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| Darius Rucker | Was the first african american country music artist. |
| James Weldon Johnson | Wrote the black national anthem '' lift every voice and sing''. |
| Loraine Hansberry | Known for her play''A Raisin in the sun''. |
| Marian Anderson | She was the first African American contralto to sing at the Metropolitan opera. n |
| Sharon Farmer | First African American female White House Chief Photographer. |
| Maya Angelou | She is a renowned poet read her poem'' On the Pulse of the Morning''. |
| Katherine Dunham | Is a dancer.chirographer, and a civil rights activist who was awarded the National al Medal of Arts in 1989. |
| Gwendolyn Brooks | Pulitzer Prize for her book of poems '' Annie Allen''. |
| Toni Morrison | Pulitzer Prize for her novel ''Beloved''. |
| Alex Haley | Pulitzer Prize for his novel,''Roots''. |
| Ralph Bunche | First African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize. |
| Dr.W.E.B.Dubois | Writer of unfair treatment of african americans. |
| Bill Cosby | First African American to have a starring role in a continuing dramatic series on television. |
| Edmonia Lewis | First African American sculptor. |
| Dean Dixon | First African American to ever conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| Spike Lee | Famous film director. |
| Ida B. Wells Barnett | Published '' Red Record'' a pamphlet against lynching. |
| Halle Berry | First African American woman to receive an academy award in a leading role. |
| Cicely Tyson | Honored by the NAACP with seven image Awards for her contributions to the visual arts. |
| Nikki Giovanni | Is a '' Princess of Black Poetry''. |
| Ray Charles | Was a singer of blues ,jazz,gospel, and country and western music. He performed at Carnegie Hall with the hit songs,''Georgia'' and '' Born to loss'' He was instrumental in the invention of rock and roll. |
| Gwendolyn Brooks | First African American poet to win a conveted Pulitzer prize. |
| James Earl Jones | Became famous as a Shakespearean actor. He received the Tony Award and was nominated for an Oscar in his role in the film, ''The Great White Hope''. |
| Langston Hughes | Is a '' poet laureate of the Negro Race''. |
| Jacob Lawrence | First black artist to receive a Spingarn Medal , medal of honor. |
| John Lee Hooker, | Blues singer/guitarist and father of boogie. |
| Selma Burke | In 1990 she designed the portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt on the U.S. dime. |
| Scott Joplin | Was a famous ragtime pianist and composer. |
| Sarah Vaughan | A jazz singer, was known to musicians and audiences as '' The Divine One''. |
| Oprah Winfrey | Harpo Studios were found by Oprah in 1989, was the first black owened movie and television production studio in the U.S. |
| Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee | are civil rights activists and actors whose work was honored in 2000 with the Screen Actors Lifetime Achievement Award |
| '' Follow the Drinking Gourd'' | Gave the route to freedom using the North Star. |
| Simmie Knox | First African American artist commissioned to paint an official presidential portrait. He painted President Clinton. |
