-Jones artscivil-rightseducation 1 fact Nina Simone artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact Nipsey Hussle artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact Nnamdi Azikiwe african-diasporapolitics 1 fact Notorious B.I.G. artsmusic 1 fact

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Octavia Butler arts 1 fact Olaudah Equiano african-diasporacivil-rightslegal 2 facts Oliver Brown civil-rightseducationlegal 1 fact Oliver Hill civil-rightseducationlegal 1 fact Oliver Lewis civil-rightssports 1 fact Opal Lee civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Opal Tometi civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Oprah Winfrey artsarts-cultureeducation 2 facts Orval Faubus civil-rightseducation 1 fact Oscar Charleston sports 1 fact Oscar Micheaux artsinnovation 2 facts Oscar Peterson african-diasporaartsmusic 1 fact Oscar Robertson sports 1 fact Ossie Davis artscivil-rights 2 facts Otis Redding artsmusic 1 fact

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P.B.S. Pinchback politics 1 fact Pam Grier arts 1 fact Patrice Lumumba african-diasporacivil-rightspolitics 2 facts Patricia Bath innovationscience 3 facts Patricia Roberts Harris politics 1 fact Patrisse Cullors civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Paul Laurence Dunbar arts 1 fact Paul Robeson artscivil-rightssports 1 fact Pauli Murray civil-rightseducationlegal 2 facts Pearl Bailey artsmusic 1 fact Pelé african-diasporasports 1 fact Percy Julian innovationscience 1 fact Peter Norman civil-rightspoliticssports 1 fact Philando Castile civil-rightslegal 1 fact Philip Emeagwali 1 fact Phillis Wheatley artsarts-culturecivil-rights 5 facts Piankhi EgyptNubiaancient history 1 fact Piye EgyptNubiaancient history 1 fact Prince artsmusic 1 fact

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Queen Nanny AshantiJamaicamaroon 2 facts Queen Nzinga Angolacolonialismresistance 1 fact Quincy Jones 1 fact

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Ralph Abernathy civil-rightspolitics 2 facts Ralph Bunche civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Ralph Ellison artsliteraturenational_book_award 2 facts Raphael Warnock civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Ray Charles artsmusic 1 fact Rebecca Lee Crumpler civil-rightseducationscience 3 facts Richard Allen civil-rightseducationorganizations 3 facts Richard Hatcher civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Richard Loving civil-rightslegal 2 facts Richard Wright arts 1 fact Rihanna african-diasporaartsmusic 1 fact Robert Abbott artscivil-rightsinnovation 2 facts Robert F. Kennedy civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Robert Johnson artsmusic 2 facts Robert King civil-rightslegal 1 fact Robert Peary innovationscience 1 fact Robert Smalls civil-rightsmilitarypolitics 4 facts Robert Sobukwe apartheidcivil_rightsinternational 1 fact Rodney King 4 facts Roger B. Taney civil-rightslegalpolitics 1 fact Romare Bearden arts 1 fact Rosa Parks activismbus_boycottcivil-rights 6 facts Rosalind Brewer 1 fact Roy Bryant civil-rightslegal 1 fact Rube Foster sports 1 fact Ruby Bridges civil-rightseducation 2 facts Ruby Dee artscivil-rights 3 facts Ruha Benjamin 2 facts Ruth Bader Ginsburg civil-rightslegal 1 fact Ruth Standish Baldwin civil_rightseconomic_justiceorganizations 1 fact Rutherford B. Hayes civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Ryan Coogler african-diasporaarts 1 fact

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Sam Cooke artscivil-rightsmusic 2 facts Sammy Davis Jr. arts 1 fact Samora Machel african-diasporamilitarypolitics 1 fact Samuel Cornish artsarts-culturecivil-rights 3 facts Sandra Bland civil-rightslegal 1 fact Satchel Paige sports 3 facts Scott Joplin artsmusic 1 fact Selena Quintanilla artsmusic 1 fact Sengbe Pieh civil-rightslegal 1 fact Septima Clark civil-rightseducation 1 fact Septima Poinsette Clark 2 facts Serena Williams sports 2 facts Seretse Khama african-diasporapolitics 1 fact Sha'Carri Richardson sports 1 fact Shirley Ann Jackson educationinnovationscience 1 fact Shirley Caesar artsmusic 1 fact Shirley Chisholm civil-rightspolitics 5 facts Shirley Temple arts 1 fact Sidney Bechet artsmusic 1 fact Sidney Poitier actingartscivil-rights 4 facts Simone Biles sports 1 fact Sojourner Truth civil-rightspoliticswomen 4 facts Solomon Northup artscivil-rights 1 fact Sonia Sanchez artscivil-rights 1 fact Spike Lee artscinemadirector 1 fact Stacey Abrams civil-rightspolitics 2 facts Steve McQueen artscivil-rights 1 fact Stevie Wonder artscivil-rightsmusic 1 fact Stokely Carmichael african-diasporacivil-rightseducation 6 facts Sugar Ray Leonard sports 1 fact Sugar Ray Robinson boxingsports 1 fact Sumanguru Kanté Mali EmpireMandinkaconstitution 1 fact Sundiata Keita Mali EmpireMandinkaconstitution 1 fact Sylvia Rivera civil-rights 1 fact

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T-Bone Walker artsmusic 1 fact T. J. Jemison 1 fact Ta-Nehisi Coates artscivil-rightseducation 1 fact Tacky AkanJamaicaresistance 1 fact Takyi AkanJamaicaresistance 1 fact Tamir Rice civil-rights 1 fact Terrence Roberts civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 2 facts Thelma Mothershed civil rightscivil-rightsdesegregation 2 facts Thelonious Monk artsmusic 1 fact Thurgood Marshall Supreme Courtbarrier breakingcivil-rights 7 facts Tiger Woods sports 3 facts Timnit Gebru 2 facts Tina Turner artsmusic 1 fact Tom Molineaux civil-rightssports 1 fact Tommie Smith civil-rightspoliticssports 1 fact Toni Morrison artscivil-rightseducation 3 facts Toussaint Louverture Haitiafrican-diasporacivil-rights 6 facts Trayvon Martin civil-rightslegalpolitics 2 facts Tupac Shakur artsmusic 1 fact Tyler Perry artsinnovation 1 fact Tyre Nichols civil-rightslegal 1 fact

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Venus Williams civil-rightssports 2 facts Vi Lyles 1 fact Viola Davis arts 1 fact Virgil Abloh artsinnovation 1 fact

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W.C. Handy artsmusic 1 fact W.E.B. Du Bois african-diasporaartscivil-rights 7 facts Walter Payton sports 1 fact Wanda Sykes arts 1 fact Wesley Brown educationfirstmilitary 1 fact Whitney Houston artsmusic 1 fact Whitney M. Young Jr. civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Whoopi Goldberg arts 1 fact William Augustus Hinton 2 facts William H. Hastie 2 facts William Wilberforce african-diasporacivil-rightslegal 2 facts Willie Mays sports 1 fact Wilma Rudolph civil-rightssports 2 facts Wilson Goode civil-rightspolitics 1 fact Wilt Chamberlain sports 2 facts Winnie Mandela african-diasporacivil-rightspolitics 1 fact Wole Soyinka african-diasporaartseducation 1 fact Wyatt Tee Walker civil-rights 1 fact Wyomia Tyus 1 fact

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Zaila Avant-garde 2 facts Zora Neale Hurston anthropologyharlem_renaissanceliterature 1 fact Zumbi dos Palmares BrazilPalmarescommemoration 2 facts