Madam C.J. Walker
Hair-care entrepreneur considered the first self-made female millionaire in the US.
Delta, LA, USA
@blackwikiMae Jemison
Decatur-born physician and the first Black woman in space β STS-47 Endeavour, 1992.
Decatur, AL, USA
@blackwikiMaggie L. Walker
Richmond banker β first woman of any race to charter a bank in the US.
Richmond, VA, USA
@blackwikiMahalia Jackson
New Orleans-born Queen of Gospel whose "How I Got Over" was the warm-up to MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.
New Orleans, LA, USA
@blackwikiMarion Barry
Four-term mayor of Washington, DC; civil-rights organizer turned politician.
Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiMartin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights leader, minister, and Nobel laureate based in Atlanta who led the nonviolent movement that dismantled Jim Crow.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiMary Church Terrell
Educator, suffragist, and co-founder of the NAACP who fought for Black civil rights and women's suffrage simultaneously β and kept fighting well into her nineties.
@blackwikiMary McLeod Bethune
Educator who founded what became Bethune-Cookman University and advised four US presidents.
Daytona Beach, FL, USA
@blackwikiMary McLeod Bethune (DC years)
Founder of Bethune-Cookman and adviser to FDR from her DC Council House.
Washington, DC, USA
@blackwikiMary Seacole
Jamaican-born nurse and entrepreneur who funded her own passage to the Crimean War front and ran a hotel-hospital behind the lines when the British War Office turned her away.
@blackwikiMaster P
New Orleans rapper and entrepreneur; founder of No Limit Records.
New Orleans, LA, USA
@blackwikiMaxine Waters
Long-serving California congresswoman; chair of the Financial Services Committee.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
@blackwikiMaya Angelou
Poet, memoirist, and activist who grew up in Stamps, Arkansas and went on to read at presidential inaugurations.
Stamps, AR, USA
@blackwikiMaya Angelou (early years)
Born in St. Louis in 1928; her childhood trauma there became material for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
St. Louis, MO, USA
@blackwikiMegan Thee Stallion
Houston-born rapper; Hot Girl Summer architect and three-time Grammy winner.
Houston, TX, USA
@blackwikiMichael Jackson
The King of Pop β singer, dancer, and producer who reshaped popular music and performance across five decades.
@blackwikiMichael Jordan
Wilmington, NC-raised basketball player widely regarded as the greatest ever.
Wilmington, NC, USA
@blackwikiMichael Vick
Newport News-born quarterback; first Black QB drafted #1 overall.
Newport News, VA, USA
@blackwikiMissy Elliott
Portsmouth-born rapper and producer; first woman rapper inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Portsmouth, VA, USA
@blackwikiModjeska Simkins
Columbia, SC-born civil-rights leader and public-health pioneer.
Columbia, SC, USA
@blackwikiMuddy Waters
Mississippi Delta-born blues guitarist whose electric Chicago blues style birthed rock and roll.
Rolling Fork, MS, USA
@blackwikiMuhammad Ali
Louisville-born heavyweight champion whose 1967 refusal of the draft made him a global symbol of conscience.
Louisville, KY, USA
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