Listing of All Biographies
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A (25)
- A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
- Aaron Douglas
- Absalom Jones
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
- Addison “Old Add” Jones
- Alex Haley
- Alice Childress
- Allen Kenneth Johnson
- Allison Davis
- Alonzo Herndon
- Althea Gibson
- Alvin Ailey
- Amanda Berry Smith
- Angelina Weld Grimké
- Angelina Weld Grimke
- Ann Lane Petry
- Anna Julia Cooper
- Anne Brown
- Anthony Overton
- Archer Alexander
- Arnold Josiah Ford
- Arthur Alfonso Schomburg
- Arthur Ashe
- Asa Philip Randolph
- Augusta Savage
B (16)
- Barack Obama
- Barbara Charline Jordan
- Bayard Rustin
- Beauford Delaney
- Benjamin Banneker
- Benjamin E. Mays
- Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
- Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
- Bert Williams
- Bessie Coleman
- Bessie Smith
- Betsey Stockton
- Bill Pickett
- Billie Holiday
- Blanche Kelso Bruce
- Booker T. Washington
C (19)
- Carl Lewis
- Carter G. Woodson
- Cathay Williams
- Celia Cruz
- Cesar
- Charity Adams Earley
- Charles Alfred Anderson, Sr.
- Charles Chesnutt
- Charles Hamilton Houston
- Charles Mingus
- Charles R. Drew, M.D.
- Charlie “Bird” Parker
- Charlotta Bass
- Clara Ward
- Clifton R. Wharton, Sr.
- Clyde McPhatter
- Coleman Hawkins
- Cool Papa Bell
- Count Basie
D (6)
- Daisy Gatson Bates
- Daniel “Chappie” James
- Dinah Washington
- Doris Miller
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Duke Ellington
E (9)
- Ed Bradley
- Elijah Muhammad
- Ella Baker
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Ernest Everett Just
- Erroll Garner
- Ethel L. Payne
- Ethel Waters
- Eubie Blake
F (3)
G (2)
H (6)
I (1)
J (25)
- J.R. Clifford
- Jackie Robinson
- James Baldwin
- James Forten
- James P. Johnson
- James Weldon Johnson
- Jan Ernst Matzeliger
- Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Jesse Owens
- Jim Beckwourth
- Jimi Hendrix
- Jimmy Rushing
- Joe Louis
- John Henry
- John James Audubon
- John Merrick
- John S. Rock
- John W. Coltrane
- Joseph Cinqué
- Josephine Baker
- Josh Gibson
- Josh White
- Jules Bledsoe
- Julian Francis Abele
L (7)
- Langston Hughes
- Leadbelly
- Lewis H. Latimer
- Loïs Mailou Jones
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Louie Armstrong
- Louis Jordan
M (13)
- Ma Rainey
- Madam C.J. Walker
- Mahalia Jackson
- Major Taylor
- Malcolm X
- Marian Anderson
- Mark Matthews
- Mary Eliza Church Terrell
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Matthew Alexander Henson
- Medgar Evers
- Meta W. Fuller
- Muddy Waters
N (3)
O (3)
P (6)
- Patricia Roberts Harris
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Paul Robeson
- Pauline E. Hopkins
- Pearl Bailey
- Percy L. Julian
R (16)
- Ralph David Abernathy
- Ralph J. Bunche
- Ray Charles
- Richard Allen
- Richard Pryor
- Richard Wright
- Robert Johnson
- Robert S. Duncanson
- Roberta Martin
- Roberto Clemente
- Ron Karenga
- Ronald McNair
- Roy Campanella
- Roy Wilkins
- Rube Foster
- Ruby Hurley
S (9)
- Sadie Alexander
- Salem Poor
- Satchel Paige
- Scott Joplin
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Sojourner Truth
- Sonny Liston
- Sonny Terry
- Sugar Ray Robinson
T (3)
W (6)
- W. E. B. DuBois
- W.C. Handy
- Walter Francis White
- Whitney M. Young, Jr.
- William H. Johnson
- Wilma Rudolph
