26 Black Americans You Don't Know But Should
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26 Black Americans You Don't Know But Should
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Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005)
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Bayard Rustin (1912 - 1987)
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Claudette Colvin (1939 - )
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Annie Lee Cooper (1910 - 2010)
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Dorothy Height (1912 - 2010)
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Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980)
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Bessie Coleman (1892 -1926)
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870 - 1940)
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Ethel Waters (1896 - 1977)
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Gwendolyn Brooks (1917 - 2000)
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Alice Coachman (1923 - 2014)
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Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
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Jane Bolin (1908 - 2007)
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Maria P. Williams (1866 - 1932)
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Marsha P. Johnson (1945 - 1992)
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Minnie Riperton (1947 - 1979)
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Ruby Bridges (1954 - )
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Mae Jemison (1956 - )
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Marian Anderson (1897 - 1993)
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Rose Marie McCoy (1922 - 2015)
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Phillis Wheatley (1754 -1784)
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Alvin Ailey (1931-1989)
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Ella Baker (1903-1986)
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Benjamin O. Davis Sr. (1880-1970)
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Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951)
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Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831-1895)
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