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# | name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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1 | Samuel Cornish | ![]() |
American Presbyterian minister | United States of America | 1795 | 1858-11-06 | Sussex County | Brooklyn | Q787966 |
2 | Maria W. Stewart | American activist, teacher, journalist, lecturer, abolitionist | United States of America | 1803 | 1880-02-06 | Hartford | Washington, D.C. | Q13560246 | |
3 | Philip Alexander Bell | ![]() |
American journalist and abolitionist | 1808 | 1889-04-24 | New York City | Q28777243 | ||
4 | Martin R. Delany | ![]() |
United States Army officer and physician, abolitionist, journalist, and writer, | United States of America | 1812-05-06 | 1885-01-24 | Charles Town | Wilberforce | Q1046980 |
5 | William Cooper Nell | ![]() |
African-American journalist, historian (1816-1874) | United States of America | 1816-12-16 | 1874-05-25 | Boston | Boston | Q8007100 |
6 | Samuel Ringgold Ward | ![]() |
American newspaper editor | United States of America | 1817-10-17 | 1866 1864 |
Eastern Shore of Maryland | Q3946640 | |
7 | Frederick Douglass | ![]() |
African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895) | United States of America | 1818-02-14 | 1895-02-20 | Talbot County | Washington, D.C. | Q215562 |
8 | Mary Bibb | American abolitionist and journalist | United States of America | 1820 | 1877 | Rhode Island | Brooklyn | Q22958043 | |
9 | Mary Ann Shadd | ![]() |
American abolitionist | United States of America | 1823-10-09 1823 |
1893-06-05 1893 |
Wilmington | Washington, D.C. | Q3850435 |
10 | Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1825-09-24 | 1911-02-22 1911-02-20 |
Baltimore | Philadelphia | Q5478699 |
11 | Caesar Antoine | ![]() |
American businessman, farmer, newspaper editor and politician | United States of America | 1836-09 | 1921-09-12 | New Orleans | Shreveport | Q5016969 |
12 | Amanda Smith | ![]() |
African-American evangelist | United States of America | 1837-01-23 | 1915-02-24 | Long Green | Q4739765 | |
13 | Charlotte Forten Grimké | ![]() |
American writer and activist (1837-1914) | United States of America | 1837-08-17 | 1914-07-23 | Philadelphia | Q5085940 | |
14 | Thomas Cardozo | ![]() |
American politician, educator | 1838-12-19 | 1881 | Charleston | Q95967914 | ||
15 | George Ruby | ![]() |
African-American politician in Reconstruction Texas | United States of America | 1841 | 1882-10-31 |
New York City New York |
New Orleans | Q5544095 |
16 | James J. Spelman | ![]() |
Mississippi state legislator and journalist (1841-1894) | United States of America | 1841-01-18 | 1894-05-25 | Norwich | Jackson | Q28131293 |
17 | Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin | ![]() |
American publisher, journalist, African American civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor | United States of America | 1842-08-31 | 1924-03-13 | Boston | Boston | Q6288450 |
18 | Sarah Gibson Jones | educator, school founder, fund-raiser, journalist, poet, lecturer, clubwoman | 1843 | 1938 | Q105959172 | ||||
19 | Jesse Freeman Boulden | ![]() |
Baptist pastor and educator, Mississippi legislator | United States of America | 1846-02-15 1820-10-08 |
1899-03-06 | Delaware | Q27947858 | |
20 | Marshall W. Taylor | ![]() |
African American minister and journalist | United States of America | 1846-07-01 | 1887-09-11 | Lexington | Louisville | Q28179194 |
21 | William J. Simmons | ![]() |
African-American teacher and journalist (1849-1890) | United States of America | 1849-06-26 | 1890-10-30 | Charleston | Q8013340 | |
22 | Lucy Parsons | ![]() |
American communist anarchist labor organizer (1853-1942) | United States of America | 1851 | 1942-03-07 | Virginia | Chicago | Q3090218 |
23 | Mary A. McCurdy | ![]() |
American temperance advocate and suffragist | United States of America | 1852 | 1934 | Q61919102 | ||
24 | Lucretia Newman Coleman | ![]() |
Canadian-born African-American writer |
United States of America Canada |
1854 | 1948-07-31 | Dresden | Q28843782 | |
25 | Elizabeth Stumm | ![]() |
African-American teacher, journalist | United States of America | 1854-03-25 1848 |
Boyle County | Q28754199 | ||
26 | Meta E. Pelham | African-American journalist and clubwoman | 1855 1854 |
1941 | Q63119783 | ||||
27 | Mary E. Britton | ![]() |
African-American physician | United States of America | 1855 | 1925 | Lexington | Lexington | Q11770867 |
28 | Gertrude Bustill Mossell | ![]() |
African-American journalist | United States of America | 1855-07-03 | 1948-01-21 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Q5553286 |
29 | John Edward Bruce | ![]() |
American journalist (1856-1924) | United States of America | 1856-02-22 | 1924-08-07 | Piscataway | New York City | Q6231267 |
30 | Amelia Tiligman | ![]() |
American pianist, teacher, and activist (1856–1931) | 1856-09-06 | 1931-12-12 | Washington, D.C. | Q54313790 | ||
31 | Timothy Thomas Fortune | American writer and activist (1856-1928) | United States of America | 1856-10-03 | 1928-06-02 | Marianna | Philadelphia | Q7807563 | |
32 | Fred R. Moore | ![]() |
American publisher (1857-1943) | 1857-06-16 | 1943-03-01 | Q5496112 | |||
33 | George Edwin Taylor | ![]() |
American newspaper editor (1857-1925) | United States of America | 1857-08-04 | 1925-12-23 | Little Rock | United States of America | Q5538922 |
34 | Pauline Hopkins | ![]() |
American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor (1859-1930) | United States of America | 1859 | 1930-08-13 | Portland | Cambridge | Q7155037 |
35 | Amelia E. Johnson | ![]() |
writer from Canada | Canada | 1859 | 1922 | Toronto | Q21176955 | |
36 | Robert Pelham Jr. | ![]() |
American journalist, inventor and civil servant (1859-1943) | 1859-01-04 | 1943-06-12 | Petersburg | Washington, D.C. | Q28593730 | |
37 | Susie Lankford Shorter | ![]() |
American educator, philanthropist, and writer | 1859-01-04 | 1912-02-23 1912-02-27 |
Terre Haute | Q49488871 | ||
38 | Josephine Silone Yates | ![]() |
American chemist | United States of America | 1859-11-15 | 1912-09-03 | Mattituck | Kansas City | Q12192635 |
39 | Lillian A. Lewis | ![]() |
African-American journalist in Boston | 1861 | Q28209377 | ||||
40 | Anna Bustill Smith | African-American suffragist | United States of America | 1861 | 1945 | Q66691272 | |||
41 | Florida Ruffin Ridley | ![]() |
American civil rights activist, teacher, editor and writer | United States of America | 1861-01-29 | 1943-02-25 | Boston | Toledo | Q22338526 |
42 | Ada A. Cooper | lecturer, educator, poet, writer, journalist, missionary | 1861-02-06 | 1899-09-18 | Brooklyn | Q97672445 | |||
43 | Victoria Earle Matthews | ![]() |
American missionary (1861-1907) | United States of America | 1861-05-27 | 1907-03-10 | Fort Valley | New York City | Q7926692 |
44 | Josephine Turpin Washington | Educator and Writer | United States of America | 1861-07-31 | 1949-03-17 | Goochland County | Cleveland | Q15997876 | |
45 | Lucy Wilmot Smith | ![]() |
American teacher, journalist, suffragist and historian (1861-1889) | United States of America | 1861-11-16 | 1889-12-01 | Lexington | Q28810239 | |
46 | Ida B. Wells | ![]() |
American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931) | United States of America | 1862-07-16 | 1931-03-25 | Holly Springs | Chicago | Q289428 |
47 | Mary Virginia Cook Parrish | ![]() |
American activist, journalist (1862–1945) | United States of America | 1862-08-08 | 1945-10-11 | Bowling Green | Louisville | Q13562550 |
48 | Julia Ringwood Coston | ![]() |
publisher, journalist | 1863 | 1931-06-01 | Warrenton | Washington, D.C. | Q28791114 | |
49 | Jack Thorne | American journalist, essayist, and novelist | 1863 | 1941-11-14 | Fayetteville | Q125417504 | |||
50 | Robert T. Teamoh | ![]() |
American politician, Massachusetts (1864-1912) | United States of America | 1864-03-25 | 1912 | Q105319675 | ||
51 | Margaret Murray Washington | ![]() |
American academic (1865-1925) | United States of America | 1865-03-09 | 1925-06-04 | Macon | Q6759761 | |
52 | Lillian Thomas Fox | ![]() |
African-American journalist, clubwoman, public speaker, civic activist | United States of America | 1866 1854-11 |
1917-08-29 | Chicago | Indianapolis | Q21069631 |
53 | Dusé Mohamed Ali | ![]() |
African nationalist | Egypt | 1866-11-21 | 1945-06-25 1945 |
Alexandria | Q49265 | |
54 | Lavinia B.Sneed | ![]() |
American journalist educator | United States of America | 1867 | 1932 | New Orleans | Louisville | Q61904874 |
55 | Georgia Mabel DeBaptiste | ![]() |
African-American journalist, teacher, social worker (1867-1951) | United States of America | 1867-11-24 | 1951-04-20 | Chicago | Chicago | Q28801352 |
56 | W. E. B. Du Bois | ![]() |
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963) |
United States of America Ghana |
1868-02-23 | 1963-08-27 | Great Barrington | Accra | Q158060 |
57 | Olivia Ward Bush | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1869-05-23 | 1944-04-08 |
Sag Harbor Long Island |
United States of America | Q7088105 |
58 | Alice E. McEwen | ![]() |
African-American journalist, newspaper editor, and teacher | 1870 | Nashville | Q63197838 | |||
59 | Katherine D. Tillman | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1870-02-19 | 1922-05 | Mound City | Q28739915 | |
60 | Delilah L. Beasley | ![]() |
American historian (1871-1934) | United States of America | 1871-09-09 | 1934-08-18 | Cincinnati | San Leandro | Q5253980 |
61 | Grace Lucas-Thompson | African-American suffragist | United States of America | 1872 | Q66691244 | ||||
62 | Geraldine Pindell Trotter | ![]() |
civil rights activist | 1872-10-03 | 1918-10-08 | Q24965334 | |||
63 | William Sidney Pittman | ![]() |
American architect (1875-1958) | United States of America | 1875-04-21 | 1958-03-14 | Montgomery | Q8018430 | |
64 | Mary McLeod Bethune | ![]() |
American educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955) | United States of America | 1875-07-10 | 1955-05-18 | Mayesville | Daytona Beach | Q291068 |
65 | Alice Dunbar Nelson | ![]() |
American writer, activist (1875-1935) | United States of America | 1875-07-19 | 1935-09-18 | New Orleans | Philadelphia | Q3611679 |
66 | Eloise Bibb Thompson | ![]() |
American poet, journalist, playwright | United States of America | 1878 | 1927 | New Orleans | Q20856217 | |
67 | Rebecca Stiles Taylor | ![]() |
American journalist, social worker, and educator | United States of America | 1879-08 | 1958-12 | Savannah | Q27979947 | |
68 | Angelina Weld Grimké | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1880-02-27 | 1958-06-10 | Boston | New York City | Q2849427 |
69 | William Pickens | ![]() |
American writer and educator | United States of America | 1881-01-15 | 1954-04-06 | Anderson County | Q8016870 | |
70 | Oscar W. Adams | African American journalist | 1882 | 1946 | Gulfcrest | Q87917747 | |||
71 | Hubert Harrison | ![]() |
United States Virgin Islands writer (1883-1927) | United States of America | 1883-04-27 | 1927-12-17 | Saint Croix | New York | Q11682630 |
72 | Nora Holt | ![]() |
singer, composer, music critic | United States of America | 1885 | 1974-01-25 | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Q7050103 |
73 | Jeannette Carter | African-American lawyer and political activist | United States of America | 1886 | 1964 | Q66691180 | |||
74 | Nannie Mitchell | American journalist (1887-1975) | United States of America | 1887 | 1975 | Birmingham | Q116448337 | ||
75 | Cyril Briggs | Saint Kitts and Nevis writer | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1888-05-28 | 1966-10-18 | Nevis | Q2878694 | ||
76 | Carl J. Murphy | American journalist (1889-1967) | United States of America | 1889-01-17 | 1967-02-25 | Baltimore | Q5040363 | ||
77 | Theophilus Lewis | American theatre critic and magazine editor | United States of America | 1891 | 1974 | Q16007661 | |||
78 | Zora Neale Hurston | ![]() |
African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960) | United States of America | 1891-01-07 | 1960-01-28 | Notasulga | Fort Pierce | Q220480 |
