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Madam C.J. Walker
Hair-care entrepreneur considered the first self-made female millionaire in the US.
Delta, LA, USA
Mae Jemison
Decatur-born physician and the first Black woman in space — STS-47 Endeavour, 1992.
Decatur, AL, USA
Mary McLeod Bethune
Educator who founded what became Bethune-Cookman University and advised four US presidents.
Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Otis Redding
Dawson, GA-born soul singer who died in a 1967 plane crash three days after recording "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay."
Dawson, GA, USA
T.D. Jakes
Dallas-based bishop and founder of The Potter's House megachurch.
Dallas, TX, USA
Erykah Badu
Dallas-born neo-soul artist; founding voice of the genre.
Dallas, TX, USA
Erykah Badu
Dallas-born neo-soul artist; founding voice of the genre (already added in earlier round — duplicate skipped).
Dallas, TX, USA
Emmitt Smith
NFL all-time leading rusher; Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame running back.
Dallas, TX, USA
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Long-serving Dallas Black congresswoman; first Black woman elected to public office from Dallas.
Dallas, TX, USA
Ron Kirk
Dallas's first Black mayor (1995–2002) and former US Trade Representative.
Dallas, TX, USA
A. Philip Randolph
Labor organizer; founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and led the March on Washington Movement.
Crescent City, FL, USA
Kendrick Lamar
Compton rapper; Pulitzer Prize winner for DAMN.
Compton, CA, USA
Dr. Dre
Compton producer and Beats co-founder; architect of West Coast hip-hop.
Compton, CA, USA
Walter Payton
Columbia, MS-born Hall of Fame running back known as Sweetness; one of the greatest in NFL history.
Columbia, MS, USA
Modjeska Simkins
Columbia, SC-born civil-rights leader and public-health pioneer.
Columbia, SC, USA
Ossie Davis
Cogdell, GA-born actor, writer, and civil-rights activist; husband of Ruby Dee.
Cogdell, GA, USA
Ruby Dee
Cleveland-born actress and civil-rights activist married to Ossie Davis for 56 years.
Cleveland, OH, USA
Sam Cooke
Clarksdale, MS-born singer and songwriter who founded SAR Records and wrote "A Change Is Gonna Come."
Clarksdale, MS, USA
Daniel Hale Williams
Surgeon who performed the first successful open-heart surgery in 1893 in Chicago.
Chicago, IL, USA
Lorraine Hansberry
Playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a Black woman on Broadway.
Chicago, IL, USA
Curtis Mayfield
Songwriter and producer who scored the soundtrack of Black 1960s and 70s — "People Get Ready," Super Fly, "Move On Up."
Chicago, IL, USA
Septima Clark
Charleston-born educator whose Citizenship Schools taught literacy and political organizing to over 25,000 adults across the Deep South.
Charleston, SC, USA
Septima Clark
Charleston-born educator behind the Citizenship Schools movement.
Charleston, SC, USA
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Greensboro, NC-born sociologist and MacArthur fellow; author of Thick: And Other Essays.
Chapel Hill, NC, USA