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ISBN. 978-1573929639. 100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley. First published in 1992, Salley's book is ...
9. W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) Dr William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868 – 1963), 82-year old anthropologist and publicist, co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of ...
Marion Barry, civil rights activist, politician. Daisy Bates, civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, lecturer. Carl Bean, AIDS/HIV and LGBT activist and minister. Arekia Bennett, voting rights activist. Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights activist, educator. James Bevel, minister, leader of the civil rights movement.
Aaliyah (1979–2001): R&B, pop; Johnny Ace: R&B; Alicia Keys (born 1981): pop; Gregory Abbott (born 1954): soul, R&B, his father was born in Venezuela; Armenta Adams: Classical pianist
Black History Month: 19 black athletes who made history. AOL.com Editors. February 7, 2019 at 8:35 AM. American sports wouldn't be what they are today without the trailblazing black athletes of ...
The appointment of Black people to high federal offices—including General Colin Powell, Chairman of the U.S. Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989–93, United States Secretary of State, 2001–05; Condoleezza Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 2001–04, Secretary of State in, 2005–09; Ron Brown, United ...
Gay liberation activist and Stonewall Riot veteran. Bayard Rustin [80] Political and Black rights activist. Flawless Shade. Drag queen and make-up artist. Kornbread Jeté. Drag queen. Mary Anne Adams [81][82] Activist for Black community/Black, elderly lesbians, academic, founder of NAMI NOBLA.
African-American people who were still alive at the age of 100. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American centenarians . It includes American centenarians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.