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Marian Anderson (Singer; First Black Soloist for Metropolitan Opera Theater in New York)
Louis Armstrong (Jazz Musician)
Angela Bassett (Actress)
Harry Belafonte (Actor/Musician/Activist)
Halle Berry (Actress/Model)
Elizabeth Catlett (Sculptor/Printmaker)
Nat King Cole (Singer/Musician)
Bill Cosby (Actor/Comedian/Educator)
Ray Charles (Singer/Musician)
Loreta Devine (Actress)
Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis (Actress/Actor)
Duke Ellington (Musician)
Giancarlo Esposito (Actor)
Laurence Fishburne (Actor)
Aretha Franklin (Motown/Gospel Singer)
Robin Givens (Actress)
Danny Glover (Actor/Activist)
Whoopi Goldberg (Actress/Comedian/Singer)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Actress)
Jasmine Guy (Actress)
Billie Holiday (Blues Singer)
David Allen Grier (Actor/Comedian)
Whitney Houston (Actress/Singer)
Michael Jackson (Singer)
Samuel L. Jackson (Actor)
James Earl Jones (Actor)
Quincy Jones (Music Producer/Director/Songwriter)
Queen Latifah (Actress/Rapper)
Spike Lee (Movie Director/Producer/Actor)
Nia Long (Actress)
Oscar Michaveux (Writer/Producer/Actor)
Eddie Murphy (Actor/Comedian)
Mario Van Peebles (Actor/Director)
Leontyne Price (Opera Singer)
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (Blues Singer)
Sidney Poiter (Actor)
Ving Rhames (Actor)
Della Rheese (Gospel Singer/Actress)
Paul Robeson (Singer/Actor/Activist)
Diana Ross (Singer/Actress)
Sinbad (Actor/Comedian)
Bessie Smith (Singer)
Robert Townsend (Actor/Comedian)
Cicely Tyson (Actor/Singer)
Courtney B. Vance (Actor)
Thomas "Fats" Waller (Musician)
Dionne Warwick (Singer)
Denzel Washington (Actor)
Vanessa Williams (Actress/Singer)