79 | Bessye J. Bearden | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1893 | 1943 1943-09-16 |
North Carolina | Harlem | Q4896523 |
80 | Gerri Major | ![]() |
African American women author | United States of America | 1894 | 1984-08-17 | Chicago | Q23806457 | |
81 | Amy Jacques Garvey | ![]() |
Jamaican journalist and political activist | Jamaica | 1896 1895-12-31 |
1973-07-25 | Kingston | Kingston | Q481874 |
82 | Thyra J. Edwards | ![]() |
1897-12-25 1897 |
1953-07-09 1953 |
Q61597103 | ||||
83 | William Warley | American civil rights activist, postal worker; part of a historic lawsuit (1899–1946) | United States of America | 1899 1884-01-06 |
1946-04-02 | Louisville | Q116729584 | ||
84 | Johnathan A. Rodgers | American television executive | 19th century | Q6265963 | |||||
85 | Peter Thorne | American reporter | United States of America | 19th century | Q7177311 | ||||
86 | Langston Hughes | ![]() |
(1901-1967) American writer and social activist | United States of America | 1901-02-01 | 1967-05-22 | Joplin | New York City | Q188093 |
87 | Sterling Allen Brown | American writer (1901-1989) | United States of America | 1901-05-01 | 1989-01-13 | Washington, D.C. | Q3498772 | ||
88 | Roy Wilkins | ![]() |
African american rights activist | United States of America | 1901-08-30 | 1981-09-08 | St. Louis | New York City | Q2738344 |
89 | Mattiebelle Woods | African-American Journalist (1902 - 2005) | 1902 | 2005 | Q120316287 | ||||
90 | Gwendolyn B. Bennett | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1902-07-08 | 1981-05-30 1981-05-31 |
Giddings | Reading | Q3780149 |
91 | Wallace Thurman | ![]() |
American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance | United States of America | 1902-08-16 | 1934-12-26 1934-12-21 |
Salt Lake City | New York City | Q1354130 |
92 | Marvel Cooke | First African American woman to work at a mainstream white-owned newspaper (1903-2000) | United States of America | 1903-04-04 | 2000-11-29 | Mankato | New York City | Q6778150 | |
93 | Merze Tate | ![]() |
American academic | United States of America | 1905-02-06 | 1996-06-27 | Rolland Township | Washington, D.C. | Q6821026 |
94 | Era Bell Thompson | ![]() |
American journalist (1905-1986) | United States of America | 1905-08-10 | 1986-12-30 | Des Moines | Chicago | Q5384773 |
95 | Frank Marshall Davis | United States writer, political and labor movement activist | United States of America | 1905-12-31 | 1987-07-26 | Arkansas City | Honolulu | Q3751867 | |
96 | Alice Allison Dunnigan | ![]() |
American journalist, civil rights activist and author | United States of America | 1906-04-27 | 1983-05-06 | Russellville | Washington, D.C. | Q4725708 |
97 | Harry McAlpin | American journalist (1906-1985) | United States of America | 1906-07-21 | 1985-07-18 | St. Louis | Q16749902 | ||
98 | Ellen Tarry | American writer (1906-2008) | United States of America | 1906-09-26 | 2008-09-23 | Birmingham | New York City | Q5365031 | |
99 | Thelma Berlack Boozer | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1906-09-26 | 2001-03-06 | Ocala | New York City | Q56425483 |
100 | Kathryn Hall Bogle | American social worker, activist, and freelance journalist | United States of America | 1906-12-24 | 2003-08 | Oklahoma Territory | Portland | Q86694790 | |
101 | Dorothy West | ![]() |
American writer (1907-1998) | United States of America | 1907-06-02 | 1998-08-16 | Boston | Boston | Q371930 |
102 | Clifford W. Mackay | ![]() |
American journalist, civil rights advocate, and civil servant | 1908-03-02 | 1971-03-22 | Des Moines | San Juan | Q123076772 | |
103 | Ann Petry | American writer and journalist | United States of America | 1908-10-12 | 1997-04-28 | Old Saybrook | Old Saybrook | Q448736 | |
104 | Thomas W. Young | ![]() |
American lawyer, publisher, and journalist | 1908-10-26 | 1967-09-06 | Norfolk | Norfolk | Q123090456 | |
105 | Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. | ![]() |
American Baptist pastor and politician (1908–1972) | United States of America | 1908-11-29 | 1972-04-04 | New Haven | Miami | Q1050018 |
106 | George W. Crockett, Jr. | ![]() |
American politician (1909-1997) | United States of America | 1909-08-10 | 1997-09-07 | Jacksonville | Washington, D.C. | Q1508429 |
107 | Paul E. X. Brown | Host of "Hi Neighbor" on WEAS radio in Atlanta | 1910 | 2007 | Q92301362 | ||||
108 | John Henry McCray | American journalist, civil rights activist, politician (1910–1987) | 1910-08-25 | 1987-09-15 | Youngstown | Sylacauga | Q107415333 | ||
109 | Alice Key | American journalist and community activist (1911-2010) | United States of America | 1911-03-18 | 2010-09-29 | Henderson | Las Vegas | Q105758762 | |
110 | Jackie Ormes | cartoonist (1911-1985) | United States of America | 1911-08-01 | 1985-12-26 1985 |
Pittsburgh | Chicago | Q3157401 | |
111 | Ethel L. Payne | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1911-08-14 | 1991-05-28 | Chicago | Q5403143 | |
112 | Dorthy Hieghts | ![]() |
American activist (1912-2010) | United States of America | 1912-03-24 | 2010-04-20 | Richmond |
Howard University Hospital Washington, D.C. |
Q298259 |
113 | Louis E. Martin | ![]() |
American newspaper founder (1912-1997) | United States of America | 1912-11-18 | 1997-01-27 | Shelbyville | Orange | Q6687087 |
114 | Gordon Parks | ![]() |
American photographer, musician, writer and film director | United States of America | 1912-11-30 | 2006-03-07 | Fort Scott | New York City | Q365682 |
115 | Thelma Thurston Gorham | journalist, organization leader, activist | 1913 | 1991 | Q105959167 | ||||
116 | Hazel Garland | American journalist (1913-1988) | United States of America | 1913-01-28 | 1988-04-05 | Terre Haute | McKeesport | Q18811100 | |
117 | Ralph Ellison | ![]() |
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994) | United States of America | 1914-03-01 | 1994-04-16 | Oklahoma City | New York City | Q299965 |
118 | Daisy Bates | American civil rights activist | United States of America | 1914-11-11 | 1999-11-04 | Huttig | Little Rock | Q2013359 | |
119 | Claudia Jones | ![]() |
Trinidad & Tobago-born black communist and political activist | Trinidad and Tobago | 1915-02-15 | 1964-12-24 1964-12-25 |
Port of Spain | London | Q5129197 |
120 | Hal Jackson | ![]() |
American disk jockey/radio personality (1915-2012) | United States of America | 1915-11-03 | 2012-05-23 | Charleston | New York City | Q1570121 |
121 | Eunice W. Johnson | American businesswoman and publisher (1916-2010) | United States of America | 1916-04-04 | 2010-01-03 | Selma | Chicago | Q5409783 | |
122 | Elizabeth Murphy Moss | American journalist | 1917 | 1998 | Q50378186 | ||||
123 | Robert L. Carter | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1917-03-11 | 2012-01-03 | Caryville | Manhattan | Q15501566 |
124 | Esther Cooper Jackson | ![]() |
Civil rights activist | United States of America | 1917-08-21 | 2022-08-23 | Arlington County | Boston | Q5401169 |
125 | Ora Mae Lewis Martin | writer | United States of America | 1918-03-29 | 2005-09-28 | New Orleans | New Orleans | Q65658667 | |
126 | Simeon Booker | African-American journalist (1918-2017) | United States of America | 1918-08-27 | 2017-12-10 | Baltimore | Solomons | Q7517573 | |
127 | Anatole Broyard | American literary critic | United States of America | 1920-07-16 | 1990-10-11 | New Orleans | Boston | Q4752075 | |
128 | Julia Cooper Mack | American judge (1920-2014) | United States of America | 1920-07-17 | 2014-01-17 | Fayetteville | Washington, D.C. | Q13560960 | |
129 | Reuben K. Davis | American judge (1920-2010) | United States of America | 1920-07-26 | 2010-03-09 | Q7317473 | |||
130 | W. Beverly Carter, Jr. | ![]() |
American diplomat | 1921 | 1982-05-09 | Q7945355 | |||
131 | William Worthy | American journalist | United States of America | 1921-07-07 | 2014-05-04 | Boston | Brewster | Q8020578 | |
132 | Doris E. Saunders | American businesswoman, librarian, and journalist (1921-2014) | United States of America | 1921-08-08 | 2014-03-24 | Chicago | Jackson | Q16089021 | |
133 | Alex Haley | ![]() |
American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist |
United States of America Mali |
1921-08-11 | 1992-02-10 | Ithaca | Seattle | Q296069 |
134 | Dennis Edwards Jr. | judge in New York City (1921-2017) | United States of America | 1921-08-19 | 2017-04-13 | Harlem | New York City | Q29572891 | |
135 | Ernest Withers | American photographer (1922-2007) | United States of America | 1922-08-07 | 2007-10-15 | Memphis | Memphis | Q5394031 | |
136 | Louis Lomax | American journalist | United States of America | 1922-08-16 | 1970-07-30 | Valdosta | Santa Rosa | Q15443184 | |
137 | Ruby Dee | ![]() |
American actress (1922–2014) | United States of America | 1922-10-27 | 2014-06-11 | Cleveland | New Rochelle | Q234360 |
138 | Louise Meriwether | American novelist | United States of America | 1923-05-08 | 2023-10-10 | Haverstraw | Manhattan | Q6688853 | |
139 | Mary Ellen Strong | American media publisher and marketer (1923–2012) | United States of America | 1923-06-04 | 2012-11-27 | Gary | California | Q124833064 | |
140 | L. Clifford Davis | American lawyer | 1924 | Q60763419 | |||||
141 | Hardy Brown | American football player (1924-1991) | United States of America | 1924-05-08 | 1991-11-08 | Childress | Stockton | Q5656549 | |
142 | Nathan A. Scott Jr. | American literary critic (1925-2006) | United States of America | 1925-04-24 | 2006-12 2006 |
Cleveland | Q6968841 | ||
143 | Carl Rowan | ![]() |
American journalist (1925-2000) | United States of America | 1925-08-11 | 2000-09-23 | Ravenscroft | Washington, D.C. | Q1040310 |
144 | John A. Williams | ![]() |
American writer (1925–2015) | United States of America | 1925-12-05 | 2015-07-03 | Jackson | Paramus | Q661925 |
145 | Moneta Sleet, Jr. | American journalist | United States of America | 1926-02-14 1926 |
1996-09-30 |
Owensboro New York City |
Baldwin | Q6898989 | |
146 | Nathaniel R. Jones | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1926-05-12 | 2020-01-26 | Youngstown | Cincinnati | Q6969814 |
147 | Sara J. Harper | American judge | United States of America | 1926-08-10 | Q16090311 | ||||
148 | Ann Allen Shockley | novelist and short-story writer | United States of America | 1927 | Louisville | Q19888025 | |||
149 | William A. Hilliard | Journalist, first African American editor of the Oregonian | United States of America | 1927-05-28 | 2017-01-16 | Chicago | Portland | Q8003977 | |
150 | Horace Ward | American jurist, lawyer, politician and civil rights activist (b.1927) | United States of America | 1927-07-29 | 2016-04-23 | LaGrange | Atlanta | Q5902225 | |
151 | Barbara-Marie Green | American publisher, journalist and poet | 1928 | Q116448091 | |||||
152 | Maya Angelou | ![]() |
American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014) | United States of America | 1928-04-04 | 2014-05-28 | St. Louis | Winston-Salem | Q19526 |
153 | James Forman | American civil rights leader | United States of America | 1928-10-04 | 2005-01-10 | Chicago | Washington, D.C. | Q704746 | |
154 | Thomas A. Johnson | journalist from the US | United States of America | 1928-10-11 | 2008-06-02 | St. Augustine | Queens | Q94930773 | |
155 | Lerone Bennett, Jr. | ![]() |
American academic | United States of America | 1928-10-17 | 2018-02-14 | Clarksdale | Chicago | Q6528868 |
156 | Samuel Yette | American journalist | United States of America | 1929 | 2011-01-21 | Harriman | Laurel | Q100230385 | |
157 | Xernona Clayton | American activist and executive | United States of America | 1930-08-30 | Muskogee | Q8043788 | |||
158 | Dick Bogle | American journalist and politician (1930-2010) | United States of America | 1930-10-19 | 2010-02-25 | Portland | Vancouver | Q95987023 | |
159 | Robert Frederick Collins | United States federal judge | United States of America | 1931 | New Orleans | Q7344519 | |||
160 | Ernest A. Finney, Jr. | American judge | United States of America | 1931-03-23 | 2017-12-03 | Smithfield | Columbia | Q5392645 | |
