Cam Newton
Atlanta-born quarterback; 2015 NFL MVP and Super Bowl 50 starter.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiCarter G. Woodson
Founder of Negro History Week β predecessor to Black History Month β and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiCharles Drew
Surgeon and DC native who developed large-scale blood banking and led the WWII Blood for Britain program.
Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiCharles Hamilton Houston
Lawyer and educator who designed the legal strategy that brought down Plessy v. Ferguson.
Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiCharles Hamilton Houston
Howard Law dean and architect of the NAACP's strategy to dismantle Plessy v. Ferguson.
Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiChuck Berry
St. Louis pioneer of rock and roll; author of "Johnny B. Goode" and "Roll Over Beethoven."
St. Louis, MO, USA
@blackwikiCicely Tyson
Actress whose 60-year stage and screen career produced Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and How to Get Away with Murder.
New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiCoretta Scott King
Civil rights leader who built the King Center and the campaign that made MLK Day a federal holiday.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiCornel West
Tulsa-born philosopher and public intellectual; emeritus professor at Princeton and Harvard.
Tulsa, OK, USA
@blackwikiCurtis Mayfield
Songwriter and producer who scored the soundtrack of Black 1960s and 70s β "People Get Ready," Super Fly, "Move On Up."
Chicago, IL, USA
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