A. Philip Randolph
Labor organizer; founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and led the March on Washington Movement.
Crescent City, FL, USA
@blackwikiAdam Clayton Powell Jr.
Harlem's first Black US congressman; chair of the Education and Labor Committee.
New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiAl Green
Memphis-based gospel and soul singer; pastor of Full Gospel Tabernacle.
Memphis, TN, USA
@blackwikiAlice Walker
Eatonton, GA-born author who rediscovered Zora Neale Hurston and wrote The Color Purple.
Eatonton, GA, USA
@blackwikiAllen Iverson
Hampton-born Hall of Fame point guard; Rookie of the Year 1997 and MVP 2001.
Hampton, VA, USA
@blackwikiAndré 3000
Atlanta rapper and singer — one half of OutKast and a solo artist whose 2023 New Blue Sun was an instrumental flute album.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiAndrew Young
Civil rights lieutenant to MLK, US Congressman, UN Ambassador under Carter, and two-term Mayor of Atlanta.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiAretha Franklin
Memphis-born Queen of Soul whose 1967 "Respect" reframed the Civil Rights and Women's Liberation movements simultaneously.
Memphis, TN, USA
@blackwikiArthur Ashe
Richmond-born tennis champion and activist.
Richmond, VA, USA
@blackwikiAshley Canay
Tampa-based photographer and creator of TampaBlackDollar.com, a free directory of Black-owned businesses in Tampa Bay.
Tampa, FL, USA
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