161 | George Brown | ![]() |
American long jumper, born 1931 | United States of America | 1931-07-25 | 2018-07-23 | Q16769694 | ||
162 | Philippa Schuyler | ![]() |
American pianist and composer | United States of America | 1931-08-02 | 1967-05-09 | New York City | Da Nang | Q529582 |
163 | Henry Frye | ![]() |
American politician | United States of America | 1932 | Richmond County | Q5721653 | ||
164 | Roger Wilkins | ![]() |
American historian (1932-2017) | United States of America | 1932-03-25 | 2017-03-26 | Kansas City | Kensington | Q7359121 |
165 | Norma Holloway Johnson | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1932-07-28 | 2011-09-18 | Lake Charles | Lake Charles | Q7051677 |
166 | Anna Diggs Taylor | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1932-12-09 | 2017-11-04 | Washington, D.C. | Q560127 | |
167 | Larry McCormick | American journalist (1933-2004) | United States of America | 1933-02-03 | 2004-08-27 | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Q6490772 | |
168 | Terry J. Hatter, Jr. | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1933-03-11 | Chicago | Q7704556 | ||
169 | Myrlie Evers-Williams | ![]() |
American civil rights activist | United States of America | 1933-03-17 | Vicksburg | Q6948316 | ||
170 | Tony Brown | ![]() |
American journalist, academian, comedian and businessman | United States of America | 1933-04-11 | Charleston | Q7821968 | ||
171 | Louis Farrakhan | ![]() |
leader of the Nation of Islam | United States of America | 1933-05-11 | The Bronx | Q49075 | ||
172 | Thelton Henderson | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1933-11-28 | Shreveport | Q7781120 | ||
173 | Ida E. Lewis | American journalist | 1934 | Q105319588 | |||||
174 | Amiri Baraka | ![]() |
African-American writer (1934–2014) | United States of America | 1934-10-07 | 2014-01-09 | Newark | Newark | Q354783 |
175 | Johari Amini | American poet | United States of America | 1935 | Philadelphia | Q23984345 | |||
176 | William Raspberry | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1935-10-12 | 2012-07-17 | Okolona | Washington, D.C. | Q8017378 |
177 | Roosevelt F. Dorn | American mayor | United States of America | 1935-10-29 | Checotah | Q7366440 | |||
178 | Ernest Holsendolph | 1935-10-31 | Q95286957 | ||||||
179 | Walter E. Williams | ![]() |
American economist, commentator, and academic (1936-2020) | United States of America | 1936-03-31 | 2020-12-01 | Philadelphia | George Mason University | Q7964738 |
180 | Merri Dee | American journalist | United States of America | 1936-10-30 | 2022 | Chicago | Q6820037 | ||
181 | Norma Quarles | broadcast journalist, disc jockey | 1936-11-11 | New York City | Q29005479 | ||||
182 | Dorothy Butler Gilliam | journalist | United States of America | 1936-11-24 | Memphis | Q5298337 | |||
183 | Herbert Randall | American photojournalist | United States of America | 1936-12-16 | Q5735332 | ||||
184 | Joe Billy McDade | African-American judge; former basketball player | United States of America | 1937 | Bellville | Q6208647 | |||
185 | George Bundy Smith | American judge | United States of America | 1937-04-07 | 2017-08-05 | Q5537415 | |||
186 | Amalya Lyle Kearse | American judge and bridge player | United States of America | 1937-06-11 | Vauxhall | Q4739444 | |||
187 | Robert C. Maynard | American journalist | United States of America | 1937-06-17 | 1993-08-17 | Brooklyn | Oakland | Q7342627 | |
188 | Joan Murray | American journalist | United States of America | 1937-11-06 | 2021-12-18 | Ithaca | Q16733039 | ||
189 | Vertamae Grosvenor | American culinary anthropologist | United States of America | 1938 | 2016-09-03 | Fairfax | Q7922743 | ||
190 | Willie McCovey | ![]() |
American baseball player | United States of America | 1938-01-10 | 2018-10-31 | Mobile | Stanford University Medical Center | Q3569094 |
191 | Ishmael Reed | ![]() |
American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher | United States of America | 1938-02-22 | Chattanooga | Q983544 | ||
192 | Max Robinson | television journalist and artist (1939-1988) | United States of America | 1939-05-01 | 1988-12-20 | Richmond | Washington, D.C. | Q6795180 | |
193 | Judith W. Rogers | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1939-07-27 | New York City | Q6303727 | ||
194 | Sandra Dorsey | actress, director, writer, choreotographer | United States of America | 1939-09-28 | 2023-09-26 | Atlanta | Q7416598 | ||
195 | Napoleon A. Jones Jr. | ![]() |
United States federal judge (1940-2009) | United States of America | 1940-08-25 | 2009-12-09 | Hodge | North County, San Diego | Q6965010 |
196 | Bob Petty | American television reporter (1940-2020) | United States of America | 1940-11-26 | 2020-02-18 | Q85723352 | |||
197 | Carolyn Rodgers | American writer (1940-2010) | United States of America | 1940-12-14 | 2010-04-02 | Chicago | Chicago | Q5045451 | |
198 | Joan Bernard Armstrong | American judge | United States of America | 1941 | 2018-06-09 | Q55310131 | |||
199 | Michele Clark | television correspondent | 1941 | 1972 | Q105959166 | ||||
200 | D'Army Bailey | American judge and actor (1941-2015) | United States of America | 1941-11-29 | 2015-07-12 | Memphis | Memphis | Q5203113 | |
201 | Carole Simpson | American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author | United States of America | 1941-12-07 1940-12-07 |
Chicago | Q5044733 | |||
202 | Janet Langhart | American politician | United States of America | 1941-12-22 1941 |
Indianapolis | Q6153447 | |||
203 | Charlayne Hunter-Gault | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1942-02-27 | Due West | Q5074602 | ||
204 | Samuel R. Delany | ![]() |
American author and literary critic | United States of America | 1942-04-01 | New York City | Q438164 | ||
205 | Gabrielle Kirk McDonald | American federal and international judge | United States of America | 1942-04-12 | Saint Paul | Q1490679 | |||
206 | Robert L. Allen | American activist, writer, and academic | United States of America | 1942-05-29 | Atlanta | Q7346504 | |||
207 | Randolph Jackson | 1943 | Q16106300 | ||||||
208 | Judy Dothard Simmons | American poet, journalist, editor, singer, pianist (born 1944) | United States of America | 1944 | Q105898493 | ||||
209 | Don Edward Glover | American politician from Arkansas | United States of America | 1944 | Q59179650 | ||||
210 | Anthony Barboza | African American artist and writer | United States of America | 1944-05-10 | New Bedford | Q2852803 | |||
211 | Marcia Ann Gillespie | American activist | United States of America | 1944-07-10 | Rockville Centre | Q29000553 | |||
212 | Renee Poussaint | American broadcast journalist | United States of America | 1944-08-12 | 2022-03-04 | Manhattan | Washington, D.C. | Q105867527 | |
213 | Carolyn Craven | American journalist | United States of America | 1944-12-28 1944 |
2000-11-20 2000 |
Chicago | Oakland | Q28607357 | |
214 | Kathleen Neal Cleaver | ![]() |
American activist | United States of America | 1945-05-13 | Dallas | Q3194063 | ||
215 | J. C. Hayward | ![]() |
American news anchor who worked for WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. | United States of America | 1945-10-23 1944 |
East Orange | Q43900842 | ||
216 | Herman Cain | ![]() |
American businessman (1945–2020) | United States of America | 1945-12-13 | 2020-07-30 | Memphis | Atlanta | Q491019 |
217 | Stanley Crouch | American writer (1945-2020) | United States of America | 1945-12-14 | 2020-09-16 | Los Angeles | The Bronx | Q355531 | |
218 | Chester Higgins, Jr. | ![]() |
American photographer | United States of America | 1946 | Lexington | Q5093594 | ||
219 | Susan L. Taylor | ![]() |
American magazine editor | United States of America | 1946-01-23 | Harlem | Q7648095 | ||
220 | Greg Gumbel | ![]() |
American television sportscaster | United States of America | 1946-05-03 | New Orleans | Q5605637 | ||
221 | Jamie Foster Brown | African American publisher | United States of America | 1946-06-26 | Chicago | Q16107233 | |||
222 | Charles R. Saunders | American writer | United States of America | 1946-07-12 | 2020-05 | Elizabeth | Dartmouth | Q5081875 | |
223 | William J. Hibbler | United States federal judge (1946-2012) | United States of America | 1946-08-07 | 2012-03-19 | Kennedy | Richton Park | Q8013240 | |
224 | Steen Miles | American politician | United States of America | 1946-08-20 | 2017-03-29 | South Bend | Decatur | Q16107426 | |
225 | Wiley Young Daniel | United States District Judge (1946-2019) | United States of America | 1946-09-10 | 2019-05-10 | Louisville | Q8001641 | ||
226 | Saundra Brown Armstrong | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1947 | Oakland | Q7427483 | ||
227 | Claudia Tate | American literary critic | United States of America | 1947 1946-12-14 |
2002 2002-07-29 |
Q5129264 | |||
228 | Myron Herbert Thompson | ![]() |
United States District Judge | United States of America | 1947-01-07 | Tuskegee | Q6948449 | ||
229 | Vanzetta Penn McPherson | ![]() |
American lawyer | United States of America | 1947-05-26 | Montgomery | Q28823014 | ||
230 | Vashti Murphy McKenzie | ![]() |
American bishop | United States of America | 1947-05-28 1947 |
Baltimore | Q476853 | ||
231 | Clarence Page | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1947-06-02 | Dayton | Q5126691 | ||
232 | Emmet G. Sullivan | ![]() |
United States District Judge | United States of America | 1947-06-04 | Washington, D.C. | Q5373483 | ||
233 | Spencer Christian | ![]() |
American game show host | United States of America | 1947-07-23 | Charles City County | Q7576016 | ||
234 | Margo Jefferson | ![]() |
American writer and academic (born 1947) | United States of America | 1947-10-17 | Chicago | Q6760628 | ||
235 | Peggy A. Quince | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1948-01-03 | Norfolk | Q7160723 | ||
236 | Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. | ![]() |
United States District Judge | United States of America | 1948-02-22 | Columbia | Q16121417 | ||
237 | Penny Mickelbury | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1948-05-31 | Atlanta | Q7164408 | ||
238 | Fernando J. Gaitan Jr. | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1948-08-22 | Kansas City | Q5444765 | ||
239 | André Leon Talley | ![]() |
American journalist (1948-2022) | United States of America | 1948-10-16 | 2022-01-18 | Washington, D.C. | White Plains | Q1139415 |
240 | Doris Jean Austin | American author and journalist | United States of America | 1949 | 1994 |
Mobile Alabama |
Q5297948 | ||
241 | James R. Spencer | American judge | United States of America | 1949 | Florence | Q15488648 | |||
242 | Gershwin A. Drain | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1949-01-24 | Detroit | Q16142654 | ||
243 | Mablean Ephriam | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1949-04-23 | Hazlehurst | Q6721605 | ||
244 | Janice Rogers Brown | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1949-05-11 | Greenville | Q10949678 | ||
245 | Ann Claire Williams | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1949-08-16 | Detroit | Q4766324 | ||
246 | Chauncey Bailey | American journalist (1949–2007) | United States of America | 1949-10-20 | 2007-08-02 | Oakland | Oakland | Q5088207 | |
247 | Tina McElroy Ansa | novelist, filmmaker, teacher, journalist | United States of America | 1949-11-18 1949 |
Macon | Q7807930 | |||
248 | Dawud Salahuddin | American assassin | United States of America | 1950 | Roanoke Rapids | Q5242712 | |||
249 | Pearl Stewart | American newspaper editor | United States of America | 1950 | Q7158171 | ||||
250 | Carl E. Stewart | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1950-01-02 | Shreveport | Q5040071 | ||
251 | Virginia Johnson | American ballet dancer, choreographer, and journalist | 1950-01-25 | Q63184809 | |||||
252 | Bebe Moore Campbell | American novelist, journalist, teacher (1950–2006) | United States of America | 1950-02-18 | 2006-11-27 | Philadelphia | Los Angeles | Q4878309 | |
253 | Ellis Cose | African American journalist and writer (born 1951) | 1951-02-20 1952-02-20 |
