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Three 6 Mafia
Memphis hip-hop collective; first hip-hop act to win an Oscar (Best Original Song, 2006).
Memphis, TN, USA
Muhammad Ali
Louisville-born heavyweight champion whose 1967 refusal of the draft made him a global symbol of conscience.
Louisville, KY, USA
Maxine Waters
Long-serving California congresswoman; chair of the Financial Services Committee.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Snoop Dogg
Long Beach rapper and TV host; founding voice of West Coast hip-hop.
Long Beach, CA, USA
Ella Baker
Field organizer who built the infrastructure of three major civil rights organizations — NAACP, SCLC, and SNCC — without ever seeking the spotlight.
Littleton, NC, USA
Joe Louis
Lafayette, AL-born heavyweight boxing champion (1937–49) whose 1938 rematch with Max Schmeling was an explicit refutation of Nazi racism.
Lafayette, AL, USA
James Meredith
First Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi (1962); 1966 March Against Fear leader.
Kosciusko, MS, USA
Oprah Winfrey
Kosciusko-born media mogul who built the most influential daytime talk show in American television.
Kosciusko, MS, USA
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Keyser, WV-born literary critic and host of PBS's Finding Your Roots.
Keyser, WV, USA
James Weldon Johnson
Jacksonville-born poet and NAACP secretary; co-wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
Jacksonville, FL, USA
BB King
Indianola, MS-born blues guitarist whose 60+ year career made the blues a global form.
Indianola, MS, USA
Lecrae
Houston-born Christian rapper; first artist to win a Grammy for Best Gospel Album as a rapper.
Houston, TX, USA
Kiese Laymon
Jackson, MS-born essayist and novelist; author of Heavy: An American Memoir.
Houston, TX, USA
Roland Martin
Houston-born journalist; host of Roland Martin Unfiltered.
Houston, TX, USA
Megan Thee Stallion
Houston-born rapper; Hot Girl Summer architect and three-time Grammy winner.
Houston, TX, USA
bell hooks
Kentucky-born feminist theorist whose Ain't I a Woman (1981) reshaped how race, gender, and class are taught.
Hopkinsville, KY, USA
Ida B. Wells
Anti-lynching journalist, suffragist, and co-founder of the NAACP whose Memphis newspaper exposed the true motives behind mob lynchings in the 1890s.
Holly Springs, MS, USA
John Coltrane
Hamlet, NC-born saxophonist whose 1965 A Love Supreme is one of the most influential jazz albums ever recorded.
High Point, NC, USA
Robert Johnson
Mississippi Delta blues pioneer whose 29 surviving recordings define the form.
Hazlehurst, MS, USA
Allen Iverson
Hampton-born Hall of Fame point guard; Rookie of the Year 1997 and MVP 2001.
Hampton, VA, USA
Tabitha Brown
Eden, NC-born actress and vegan-cooking sensation; mother to Choyce and Queston Brown.
Eden, NC, USA
Zora Neale Hurston
Eatonville-raised novelist and anthropologist whose Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) defines the Southern Black literary canon.
Eatonville, FL, USA
Alice Walker
Eatonton, GA-born author who rediscovered Zora Neale Hurston and wrote The Color Purple.
Eatonton, GA, USA
Frederick Douglass
Maryland-born abolitionist, orator, and statesman; the most photographed American of the 19th century.
Easton, MD, USA