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Muhammad Ali
American Professional Boxer
Born: January 17, 1942
Died: June 3, 2016
Emma Amos
American Painter
Born: March 16, 1937
Died: May 20, 2020
Maya Angelou
American Poet
Born: April 4, 1928
Died: May 28, 2014
Halle Berry
American Actress
Born: August 14, 1966
Died: N/A
Ruby Bridges
American Activist
Born: September 8, 1954
Died: N/A
Jesse L. Brown
American Aviator
Born: October 13, 1926
Died: December 4, 1950
Shirley Chisholm
U.S. House of Representatives
Born: November 30, 1924
Died: January 1, 2005
Bessie Coleman
American Aviator
Born: January 26, 1892
Died: April 30, 1926
Sammy Davis Jr.
American Singer
Born: December 8, 1925
Died: May 16, 1990
Mark Dean
Inventor
Born: March 2, 1957
Died: N/A
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
American Astrophysicist
Born: October 5, 1958
Died: N/A
Frederick Douglas
American Abolitionist
Born: February 1818
Died: February 20, 1895
W.E.B. Du Bois
Sociologist
Born: February 23, 1868
Died: August 27, 1963
Rudolph Fisher
American Physician
Born: May 9, 1897
Died: December 26, 1934
Jamie Foxx
American Actor
Born: December 13, 1967
Died: N/A
Morgan Freeman
American Actor
Born: June 1, 1937
Died: N/A
Whoopi Goldberg
American Actress
Born: November 13, 1955
Died: N/A
Frances Harper
American Poet
Born: September 24, 1825
Died: February 22, 1911
Whitney Houston
American Singer
Born: August 9, 1963
Died: February 11, 2012
Langston Hughes
American Poet
Born: February 1, 1902
Died: May 22, 1967
Zora Neale Hurston
American Author
Born: January 7, 1891
Died: January 28, 1960
Harriet Jacobs
American Writer
Born: February 11, 1813
Died: March 7, 1897
Katherine Johnson
American Mathematician
Born: August 26, 1918
Died: February 24, 2020
Queen Latifah
American Singer
Born: March 18, 1970
Died: N/A