Q63442100 | |||||
254 | Glenda Hatchett | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1951-05-31 1952 |
Atlanta | Q5568302 | ||
255 | Cynthia Diane Stephens | American judge | United States of America | 1951-08-27 | Q13560994 | ||||
256 | Leanita McClain | American journalist and commentator | United States of America | 1951-10-03 | 1984-05-29 1984-05-28 1984 |
Chicago | Q6509820 | ||
257 | Jayne Kennedy | American actress, model and television personality | United States of America | 1951-10-27 | Washington, D.C. | Q6167890 | |||
258 | Carol E. Jackson | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1952 | St. Louis | Q5044309 | ||
259 | Gerald Bruce Lee | American judge | United States of America | 1952 | Washington, D.C. | Q5548967 | |||
260 | Denise Page Hood | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1952-02-21 1952 |
Columbus | Q5257733 | ||
261 | Lynn Swann | ![]() |
American football player and politician (born 1952) | United States of America | 1952-03-07 | Alcoa | Q441528 | ||
262 | Sheila Abdus-Salaam | American judge | United States of America | 1952-03-14 | 2017-04-12 | Washington, D.C. | New York City | Q7492996 | |
263 | Larry Elder | ![]() |
American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952) | United States of America | 1952-04-27 | Los Angeles | Q6490253 | ||
264 | Sheila Miller | American politician | United States of America | 1952-05-12 | Q7493110 | ||||
265 | A'Lelia Bundles | ![]() |
American author and journalist | United States of America | 1952-06-07 | Chicago | Q4646796 | ||
266 | Jill Nelson | American journalist | United States of America | 1952-06-14 | Q13563184 | ||||
267 | Lorraine Branham | 1952-12-07 1950 |
2019-04-02 | Q105353162 | |||||
268 | Andrea Lee | American writer | United States of America | 1953 | Philadelphia | Q4755150 | |||
269 | Paula Williams Madison | 1953 | Harlem | Q26251303 | |||||
270 | Mary C. Curtis | American journalist | United States of America | 1953-09-04 | Baltimore | Q85432302 | |||
271 | Julianne Malveaux | ![]() |
American journalist, economist, author, commentator | United States of America | 1953-09-22 | San Francisco | Q6307864 | ||
272 | Vicki Miles-LaGrange | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1953-09-30 | Oklahoma City | Q7925427 | ||
273 | Evelyn C. White | American writer | United States of America | 1954 | Chicago | Q57089779 | |||
274 | Oprah Winfrey | ![]() |
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954) | United States of America | 1954-01-29 | Kosciusko | Q55800 | ||
275 | Mumia Abu-Jamal | ![]() |
American political activist and journalist convicted of the murder of a police officer | United States of America | 1954-04-24 | Philadelphia | Q156133 | ||
276 | Wil Haygood | American journalist | United States of America | 1954-09-19 | Columbus | Q16983422 | |||
277 | Gayle King | ![]() |
American television personality, author and broadcast journalist for CBS News | United States of America | 1954-12-28 1956 |
Chevy Chase | Q5528805 | ||
278 | Nathan McCall | American journalist | United States of America | 1955 | Portsmouth | Q6969234 | |||
279 | Patricia Smith | American poet | United States of America | 1955-06-25 | Chicago | Q7145842 | |||
280 | Myra C. Selby | American judge | United States of America | 1955-07-01 | Bay City | Q22096114 | |||
281 | Gwen Ifill | ![]() |
American journalist, television newscaster and author (1955–2016) | United States of America | 1955-09-29 | 2016-11-14 | New York City | Washington, D.C. | Q5623430 |
282 | Lezli Baskerville | American lawyer | 1956-01-22 | Montclair | Q29913248 | ||||
283 | Vicki Mabrey | American journalist | 1956-04-03 1956 |
St. Louis | Q7925423 | ||||
284 | Wilma A. Lewis | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1956-06-23 | Santurce | Q35530536 | ||
285 | Montel Williams | ![]() |
American former television host, actor and motivational speaker | United States of America | 1956-07-03 | Baltimore | Q1345645 | ||
286 | Kym Worthy | American prosecutor | United States of America | 1957 | Q6451751 | ||||
287 | Lencola Sullivan | American model | United States of America | 1957 | Q6522314 | ||||
288 | Ron Tarver | ![]() |
African American photographer | United States of America | 1957 | Fort Gibson | Q91477945 | ||
289 | Felicia Middlebrooks | ![]() |
American broadcaster | United States of America | 1957-05-29 | Gary | Q5441718 | ||
290 | Michael Paul Williams | American journalist | United States of America | 1958 | Richmond | Q107410306 | |||
291 | Don McNeal | player of American football | United States of America | 1958-05-06 | Atmore | Q3035851 | |||
292 | Letitia James | ![]() |
Attorney General of New York since 2019 | United States of America | 1958-10-18 | Brooklyn | Q6533414 | ||
293 | Rochelle Riley | ![]() |
journalist and columnist | United States of America | 1959 | Tarboro | Q45224670 | ||
294 | Armstrong Williams | ![]() |
American political writer | United States of America | 1959-02-05 | New York City | Q4794015 | ||
295 | Lester Holt | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1959-03-08 | Marin County | Q3236790 | ||
296 | Linda T. Walker | judge | United States of America | 1960 | Gloster | Q6552010 | |||
297 | Chuck D | ![]() |
American rapper and producer from New York (born 1960) | United States of America | 1960-08-01 | Long Island | Q733373 | ||
298 | Deborah Roberts | ![]() |
American television journalist | United States of America | 1960-09-20 | Perry | Q5248367 | ||
299 | Robin Roberts | ![]() |
American television broadcaster | United States of America | 1960-11-23 | Tuskegee | Q2041541 | ||
300 | Hilton Als | American writer and theater critic | United States of America | 1961 | New York City | Q5764481 | |||
301 | Isabel Wilkerson | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1961 | Washington, D.C. | Q6077806 | ||
302 | Star Jones | ![]() |
American lawyer, television personality, fashion designer, author and women's and diversity advocate | United States of America | 1962-03-24 | Badin | Q3968304 | ||
303 | Shaun Robinson | ![]() |
American television host, author, producer, philanthropist, television personality, and actress | United States of America | 1962-07-11 1962-07-12 |
Detroit | Q7490953 | ||
304 | Cheryl Burton | American journalist | United States of America | 1962-12-25 | Provident Hospital | Q5092703 | |||
305 | Charles Barkley | ![]() |
American basketball player | United States of America | 1963-02-20 | Leeds | Q192707 | ||
306 | Michelle Bernard | ![]() |
American political analyst | United States of America | 1963-07-30 | Washington, D.C. | Q6836924 | ||
307 | Colin Channer | American writer | United States of America | 1963-10-13 | Q5144975 | ||||
308 | Tavis Smiley | ![]() |
Talk show host, author, entrepreneur, advocate, philanthropist | United States of America | 1964-09-13 | Gulfport | Q164382 | ||
309 | Keith Boykin | ![]() |
American writer and broadcaster | United States of America | 1965-08-28 | United States of America | Q6384092 | ||
310 | Tananarive Due | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1966-01-05 | Tallahassee | Q7682284 | ||
311 | Jovita Moore | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1967-10-04 | 2021-10-28 | Atlanta | Atlanta | Q6296829 |
312 | Roland Martin | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1968-11-14 | Houston | Q1314828 | ||
313 | David F. Walker | ![]() |
American writer, especially of comics | United States of America | 1968-12-01 | Q98108514 | |||
314 | Steve Smith | American basketball player | United States of America | 1969-03-31 | Highland Park | Q463200 | |||
315 | Omar Tyree | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1969-04-15 | Philadelphia | Q7089850 | ||
316 | Colson Whitehead | American novelist (born 1969) | United States of America | 1969-11-06 | New York City | Q509662 | |||
317 | Jason Riley | American journalist and author | United States of America | 1971-07-08 | Buffalo | Q19945927 | |||
318 | Dain Blanton | volleyball player | United States of America | 1971-11-28 | Laguna Beach | Q962345 | |||
319 | Ananda Lewis | American television personality and activist | United States of America | 1973-03-21 | Los Angeles | Q3615038 | |||
320 | Dave Chappelle | ![]() |
American comedian and actor (born 1973) | United States of America | 1973-08-24 | Washington, D.C. | Q40321 | ||
321 | Ta-Nehisi Coates | ![]() |
American writer, journalist, and educator | United States of America | 1975-09-30 | Baltimore | Q15452495 | ||
322 | Violet Edwards | ![]() |
American politician and journalist | United States of America | 1976-03-03 | Jasper | Q97495590 | ||
323 | Nikole Hannah-Jones | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1976-04-09 | Waterloo | Q21063790 | ||
324 | Minty Lewis | American screenwriter | United States of America | 1978-12-11 | Falls Church | Q64438175 | |||
325 | Janet Mock | ![]() |
American writer, director, producer, TV host and transgender rights activist | United States of America | 1983-03-10 | Honolulu | Q6153507 | ||
326 | Darnell Jackson | ![]() |
American basketball player | United States of America | 1985-11-07 | Oklahoma City | Q2561861 | ||
327 | Patricia Banks | Polish musician | Poland | 1990-04-21 | Schwäbisch Gmünd | Q992873 | |||
328 | Alonzo Harris | American football player | United States of America | 1992-11-09 | Birmingham | Q21066620 | |||
329 | William S. Price III | American businessman | United States of America | 20th century | Q16734721 | ||||
330 | Barry Michael Cooper | American writer | United States of America | United States of America | Q3635235 | ||||
331 | Bob Ellison | American screenwriter (1933-2024) | United States of America | Q4932366 | |||||
332 | Brenda Blackmon | TV journalist | United States of America | Q4960636 | |||||
333 | Rita Coburn Whack | ![]() |
director and filmmaker | Q24619169 | |||||
334 | Ruth Allen Ollison | African-American journalist | United States of America | Texas | Q44479683 | ||||
335 | Bilal Abdul Kareem | American journalist | United States of America | Q55759729 | |||||
336 | Ashley C. Ford | ![]() |
American writer, podcaster, and educator | United States of America | Fort Wayne | Q56073633 | |||
337 | Leonard Townsend | (died 1971) | 1971 | Q76336588 | |||||
338 | Kristal Brent Zook | ![]() |
American journalist | Los Angeles | Q87009786 | ||||
339 | Patrice Gaines | American writer | United States of America | Q87410214 | |||||
340 | Ronald L. Bishop | archaeologist and curator | Q89127118 | ||||||
341 | Sharon Weston | researcher | Q89524878 | ||||||
342 | Jesse L Cox | researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-4590-7381) | Q92134377 | ||||||
343 | Toni Tipton-Martin | ![]() |
Food and Nutrition Journalist and Cookbook Author | United States of America | Q96195994 | ||||
344 | Phyl Garland | American music journalist and critic | 2006 | Q105874066 | |||||
345 | J. Gordon Street | American journalist | Q109463910 | ||||||
346 | George Forsyth | American journalist | Roxbury | Q109463918 | |||||
347 | Dexter D. Eure, Sr. | American journalist | Q109463919 | ||||||
348 | Robert Jordan | American journalist | Q109463921 | ||||||
349 | Walter Sanders | American journalist | Q109463922 | ||||||
350 | Lovell Dyett | American talk show host | Q109463923 | ||||||
351 | Gary Armstrong | American journalist | Q109463924 | ||||||
352 | Glenda Wina | journalist, anchorwoman, publicist, and producer | Q110426539 | ||||||
353 | Mel Reeves | US civil rights activist and journalist | United States of America | 2022-01-06 | Miami | Q110455378 | |||
354 | Mary Frances Vashon | African American journalist, abolitionist | United States of America | Q115751683 | |||||
355 | Linsey Davis | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | Q115944190 | ||||
356 | Mallika Marshall | Instructor in medicine, and physician | United States of America | Q125516201 | |||||
357 | Sonya Bernard-Hollins | journalist | United States of America | Q126597649 |
