Roland Martin
Houston-born journalist; host of Roland Martin Unfiltered.
Houston, TX, USA
@blackwikiRon Kirk
Dallas's first Black mayor (1995β2002) and former US Trade Representative.
Dallas, TX, USA
@blackwikiRonde Barber
Hall of Fame Buccaneers cornerback; the only player in NFL history with 20+ interceptions and 20+ sacks.
Tampa, FL, USA
@blackwikiRosa Parks
Civil rights organizer whose December 1955 refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Montgomery, AL, USA
@blackwikiRuby Dee
Cleveland-born actress and civil-rights activist married to Ossie Davis for 56 years.
Cleveland, OH, USA
@blackwikiSam Cooke
Clarksdale, MS-born singer and songwriter who founded SAR Records and wrote "A Change Is Gonna Come."
Clarksdale, MS, USA
@blackwikiSeptima Clark
Charleston-born educator behind the Citizenship Schools movement.
Charleston, SC, USA
@blackwikiSeptima Clark
Charleston-born educator whose Citizenship Schools taught literacy and political organizing to over 25,000 adults across the Deep South.
Charleston, SC, USA
@blackwikiShirley Chisholm
First Black woman elected to Congress and the first to run for a major-party presidential nomination.
Brooklyn, NY, USA
@blackwikiSidney Poitier
First Black actor to win the Best Actor Oscar (1964); also one of the first major Black film directors.
Miami, FL, USA
@blackwikiSister Souljah
Bronx-born author and activist; The Coldest Winter Ever (1999) launched the modern street-fiction genre.
New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiSnoop Dogg
Long Beach rapper and TV host; founding voice of West Coast hip-hop.
Long Beach, CA, USA
@blackwikiSojourner Truth
Abolitionist and women's rights advocate; the 1851 "Ain't I a Woman?" speech in Akron is one of the most cited Black-feminist texts in American history.
Battle Creek, MI, USA
@blackwikiSonia Sanchez
Birmingham-born poet, activist, and a founder of the Black Arts Movement.
Birmingham, AL, USA
@blackwikiSpike Lee
Atlanta-born filmmaker whose Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, and BlacKkKlansman defined Black American cinema for three decades.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiSpike Lee (NY years)
Atlanta-born filmmaker who lives and operates 40 Acres and a Mule out of Brooklyn.
New York, NY, USA
@blackwikiStacey Abrams
Voting-rights organizer, novelist, and former Georgia State House Minority Leader.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiStephanie Williams
Black comic book writer; first Black woman ever nominated for the Eisner Award in Best Writer (2026), for her Mad Cave time-travel series Temporal.
USA
@blackwikiStephen A. Smith
Hollis, NC / NY-raised sports commentator and First Take host.
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
@blackwikiSteve Harvey
Welch, WV-born comedian and TV host; Family Feud, the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
Welch, WV, USA
@blackwikiStevie Wonder
Saginaw, MI-born musician whose Songs in the Key of Life is among the most-acclaimed albums in American popular music.
Saginaw, MI, USA
@blackwikiT.D. Jakes
Dallas-based bishop and founder of The Potter's House megachurch.
Dallas, TX, USA
@blackwikiT.I.
Atlanta rapper, label founder (Grand Hustle Records), and movie producer.
Atlanta, GA, USA
@blackwikiTabitha Brown
Eden, NC-born actress and vegan-cooking sensation; mother to Choyce and Queston Brown.
Eden, NC, USA
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