Hank Aaron
Hall of Fame outfielder who broke Babe Ruth's career home-run record amid sustained racist threats.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiHarriet Tubman
Underground Railroad conductor who led 70+ enslaved people to freedom; also led an armed Civil War raid that liberated 700.
Cambridge, MD, USA
@blackwikiHenrietta Lacks
Roanoke-born tobacco farmer whose cancer cells (HeLa) became the most widely used human cell line in medical research.
Roanoke, VA, USA
@blackwikiHenry Louis Gates Jr.
Keyser, WV-born literary critic and host of PBS's Finding Your Roots.
Keyser, WV, USA
@blackwikiHoney
Performer + Threads creator (@itshoneybxby), featured on On Stage.
USA
@blackwikiHosea Williams
SCLC field general who led the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge alongside John Lewis.
Atlanta, GA, USA
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