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# | name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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1 | Samuel Cornish | ![]() |
American Presbyterian minister | United States of America | 1795 | 1858-11-06 | Sussex County | Brooklyn | Q787966 |
2 | Maria W. Stewart | American activist, teacher, journalist, lecturer, abolitionist | United States of America | 1803 | 1880-02-06 | Hartford | Washington, D.C. | Q13560246 | |
3 | Philip Alexander Bell | ![]() |
American journalist and abolitionist | 1808 | 1889-04-24 | New York City | Q28777243 | ||
4 | Martin R. Delany | ![]() |
United States Army officer and physician, abolitionist, journalist, and writer, | United States of America | 1812-05-06 | 1885-01-24 | Charles Town | Wilberforce | Q1046980 |
5 | William Cooper Nell | ![]() |
African-American journalist, historian (1816-1874) | United States of America | 1816-12-16 | 1874-05-25 | Boston | Boston | Q8007100 |
6 | Samuel Ringgold Ward | ![]() |
American newspaper editor | United States of America | 1817-10-17 | 1866 1864 |
Eastern Shore of Maryland | Q3946640 | |
7 | Frederick Douglass | ![]() |
African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895) | United States of America | 1818-02-14 | 1895-02-20 | Talbot County | Washington, D.C. | Q215562 |
8 | Mary Bibb | American abolitionist and journalist | United States of America | 1820 | 1877 | Rhode Island | Brooklyn | Q22958043 | |
9 | Mary Ann Shadd | ![]() |
American abolitionist | United States of America | 1823-10-09 1823 |
1893-06-05 1893 |
Wilmington | Washington, D.C. | Q3850435 |
10 | Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1825-09-24 | 1911-02-22 1911-02-20 |
Baltimore | Philadelphia | Q5478699 |
11 | Caesar Antoine | ![]() |
American businessman, farmer, newspaper editor and politician | United States of America | 1836-09 | 1921-09-12 | New Orleans | Shreveport | Q5016969 |
12 | Amanda Smith | ![]() |
African-American evangelist | United States of America | 1837-01-23 | 1915-02-24 | Long Green | Q4739765 | |
13 | Charlotte Forten Grimké | ![]() |
American writer and activist (1837-1914) | United States of America | 1837-08-17 | 1914-07-23 | Philadelphia | Q5085940 | |
14 | Thomas Cardozo | ![]() |
American politician, educator | 1838-12-19 | 1881 | Charleston | Q95967914 | ||
15 | George Ruby | ![]() |
African-American politician in Reconstruction Texas | United States of America | 1841 | 1882-10-31 |
New York City New York |
New Orleans | Q5544095 |
16 | James J. Spelman | ![]() |
Mississippi state legislator and journalist (1841-1894) | United States of America | 1841-01-18 | 1894-05-25 | Norwich | Jackson | Q28131293 |
17 | Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin | ![]() |
American publisher, journalist, African American civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor | United States of America | 1842-08-31 | 1924-03-13 | Boston | Boston | Q6288450 |
18 | Sarah Gibson Jones | educator, school founder, fund-raiser, journalist, poet, lecturer, clubwoman | 1843 | 1938 | Q105959172 | ||||
19 | Jesse Freeman Boulden | ![]() |
Baptist pastor and educator, Mississippi legislator | United States of America | 1846-02-15 1820-10-08 |
1899-03-06 | Delaware | Q27947858 | |
20 | Marshall W. Taylor | ![]() |
African American minister and journalist | United States of America | 1846-07-01 | 1887-09-11 | Lexington | Louisville | Q28179194 |
21 | William J. Simmons | ![]() |
African-American teacher and journalist (1849-1890) | United States of America | 1849-06-26 | 1890-10-30 | Charleston | Q8013340 | |
22 | Lucy Parsons | ![]() |
American communist anarchist labor organizer (1853-1942) | United States of America | 1851 | 1942-03-07 | Virginia | Chicago | Q3090218 |
23 | Mary A. McCurdy | ![]() |
American temperance advocate and suffragist | United States of America | 1852 | 1934 | Q61919102 | ||
24 | Lucretia Newman Coleman | ![]() |
Canadian-born African-American writer |
United States of America Canada |
1854 | 1948-07-31 | Dresden | Q28843782 | |
25 | Elizabeth Stumm | ![]() |
African-American teacher, journalist | United States of America | 1854-03-25 1848 |
Boyle County | Q28754199 | ||
26 | Meta E. Pelham | African-American journalist and clubwoman | 1855 1854 |
1941 | Q63119783 | ||||
27 | Mary E. Britton | ![]() |
African-American physician | United States of America | 1855 | 1925 | Lexington | Lexington | Q11770867 |
28 | Gertrude Bustill Mossell | ![]() |
African-American journalist | United States of America | 1855-07-03 | 1948-01-21 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Q5553286 |
29 | John Edward Bruce | ![]() |
American journalist (1856-1924) | United States of America | 1856-02-22 | 1924-08-07 | Piscataway | New York City | Q6231267 |
30 | Amelia Tiligman | ![]() |
American pianist, teacher, and activist (1856–1931) | 1856-09-06 | 1931-12-12 | Washington, D.C. | Q54313790 | ||
31 | Timothy Thomas Fortune | American writer and activist (1856-1928) | United States of America | 1856-10-03 | 1928-06-02 | Marianna | Philadelphia | Q7807563 | |
32 | Fred R. Moore | ![]() |
American publisher (1857-1943) | 1857-06-16 | 1943-03-01 | Q5496112 | |||
33 | George Edwin Taylor | ![]() |
American newspaper editor (1857-1925) | United States of America | 1857-08-04 | 1925-12-23 | Little Rock | United States of America | Q5538922 |
34 | Pauline Hopkins | ![]() |
American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor (1859-1930) | United States of America | 1859 | 1930-08-13 | Portland | Cambridge | Q7155037 |
35 | Amelia E. Johnson | ![]() |
writer from Canada | Canada | 1859 | 1922 | Toronto | Q21176955 | |
36 | Robert Pelham Jr. | ![]() |
American journalist, inventor and civil servant (1859-1943) | 1859-01-04 | 1943-06-12 | Petersburg | Washington, D.C. | Q28593730 | |
37 | Susie Lankford Shorter | ![]() |
American educator, philanthropist, and writer | 1859-01-04 | 1912-02-23 1912-02-27 |
Terre Haute | Q49488871 | ||
38 | Josephine Silone Yates | ![]() |
American chemist | United States of America | 1859-11-15 | 1912-09-03 | Mattituck | Kansas City | Q12192635 |
39 | Lillian A. Lewis | ![]() |
African-American journalist in Boston | 1861 | Q28209377 | ||||
40 | Anna Bustill Smith | African-American suffragist | United States of America | 1861 | 1945 | Q66691272 | |||
41 | Florida Ruffin Ridley | ![]() |
American civil rights activist, teacher, editor and writer | United States of America | 1861-01-29 | 1943-02-25 | Boston | Toledo | Q22338526 |
42 | Ada A. Cooper | lecturer, educator, poet, writer, journalist, missionary | 1861-02-06 | 1899-09-18 | Brooklyn | Q97672445 | |||
43 | Victoria Earle Matthews | ![]() |
American missionary (1861-1907) | United States of America | 1861-05-27 | 1907-03-10 | Fort Valley | New York City | Q7926692 |
44 | Josephine Turpin Washington | Educator and Writer | United States of America | 1861-07-31 | 1949-03-17 | Goochland County | Cleveland | Q15997876 | |
45 | Lucy Wilmot Smith | ![]() |
American teacher, journalist, suffragist and historian (1861-1889) | United States of America | 1861-11-16 | 1889-12-01 | Lexington | Q28810239 | |
46 | Ida B. Wells | ![]() |
American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931) | United States of America | 1862-07-16 | 1931-03-25 | Holly Springs | Chicago | Q289428 |
47 | Mary Virginia Cook Parrish | ![]() |
American activist, journalist (1862–1945) | United States of America | 1862-08-08 | 1945-10-11 | Bowling Green | Louisville | Q13562550 |
48 | Julia Ringwood Coston | ![]() |
publisher, journalist | 1863 | 1931-06-01 | Warrenton | Washington, D.C. | Q28791114 | |
49 | Jack Thorne | American journalist, essayist, and novelist | 1863 | 1941-11-14 | Fayetteville | Q125417504 | |||
50 | Robert T. Teamoh | ![]() |
American politician, Massachusetts (1864-1912) | United States of America | 1864-03-25 | 1912 | Q105319675 | ||
51 | Margaret Murray Washington | ![]() |
American academic (1865-1925) | United States of America | 1865-03-09 | 1925-06-04 | Macon | Q6759761 | |
52 | Lillian Thomas Fox | ![]() |
African-American journalist, clubwoman, public speaker, civic activist | United States of America | 1866 1854-11 |
1917-08-29 | Chicago | Indianapolis | Q21069631 |
53 | Dusé Mohamed Ali | ![]() |
African nationalist | Egypt | 1866-11-21 | 1945-06-25 1945 |
Alexandria | Q49265 | |
54 | Lavinia B.Sneed | ![]() |
American journalist educator | United States of America | 1867 | 1932 | New Orleans | Louisville | Q61904874 |
55 | Georgia Mabel DeBaptiste | ![]() |
African-American journalist, teacher, social worker (1867-1951) | United States of America | 1867-11-24 | 1951-04-20 | Chicago | Chicago | Q28801352 |
56 | W. E. B. Du Bois | ![]() |
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963) |
United States of America Ghana |
1868-02-23 | 1963-08-27 | Great Barrington | Accra | Q158060 |
57 | Olivia Ward Bush | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1869-05-23 | 1944-04-08 |
Sag Harbor Long Island |
United States of America | Q7088105 |
58 | Alice E. McEwen | ![]() |
African-American journalist, newspaper editor, and teacher | 1870 | Nashville | Q63197838 | |||
59 | Katherine D. Tillman | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1870-02-19 | 1922-05 | Mound City | Q28739915 | |
60 | Delilah L. Beasley | ![]() |
American historian (1871-1934) | United States of America | 1871-09-09 | 1934-08-18 | Cincinnati | San Leandro | Q5253980 |
61 | Grace Lucas-Thompson | African-American suffragist | United States of America | 1872 | Q66691244 | ||||
62 | Geraldine Pindell Trotter | ![]() |
civil rights activist | 1872-10-03 | 1918-10-08 | Q24965334 | |||
63 | William Sidney Pittman | ![]() |
American architect (1875-1958) | United States of America | 1875-04-21 | 1958-03-14 | Montgomery | Q8018430 | |
64 | Mary McLeod Bethune | ![]() |
American educator and civil rights leader (1875-1955) | United States of America | 1875-07-10 | 1955-05-18 | Mayesville | Daytona Beach | Q291068 |
65 | Alice Dunbar Nelson | ![]() |
American writer, activist (1875-1935) | United States of America | 1875-07-19 | 1935-09-18 | New Orleans | Philadelphia | Q3611679 |
66 | Eloise Bibb Thompson | ![]() |
American poet, journalist, playwright | United States of America | 1878 | 1927 | New Orleans | Q20856217 | |
67 | Rebecca Stiles Taylor | ![]() |
American journalist, social worker, and educator | United States of America | 1879-08 | 1958-12 | Savannah | Q27979947 | |
68 | Angelina Weld Grimké | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1880-02-27 | 1958-06-10 | Boston | New York City | Q2849427 |
69 | William Pickens | ![]() |
American writer and educator | United States of America | 1881-01-15 | 1954-04-06 | Anderson County | Q8016870 | |
70 | Oscar W. Adams | African American journalist | 1882 | 1946 | Gulfcrest | Q87917747 | |||
71 | Hubert Harrison | ![]() |
United States Virgin Islands writer (1883-1927) | United States of America | 1883-04-27 | 1927-12-17 | Saint Croix | New York | Q11682630 |
72 | Nora Holt | ![]() |
singer, composer, music critic | United States of America | 1885 | 1974-01-25 | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Q7050103 |
73 | Jeannette Carter | African-American lawyer and political activist | United States of America | 1886 | 1964 | Q66691180 | |||
74 | Nannie Mitchell | American journalist (1887-1975) | United States of America | 1887 | 1975 | Birmingham | Q116448337 | ||
75 | Cyril Briggs | Saint Kitts and Nevis writer | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1888-05-28 | 1966-10-18 | Nevis | Q2878694 | ||
76 | Carl J. Murphy | American journalist (1889-1967) | United States of America | 1889-01-17 | 1967-02-25 | Baltimore | Q5040363 | ||
77 | Theophilus Lewis | American theatre critic and magazine editor | United States of America | 1891 | 1974 | Q16007661 | |||
78 | Zora Neale Hurston | ![]() |
African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960) | United States of America | 1891-01-07 | 1960-01-28 | Notasulga | Fort Pierce | Q220480 |
