James Baldwin
Essayist and novelist whose Notes of a Native Son reframed Black American moral and literary identity.
New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiJames Brown
Barnwell, SC-born Godfather of Soul.
Barnwell, SC, USA
@blackwikiJames Meredith
First Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi (1962); 1966 March Against Fear leader.
Kosciusko, MS, USA
@blackwikiJames Weldon Johnson
Jacksonville-born poet and NAACP secretary; co-wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
Jacksonville, FL, USA
@blackwikiJay-Z
Brooklyn-born rapper, label founder (Roc Nation), and businessman.
New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiJesse Owens
Oakville, AL-born track athlete whose four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics humiliated Hitler's racial-superiority narrative.
Oakville, AL, USA
@blackwikiJim Brown
St. Simons Island-born Cleveland Browns running back; widely considered the greatest football player of all time.
St. Simons Island, GA, USA
@blackwikiJoe Frazier
Beaufort, SC-born heavyweight boxing champion.
Beaufort, SC, USA
@blackwikiJoe Louis
Lafayette, AL-born heavyweight boxing champion (1937β49) whose 1938 rematch with Max Schmeling was an explicit refutation of Nazi racism.
Lafayette, AL, USA
@blackwikiJohn Coltrane
Hamlet, NC-born saxophonist whose 1965 A Love Supreme is one of the most influential jazz albums ever recorded.
High Point, NC, USA
@blackwikiJohn Hope Bryant
Entrepreneur, author, and financial dignity advocate who founded Operation HOPE to bring economic literacy and banking access to underserved communities.
Entrepreneur Β· Atlanta, Georgia, US
@blackwikiJohn Lewis
SNCC chair, Freedom Rider, and 17-term US Congressman from Atlanta who led the march beaten back at the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiJosephine Baker
St. Louis-born performer; the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture (1927).
St. Louis, MO, USA
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