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Bayard Rustin

Strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington; openly gay civil rights organizer.

West Chester, PA, USA

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BB King

Indianola, MS-born blues guitarist whose 60+ year career made the blues a global form.

Indianola, MS, USA

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bell hooks

Kentucky-born feminist theorist whose Ain't I a Woman (1981) reshaped how race, gender, and class are taught.

Hopkinsville, KY, USA

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Bessie Coleman

Texas-born aviator — the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license, doing it in France because no US school would teach her.

Atlanta, TX, USA

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Beyoncé

Singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur who became one of the most decorated and influential artists in modern music history.

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Big Boi

Savannah-born rapper, the other half of OutKast; solo career with Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty.

Atlanta, GA, USA

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Bo Jackson

Bessemer-born two-sport athlete; Heisman winner and the only person ever named an All-Star in both MLB and the NFL.

Bessemer, AL, USA

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Booker T. Washington

Founder of the Tuskegee Institute (1881) and the most influential Black public figure of the late 19th-century South.

Tuskegee, AL, USA

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Byron Allen

Byron Allen is a comedian-turned-media mogul who built Entertainment Studios into a multi-billion-dollar independent media company and owns The Weather Channel.

Media Mogul

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