79 | Bessye J. Bearden | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1893 | 1943 1943-09-16 |
North Carolina | Harlem | Q4896523 |
80 | Gerri Major | ![]() |
African American women author | United States of America | 1894 | 1984-08-17 | Chicago | Q23806457 | |
81 | Amy Jacques Garvey | ![]() |
Jamaican journalist and political activist | Jamaica | 1896 1895-12-31 |
1973-07-25 | Kingston | Kingston | Q481874 |
82 | Thyra J. Edwards | ![]() |
1897-12-25 1897 |
1953-07-09 1953 |
Q61597103 | ||||
83 | William Warley | American civil rights activist, postal worker; part of a historic lawsuit (1899–1946) | United States of America | 1899 1884-01-06 |
1946-04-02 | Louisville | Q116729584 | ||
84 | Johnathan A. Rodgers | American television executive | 19th century | Q6265963 | |||||
85 | Peter Thorne | American reporter | United States of America | 19th century | Q7177311 | ||||
86 | Langston Hughes | ![]() |
(1901-1967) American writer and social activist | United States of America | 1901-02-01 | 1967-05-22 | Joplin | New York City | Q188093 |
87 | Sterling Allen Brown | American writer (1901-1989) | United States of America | 1901-05-01 | 1989-01-13 | Washington, D.C. | Q3498772 | ||
88 | Roy Wilkins | ![]() |
African american rights activist | United States of America | 1901-08-30 | 1981-09-08 | St. Louis | New York City | Q2738344 |
89 | Mattiebelle Woods | African-American Journalist (1902 - 2005) | 1902 | 2005 | Q120316287 | ||||
90 | Gwendolyn B. Bennett | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1902-07-08 | 1981-05-30 1981-05-31 |
Giddings | Reading | Q3780149 |
91 | Wallace Thurman | ![]() |
American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance | United States of America | 1902-08-16 | 1934-12-26 1934-12-21 |
Salt Lake City | New York City | Q1354130 |
92 | Marvel Cooke | First African American woman to work at a mainstream white-owned newspaper (1903-2000) | United States of America | 1903-04-04 | 2000-11-29 | Mankato | New York City | Q6778150 | |
93 | Merze Tate | ![]() |
American academic | United States of America | 1905-02-06 | 1996-06-27 | Rolland Township | Washington, D.C. | Q6821026 |
94 | Era Bell Thompson | ![]() |
American journalist (1905-1986) | United States of America | 1905-08-10 | 1986-12-30 | Des Moines | Chicago | Q5384773 |
95 | Frank Marshall Davis | United States writer, political and labor movement activist | United States of America | 1905-12-31 | 1987-07-26 | Arkansas City | Honolulu | Q3751867 | |
96 | Alice Allison Dunnigan | ![]() |
American journalist, civil rights activist and author | United States of America | 1906-04-27 | 1983-05-06 | Russellville | Washington, D.C. | Q4725708 |
97 | Harry McAlpin | American journalist (1906-1985) | United States of America | 1906-07-21 | 1985-07-18 | St. Louis | Q16749902 | ||
98 | Ellen Tarry | American writer (1906-2008) | United States of America | 1906-09-26 | 2008-09-23 | Birmingham | New York City | Q5365031 | |
99 | Thelma Berlack Boozer | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1906-09-26 | 2001-03-06 | Ocala | New York City | Q56425483 |
100 | Kathryn Hall Bogle | American social worker, activist, and freelance journalist | United States of America | 1906-12-24 | 2003-08 | Oklahoma Territory | Portland | Q86694790 | |
101 | Dorothy West | ![]() |
American writer (1907-1998) | United States of America | 1907-06-02 | 1998-08-16 | Boston | Boston | Q371930 |
102 | Clifford W. Mackay | ![]() |
American journalist, civil rights advocate, and civil servant | 1908-03-02 | 1971-03-22 | Des Moines | San Juan | Q123076772 | |
103 | Ann Petry | American writer and journalist | United States of America | 1908-10-12 | 1997-04-28 | Old Saybrook | Old Saybrook | Q448736 | |
104 | Thomas W. Young | ![]() |
American lawyer, publisher, and journalist | 1908-10-26 | 1967-09-06 | Norfolk | Norfolk | Q123090456 | |
105 | Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. | ![]() |
American Baptist pastor and politician (1908–1972) | United States of America | 1908-11-29 | 1972-04-04 | New Haven | Miami | Q1050018 |
106 | George W. Crockett, Jr. | ![]() |
American politician (1909-1997) | United States of America | 1909-08-10 | 1997-09-07 | Jacksonville | Washington, D.C. | Q1508429 |
107 | Paul E. X. Brown | Host of "Hi Neighbor" on WEAS radio in Atlanta | 1910 | 2007 | Q92301362 | ||||
108 | John Henry McCray | American journalist, civil rights activist, politician (1910–1987) | 1910-08-25 | 1987-09-15 | Youngstown | Sylacauga | Q107415333 | ||
109 | Alice Key | American journalist and community activist (1911-2010) | United States of America | 1911-03-18 | 2010-09-29 | Henderson | Las Vegas | Q105758762 | |
110 | Jackie Ormes | cartoonist (1911-1985) | United States of America | 1911-08-01 | 1985-12-26 1985 |
Pittsburgh | Chicago | Q3157401 | |
111 | Ethel L. Payne | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1911-08-14 | 1991-05-28 | Chicago | Q5403143 | |
112 | Dorthy Hieghts | ![]() |
American activist (1912-2010) | United States of America | 1912-03-24 | 2010-04-20 | Richmond |
Howard University Hospital Washington, D.C. |
Q298259 |
113 | Louis E. Martin | ![]() |
American newspaper founder (1912-1997) | United States of America | 1912-11-18 | 1997-01-27 | Shelbyville | Orange | Q6687087 |
114 | Gordon Parks | ![]() |
American photographer, musician, writer and film director | United States of America | 1912-11-30 | 2006-03-07 | Fort Scott | New York City | Q365682 |
115 | Thelma Thurston Gorham | journalist, organization leader, activist | 1913 | 1991 | Q105959167 | ||||
116 | Hazel Garland | American journalist (1913-1988) | United States of America | 1913-01-28 | 1988-04-05 | Terre Haute | McKeesport | Q18811100 | |
117 | Ralph Ellison | ![]() |
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994) | United States of America | 1914-03-01 | 1994-04-16 | Oklahoma City | New York City | Q299965 |
118 | Daisy Bates | American civil rights activist | United States of America | 1914-11-11 | 1999-11-04 | Huttig | Little Rock | Q2013359 | |
119 | Claudia Jones | ![]() |
Trinidad & Tobago-born black communist and political activist | Trinidad and Tobago | 1915-02-15 | 1964-12-24 1964-12-25 |
Port of Spain | London | Q5129197 |
120 | Hal Jackson | ![]() |
American disk jockey/radio personality (1915-2012) | United States of America | 1915-11-03 | 2012-05-23 | Charleston | New York City | Q1570121 |
121 | Eunice W. Johnson | American businesswoman and publisher (1916-2010) | United States of America | 1916-04-04 | 2010-01-03 | Selma | Chicago | Q5409783 | |
122 | Elizabeth Murphy Moss | American journalist | 1917 | 1998 | Q50378186 | ||||
123 | Robert L. Carter | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1917-03-11 | 2012-01-03 | Caryville | Manhattan | Q15501566 |
124 | Esther Cooper Jackson | ![]() |
Civil rights activist | United States of America | 1917-08-21 | 2022-08-23 | Arlington County | Boston | Q5401169 |
125 | Ora Mae Lewis Martin | writer | United States of America | 1918-03-29 | 2005-09-28 | New Orleans | New Orleans | Q65658667 | |
126 | Simeon Booker | African-American journalist (1918-2017) | United States of America | 1918-08-27 | 2017-12-10 | Baltimore | Solomons | Q7517573 | |
127 | Anatole Broyard | American literary critic | United States of America | 1920-07-16 | 1990-10-11 | New Orleans | Boston | Q4752075 | |
128 | Julia Cooper Mack | American judge (1920-2014) | United States of America | 1920-07-17 | 2014-01-17 | Fayetteville | Washington, D.C. | Q13560960 | |
129 | Reuben K. Davis | American judge (1920-2010) | United States of America | 1920-07-26 | 2010-03-09 | Q7317473 | |||
130 | W. Beverly Carter, Jr. | ![]() |
American diplomat | 1921 | 1982-05-09 | Q7945355 | |||
131 | William Worthy | American journalist | United States of America | 1921-07-07 | 2014-05-04 | Boston | Brewster | Q8020578 | |
132 | Doris E. Saunders | American businesswoman, librarian, and journalist (1921-2014) | United States of America | 1921-08-08 | 2014-03-24 | Chicago | Jackson | Q16089021 | |
133 | Alex Haley | ![]() |
American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist |
United States of America Mali |
1921-08-11 | 1992-02-10 | Ithaca | Seattle | Q296069 |
134 | Dennis Edwards Jr. | judge in New York City (1921-2017) | United States of America | 1921-08-19 | 2017-04-13 | Harlem | New York City | Q29572891 | |
135 | Ernest Withers | American photographer (1922-2007) | United States of America | 1922-08-07 | 2007-10-15 | Memphis | Memphis | Q5394031 | |
136 | Louis Lomax | American journalist | United States of America | 1922-08-16 | 1970-07-30 | Valdosta | Santa Rosa | Q15443184 | |
137 | Ruby Dee | ![]() |
American actress (1922–2014) | United States of America | 1922-10-27 | 2014-06-11 | Cleveland | New Rochelle | Q234360 |
138 | Louise Meriwether | American novelist | United States of America | 1923-05-08 | 2023-10-10 | Haverstraw | Manhattan | Q6688853 | |
139 | Mary Ellen Strong | American media publisher and marketer (1923–2012) | United States of America | 1923-06-04 | 2012-11-27 | Gary | California | Q124833064 | |
140 | L. Clifford Davis | American lawyer | 1924 | Q60763419 | |||||
141 | Hardy Brown | American football player (1924-1991) | United States of America | 1924-05-08 | 1991-11-08 | Childress | Stockton | Q5656549 | |
142 | Nathan A. Scott Jr. | American literary critic (1925-2006) | United States of America | 1925-04-24 | 2006-12 2006 |
Cleveland | Q6968841 | ||
143 | Carl Rowan | ![]() |
American journalist (1925-2000) | United States of America | 1925-08-11 | 2000-09-23 | Ravenscroft | Washington, D.C. | Q1040310 |
144 | John A. Williams | ![]() |
American writer (1925–2015) | United States of America | 1925-12-05 | 2015-07-03 | Jackson | Paramus | Q661925 |
145 | Moneta Sleet, Jr. | American journalist | United States of America | 1926-02-14 1926 |
1996-09-30 |
Owensboro New York City |
Baldwin | Q6898989 | |
146 | Nathaniel R. Jones | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1926-05-12 | 2020-01-26 | Youngstown | Cincinnati | Q6969814 |
147 | Sara J. Harper | American judge | United States of America | 1926-08-10 | Q16090311 | ||||
148 | Ann Allen Shockley | novelist and short-story writer | United States of America | 1927 | Louisville | Q19888025 | |||
149 | William A. Hilliard | Journalist, first African American editor of the Oregonian | United States of America | 1927-05-28 | 2017-01-16 | Chicago | Portland | Q8003977 | |
150 | Horace Ward | American jurist, lawyer, politician and civil rights activist (b.1927) | United States of America | 1927-07-29 | 2016-04-23 | LaGrange | Atlanta | Q5902225 | |
151 | Barbara-Marie Green | American publisher, journalist and poet | 1928 | Q116448091 | |||||
152 | Maya Angelou | ![]() |
American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014) | United States of America | 1928-04-04 | 2014-05-28 | St. Louis | Winston-Salem | Q19526 |
153 | James Forman | American civil rights leader | United States of America | 1928-10-04 | 2005-01-10 | Chicago | Washington, D.C. | Q704746 | |
154 | Thomas A. Johnson | journalist from the US | United States of America | 1928-10-11 | 2008-06-02 | St. Augustine | Queens | Q94930773 | |
155 | Lerone Bennett, Jr. | ![]() |
American academic | United States of America | 1928-10-17 | 2018-02-14 | Clarksdale | Chicago | Q6528868 |
156 | Samuel Yette | American journalist | United States of America | 1929 | 2011-01-21 | Harriman | Laurel | Q100230385 | |
157 | Xernona Clayton | American activist and executive | United States of America | 1930-08-30 | Muskogee | Q8043788 | |||
158 | Dick Bogle | American journalist and politician (1930-2010) | United States of America | 1930-10-19 | 2010-02-25 | Portland | Vancouver | Q95987023 | |
159 | Robert Frederick Collins | United States federal judge | United States of America | 1931 | New Orleans | Q7344519 | |||
160 | Ernest A. Finney, Jr. | American judge | United States of America | 1931-03-23 | 2017-12-03 | Smithfield | Columbia | Q5392645 | |
161 | George Brown | ![]() |
American long jumper, born 1931 | United States of America | 1931-07-25 | 2018-07-23 | Q16769694 | ||
162 | Philippa Schuyler | ![]() |
American pianist and composer | United States of America | 1931-08-02 | 1967-05-09 | New York City | Da Nang | Q529582 |
163 | Henry Frye | ![]() |
American politician | United States of America | 1932 | Richmond County | Q5721653 | ||
164 | Roger Wilkins | ![]() |
American historian (1932-2017) | United States of America | 1932-03-25 | 2017-03-26 | Kansas City | Kensington | Q7359121 |
165 | Norma Holloway Johnson | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1932-07-28 | 2011-09-18 | Lake Charles | Lake Charles | Q7051677 |
166 | Anna Diggs Taylor | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1932-12-09 | 2017-11-04 | Washington, D.C. | Q560127 | |
167 | Larry McCormick | American journalist (1933-2004) | United States of America | 1933-02-03 | 2004-08-27 | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Q6490772 | |
168 | Terry J. Hatter, Jr. | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1933-03-11 | Chicago | Q7704556 | ||
169 | Myrlie Evers-Williams | ![]() |
American civil rights activist | United States of America | 1933-03-17 | Vicksburg | Q6948316 | ||
170 | Tony Brown | ![]() |
American journalist, academian, comedian and businessman | United States of America | 1933-04-11 | Charleston | Q7821968 | ||
171 | Louis Farrakhan | ![]() |
leader of the Nation of Islam | United States of America | 1933-05-11 | The Bronx | Q49075 | ||
172 | Thelton Henderson | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1933-11-28 | Shreveport | Q7781120 | ||
173 | Ida E. Lewis | American journalist | 1934 | Q105319588 | |||||
174 | Amiri Baraka | ![]() |
African-American writer (1934–2014) | United States of America | 1934-10-07 | 2014-01-09 | Newark | Newark | Q354783 |
175 | Johari Amini | American poet | United States of America | 1935 | Philadelphia | Q23984345 | |||
176 | William Raspberry | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1935-10-12 | 2012-07-17 | Okolona | Washington, D.C. | Q8017378 |
177 | Roosevelt F. Dorn | American mayor | United States of America | 1935-10-29 | Checotah | Q7366440 | |||
178 | Ernest Holsendolph | 1935-10-31 | Q95286957 | ||||||
179 | Walter E. Williams | ![]() |
American economist, commentator, and academic (1936-2020) | United States of America | 1936-03-31 | 2020-12-01 | Philadelphia | George Mason University | Q7964738 |
180 | Merri Dee | American journalist | United States of America | 1936-10-30 | 2022 | Chicago | Q6820037 | ||
181 | Norma Quarles | broadcast journalist, disc jockey | 1936-11-11 | New York City | Q29005479 | ||||
182 | Dorothy Butler Gilliam | journalist | United States of America | 1936-11-24 | Memphis | Q5298337 | |||
183 | Herbert Randall | American photojournalist | United States of America | 1936-12-16 | Q5735332 | ||||
184 | Joe Billy McDade | African-American judge; former basketball player | United States of America | 1937 | Bellville | Q6208647 | |||
185 | George Bundy Smith | American judge | United States of America | 1937-04-07 | 2017-08-05 | Q5537415 | |||
186 | Amalya Lyle Kearse | American judge and bridge player | United States of America | 1937-06-11 | Vauxhall | Q4739444 | |||
187 | Robert C. Maynard | American journalist | United States of America | 1937-06-17 | 1993-08-17 | Brooklyn | Oakland | Q7342627 | |
188 | Joan Murray | American journalist | United States of America | 1937-11-06 | 2021-12-18 | Ithaca | Q16733039 | ||
189 | Vertamae Grosvenor | American culinary anthropologist | United States of America | 1938 | 2016-09-03 | Fairfax | Q7922743 | ||
190 | Willie McCovey | ![]() |
American baseball player | United States of America | 1938-01-10 | 2018-10-31 | Mobile | Stanford University Medical Center | Q3569094 |
191 | Ishmael Reed | ![]() |
American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher | United States of America | 1938-02-22 | Chattanooga | Q983544 | ||
192 | Max Robinson | television journalist and artist (1939-1988) | United States of America | 1939-05-01 | 1988-12-20 | Richmond | Washington, D.C. | Q6795180 | |
193 | Judith W. Rogers | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1939-07-27 | New York City | Q6303727 | ||
194 | Sandra Dorsey | actress, director, writer, choreotographer | United States of America | 1939-09-28 | 2023-09-26 | Atlanta | Q7416598 | ||
195 | Napoleon A. Jones Jr. | ![]() |
United States federal judge (1940-2009) | United States of America | 1940-08-25 | 2009-12-09 | Hodge | North County, San Diego | Q6965010 |
196 | Bob Petty | American television reporter (1940-2020) | United States of America | 1940-11-26 | 2020-02-18 | Q85723352 | |||
197 | Carolyn Rodgers | American writer (1940-2010) | United States of America | 1940-12-14 | 2010-04-02 | Chicago | Chicago | Q5045451 | |
198 | Joan Bernard Armstrong | American judge | United States of America | 1941 | 2018-06-09 | Q55310131 | |||
199 | Michele Clark | television correspondent | 1941 | 1972 | Q105959166 | ||||
200 | D'Army Bailey | American judge and actor (1941-2015) | United States of America | 1941-11-29 | 2015-07-12 | Memphis | Memphis | Q5203113 | |
201 | Carole Simpson | American broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author | United States of America | 1941-12-07 1940-12-07 |
Chicago | Q5044733 | |||
202 | Janet Langhart | American politician | United States of America | 1941-12-22 1941 |
Indianapolis | Q6153447 | |||
203 | Charlayne Hunter-Gault | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1942-02-27 | Due West | Q5074602 | ||
204 | Samuel R. Delany | ![]() |
American author and literary critic | United States of America | 1942-04-01 | New York City | Q438164 | ||
205 | Gabrielle Kirk McDonald | American federal and international judge | United States of America | 1942-04-12 | Saint Paul | Q1490679 | |||
206 | Robert L. Allen | American activist, writer, and academic | United States of America | 1942-05-29 | Atlanta | Q7346504 | |||
207 | Randolph Jackson | 1943 | Q16106300 | ||||||
208 | Judy Dothard Simmons | American poet, journalist, editor, singer, pianist (born 1944) | United States of America | 1944 | Q105898493 | ||||
209 | Don Edward Glover | American politician from Arkansas | United States of America | 1944 | Q59179650 | ||||
210 | Anthony Barboza | African American artist and writer | United States of America | 1944-05-10 | New Bedford | Q2852803 | |||
211 | Marcia Ann Gillespie | American activist | United States of America | 1944-07-10 | Rockville Centre | Q29000553 | |||
212 | Renee Poussaint | American broadcast journalist | United States of America | 1944-08-12 | 2022-03-04 | Manhattan | Washington, D.C. | Q105867527 | |
213 | Carolyn Craven | American journalist | United States of America | 1944-12-28 1944 |
2000-11-20 2000 |
Chicago | Oakland | Q28607357 | |
214 | Kathleen Neal Cleaver | ![]() |
American activist | United States of America | 1945-05-13 | Dallas | Q3194063 | ||
215 | J. C. Hayward | ![]() |
American news anchor who worked for WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. | United States of America | 1945-10-23 1944 |
East Orange | Q43900842 | ||
216 | Herman Cain | ![]() |
American businessman (1945–2020) | United States of America | 1945-12-13 | 2020-07-30 | Memphis | Atlanta | Q491019 |
217 | Stanley Crouch | American writer (1945-2020) | United States of America | 1945-12-14 | 2020-09-16 | Los Angeles | The Bronx | Q355531 | |
218 | Chester Higgins, Jr. | ![]() |
American photographer | United States of America | 1946 | Lexington | Q5093594 | ||
219 | Susan L. Taylor | ![]() |
American magazine editor | United States of America | 1946-01-23 | Harlem | Q7648095 | ||
220 | Greg Gumbel | ![]() |
American television sportscaster | United States of America | 1946-05-03 | New Orleans | Q5605637 | ||
221 | Jamie Foster Brown | African American publisher | United States of America | 1946-06-26 | Chicago | Q16107233 | |||
222 | Charles R. Saunders | American writer | United States of America | 1946-07-12 | 2020-05 | Elizabeth | Dartmouth | Q5081875 | |
223 | William J. Hibbler | United States federal judge (1946-2012) | United States of America | 1946-08-07 | 2012-03-19 | Kennedy | Richton Park | Q8013240 | |
224 | Steen Miles | American politician | United States of America | 1946-08-20 | 2017-03-29 | South Bend | Decatur | Q16107426 | |
225 | Wiley Young Daniel | United States District Judge (1946-2019) | United States of America | 1946-09-10 | 2019-05-10 | Louisville | Q8001641 | ||
226 | Saundra Brown Armstrong | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1947 | Oakland | Q7427483 | ||
227 | Claudia Tate | American literary critic | United States of America | 1947 1946-12-14 |
2002 2002-07-29 |
Q5129264 | |||
228 | Myron Herbert Thompson | ![]() |
United States District Judge | United States of America | 1947-01-07 | Tuskegee | Q6948449 | ||
229 | Vanzetta Penn McPherson | ![]() |
American lawyer | United States of America | 1947-05-26 | Montgomery | Q28823014 | ||
230 | Vashti Murphy McKenzie | ![]() |
American bishop | United States of America | 1947-05-28 1947 |
Baltimore | Q476853 | ||
231 | Clarence Page | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1947-06-02 | Dayton | Q5126691 | ||
232 | Emmet G. Sullivan | ![]() |
United States District Judge | United States of America | 1947-06-04 | Washington, D.C. | Q5373483 | ||
233 | Spencer Christian | ![]() |
American game show host | United States of America | 1947-07-23 | Charles City County | Q7576016 | ||
234 | Margo Jefferson | ![]() |
American writer and academic (born 1947) | United States of America | 1947-10-17 | Chicago | Q6760628 | ||
235 | Peggy A. Quince | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1948-01-03 | Norfolk | Q7160723 | ||
236 | Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. | ![]() |
United States District Judge | United States of America | 1948-02-22 | Columbia | Q16121417 | ||
237 | Penny Mickelbury | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1948-05-31 | Atlanta | Q7164408 | ||
238 | Fernando J. Gaitan Jr. | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1948-08-22 | Kansas City | Q5444765 | ||
239 | André Leon Talley | ![]() |
American journalist (1948-2022) | United States of America | 1948-10-16 | 2022-01-18 | Washington, D.C. | White Plains | Q1139415 |
240 | Doris Jean Austin | American author and journalist | United States of America | 1949 | 1994 |
Mobile Alabama |
Q5297948 | ||
241 | James R. Spencer | American judge | United States of America | 1949 | Florence | Q15488648 | |||
242 | Gershwin A. Drain | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1949-01-24 | Detroit | Q16142654 | ||
243 | Mablean Ephriam | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1949-04-23 | Hazlehurst | Q6721605 | ||
244 | Janice Rogers Brown | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1949-05-11 | Greenville | Q10949678 | ||
245 | Ann Claire Williams | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1949-08-16 | Detroit | Q4766324 | ||
246 | Chauncey Bailey | American journalist (1949–2007) | United States of America | 1949-10-20 | 2007-08-02 | Oakland | Oakland | Q5088207 | |
247 | Tina McElroy Ansa | novelist, filmmaker, teacher, journalist | United States of America | 1949-11-18 1949 |
Macon | Q7807930 | |||
248 | Dawud Salahuddin | American assassin | United States of America | 1950 | Roanoke Rapids | Q5242712 | |||
249 | Pearl Stewart | American newspaper editor | United States of America | 1950 | Q7158171 | ||||
250 | Carl E. Stewart | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1950-01-02 | Shreveport | Q5040071 | ||
251 | Virginia Johnson | American ballet dancer, choreographer, and journalist | 1950-01-25 | Q63184809 | |||||
252 | Bebe Moore Campbell | American novelist, journalist, teacher (1950–2006) | United States of America | 1950-02-18 | 2006-11-27 | Philadelphia | Los Angeles | Q4878309 | |
253 | Ellis Cose | African American journalist and writer (born 1951) | 1951-02-20 1952-02-20 |
Q63442100 | |||||
254 | Glenda Hatchett | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1951-05-31 1952 |
Atlanta | Q5568302 | ||
255 | Cynthia Diane Stephens | American judge | United States of America | 1951-08-27 | Q13560994 | ||||
256 | Leanita McClain | American journalist and commentator | United States of America | 1951-10-03 | 1984-05-29 1984-05-28 1984 |
Chicago | Q6509820 | ||
257 | Jayne Kennedy | American actress, model and television personality | United States of America | 1951-10-27 | Washington, D.C. | Q6167890 | |||
258 | Carol E. Jackson | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1952 | St. Louis | Q5044309 | ||
259 | Gerald Bruce Lee | American judge | United States of America | 1952 | Washington, D.C. | Q5548967 | |||
260 | Denise Page Hood | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1952-02-21 1952 |
Columbus | Q5257733 | ||
261 | Lynn Swann | ![]() |
American football player and politician (born 1952) | United States of America | 1952-03-07 | Alcoa | Q441528 | ||
262 | Sheila Abdus-Salaam | American judge | United States of America | 1952-03-14 | 2017-04-12 | Washington, D.C. | New York City | Q7492996 | |
263 | Larry Elder | ![]() |
American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952) | United States of America | 1952-04-27 | Los Angeles | Q6490253 | ||
264 | Sheila Miller | American politician | United States of America | 1952-05-12 | Q7493110 | ||||
265 | A'Lelia Bundles | ![]() |
American author and journalist | United States of America | 1952-06-07 | Chicago | Q4646796 | ||
266 | Jill Nelson | American journalist | United States of America | 1952-06-14 | Q13563184 | ||||
267 | Lorraine Branham | 1952-12-07 1950 |
2019-04-02 | Q105353162 | |||||
268 | Andrea Lee | American writer | United States of America | 1953 | Philadelphia | Q4755150 | |||
269 | Paula Williams Madison | 1953 | Harlem | Q26251303 | |||||
270 | Mary C. Curtis | American journalist | United States of America | 1953-09-04 | Baltimore | Q85432302 | |||
271 | Julianne Malveaux | ![]() |
American journalist, economist, author, commentator | United States of America | 1953-09-22 | San Francisco | Q6307864 | ||
272 | Vicki Miles-LaGrange | ![]() |
United States federal judge | United States of America | 1953-09-30 | Oklahoma City | Q7925427 | ||
273 | Evelyn C. White | American writer | United States of America | 1954 | Chicago | Q57089779 | |||
274 | Oprah Winfrey | ![]() |
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954) | United States of America | 1954-01-29 | Kosciusko | Q55800 | ||
275 | Mumia Abu-Jamal | ![]() |
American political activist and journalist convicted of the murder of a police officer | United States of America | 1954-04-24 | Philadelphia | Q156133 | ||
276 | Wil Haygood | American journalist | United States of America | 1954-09-19 | Columbus | Q16983422 | |||
277 | Gayle King | ![]() |
American television personality, author and broadcast journalist for CBS News | United States of America | 1954-12-28 1956 |
Chevy Chase | Q5528805 | ||
278 | Nathan McCall | American journalist | United States of America | 1955 | Portsmouth | Q6969234 | |||
279 | Patricia Smith | American poet | United States of America | 1955-06-25 | Chicago | Q7145842 | |||
280 | Myra C. Selby | American judge | United States of America | 1955-07-01 | Bay City | Q22096114 | |||
281 | Gwen Ifill | ![]() |
American journalist, television newscaster and author (1955–2016) | United States of America | 1955-09-29 | 2016-11-14 | New York City | Washington, D.C. | Q5623430 |
282 | Lezli Baskerville | American lawyer | 1956-01-22 | Montclair | Q29913248 | ||||
283 | Vicki Mabrey | American journalist | 1956-04-03 1956 |
St. Louis | Q7925423 | ||||
284 | Wilma A. Lewis | ![]() |
American judge | United States of America | 1956-06-23 | Santurce | Q35530536 | ||
285 | Montel Williams | ![]() |
American former television host, actor and motivational speaker | United States of America | 1956-07-03 | Baltimore | Q1345645 | ||
286 | Kym Worthy | American prosecutor | United States of America | 1957 | Q6451751 | ||||
287 | Lencola Sullivan | American model | United States of America | 1957 | Q6522314 | ||||
288 | Ron Tarver | ![]() |
African American photographer | United States of America | 1957 | Fort Gibson | Q91477945 | ||
289 | Felicia Middlebrooks | ![]() |
American broadcaster | United States of America | 1957-05-29 | Gary | Q5441718 | ||
290 | Michael Paul Williams | American journalist | United States of America | 1958 | Richmond | Q107410306 | |||
291 | Don McNeal | player of American football | United States of America | 1958-05-06 | Atmore | Q3035851 | |||
292 | Letitia James | ![]() |
Attorney General of New York since 2019 | United States of America | 1958-10-18 | Brooklyn | Q6533414 | ||
293 | Rochelle Riley | ![]() |
journalist and columnist | United States of America | 1959 | Tarboro | Q45224670 | ||
294 | Armstrong Williams | ![]() |
American political writer | United States of America | 1959-02-05 | New York City | Q4794015 | ||
295 | Lester Holt | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1959-03-08 | Marin County | Q3236790 | ||
296 | Linda T. Walker | judge | United States of America | 1960 | Gloster | Q6552010 | |||
297 | Chuck D | ![]() |
American rapper and producer from New York (born 1960) | United States of America | 1960-08-01 | Long Island | Q733373 | ||
298 | Deborah Roberts | ![]() |
American television journalist | United States of America | 1960-09-20 | Perry | Q5248367 | ||
299 | Robin Roberts | ![]() |
American television broadcaster | United States of America | 1960-11-23 | Tuskegee | Q2041541 | ||
300 | Hilton Als | American writer and theater critic | United States of America | 1961 | New York City | Q5764481 | |||
301 | Isabel Wilkerson | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1961 | Washington, D.C. | Q6077806 | ||
302 | Star Jones | ![]() |
American lawyer, television personality, fashion designer, author and women's and diversity advocate | United States of America | 1962-03-24 | Badin | Q3968304 | ||
303 | Shaun Robinson | ![]() |
American television host, author, producer, philanthropist, television personality, and actress | United States of America | 1962-07-11 1962-07-12 |
Detroit | Q7490953 | ||
304 | Cheryl Burton | American journalist | United States of America | 1962-12-25 | Provident Hospital | Q5092703 | |||
305 | Charles Barkley | ![]() |
American basketball player | United States of America | 1963-02-20 | Leeds | Q192707 | ||
306 | Michelle Bernard | ![]() |
American political analyst | United States of America | 1963-07-30 | Washington, D.C. | Q6836924 | ||
307 | Colin Channer | American writer | United States of America | 1963-10-13 | Q5144975 | ||||
308 | Tavis Smiley | ![]() |
Talk show host, author, entrepreneur, advocate, philanthropist | United States of America | 1964-09-13 | Gulfport | Q164382 | ||
309 | Keith Boykin | ![]() |
American writer and broadcaster | United States of America | 1965-08-28 | United States of America | Q6384092 | ||
310 | Tananarive Due | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1966-01-05 | Tallahassee | Q7682284 | ||
311 | Jovita Moore | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1967-10-04 | 2021-10-28 | Atlanta | Atlanta | Q6296829 |
312 | Roland Martin | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1968-11-14 | Houston | Q1314828 | ||
313 | David F. Walker | ![]() |
American writer, especially of comics | United States of America | 1968-12-01 | Q98108514 | |||
314 | Steve Smith | American basketball player | United States of America | 1969-03-31 | Highland Park | Q463200 | |||
315 | Omar Tyree | ![]() |
American writer | United States of America | 1969-04-15 | Philadelphia | Q7089850 | ||
316 | Colson Whitehead | American novelist (born 1969) | United States of America | 1969-11-06 | New York City | Q509662 | |||
317 | Jason Riley | American journalist and author | United States of America | 1971-07-08 | Buffalo | Q19945927 | |||
318 | Dain Blanton | volleyball player | United States of America | 1971-11-28 | Laguna Beach | Q962345 | |||
319 | Ananda Lewis | American television personality and activist | United States of America | 1973-03-21 | Los Angeles | Q3615038 | |||
320 | Dave Chappelle | ![]() |
American comedian and actor (born 1973) | United States of America | 1973-08-24 | Washington, D.C. | Q40321 | ||
321 | Ta-Nehisi Coates | ![]() |
American writer, journalist, and educator | United States of America | 1975-09-30 | Baltimore | Q15452495 | ||
322 | Violet Edwards | ![]() |
American politician and journalist | United States of America | 1976-03-03 | Jasper | Q97495590 | ||
323 | Nikole Hannah-Jones | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | 1976-04-09 | Waterloo | Q21063790 | ||
324 | Minty Lewis | American screenwriter | United States of America | 1978-12-11 | Falls Church | Q64438175 | |||
325 | Janet Mock | ![]() |
American writer, director, producer, TV host and transgender rights activist | United States of America | 1983-03-10 | Honolulu | Q6153507 | ||
326 | Darnell Jackson | ![]() |
American basketball player | United States of America | 1985-11-07 | Oklahoma City | Q2561861 | ||
327 | Patricia Banks | Polish musician | Poland | 1990-04-21 | Schwäbisch Gmünd | Q992873 | |||
328 | Alonzo Harris | American football player | United States of America | 1992-11-09 | Birmingham | Q21066620 | |||
329 | William S. Price III | American businessman | United States of America | 20th century | Q16734721 | ||||
330 | Barry Michael Cooper | American writer | United States of America | United States of America | Q3635235 | ||||
331 | Bob Ellison | American screenwriter (1933-2024) | United States of America | Q4932366 | |||||
332 | Brenda Blackmon | TV journalist | United States of America | Q4960636 | |||||
333 | Rita Coburn Whack | ![]() |
director and filmmaker | Q24619169 | |||||
334 | Ruth Allen Ollison | African-American journalist | United States of America | Texas | Q44479683 | ||||
335 | Bilal Abdul Kareem | American journalist | United States of America | Q55759729 | |||||
336 | Ashley C. Ford | ![]() |
American writer, podcaster, and educator | United States of America | Fort Wayne | Q56073633 | |||
337 | Leonard Townsend | (died 1971) | 1971 | Q76336588 | |||||
338 | Kristal Brent Zook | ![]() |
American journalist | Los Angeles | Q87009786 | ||||
339 | Patrice Gaines | American writer | United States of America | Q87410214 | |||||
340 | Ronald L. Bishop | archaeologist and curator | Q89127118 | ||||||
341 | Sharon Weston | researcher | Q89524878 | ||||||
342 | Jesse L Cox | researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-4590-7381) | Q92134377 | ||||||
343 | Toni Tipton-Martin | ![]() |
Food and Nutrition Journalist and Cookbook Author | United States of America | Q96195994 | ||||
344 | Phyl Garland | American music journalist and critic | 2006 | Q105874066 | |||||
345 | J. Gordon Street | American journalist | Q109463910 | ||||||
346 | George Forsyth | American journalist | Roxbury | Q109463918 | |||||
347 | Dexter D. Eure, Sr. | American journalist | Q109463919 | ||||||
348 | Robert Jordan | American journalist | Q109463921 | ||||||
349 | Walter Sanders | American journalist | Q109463922 | ||||||
350 | Lovell Dyett | American talk show host | Q109463923 | ||||||
351 | Gary Armstrong | American journalist | Q109463924 | ||||||
352 | Glenda Wina | journalist, anchorwoman, publicist, and producer | Q110426539 | ||||||
353 | Mel Reeves | US civil rights activist and journalist | United States of America | 2022-01-06 | Miami | Q110455378 | |||
354 | Mary Frances Vashon | African American journalist, abolitionist | United States of America | Q115751683 | |||||
355 | Linsey Davis | ![]() |
American journalist | United States of America | Q115944190 | ||||
356 | Mallika Marshall | Instructor in medicine, and physician | United States of America | Q125516201 | |||||
357 | Sonya Bernard-Hollins | journalist | United States of America | Q126597649 |
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