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John 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

Cam Newton

Atlanta-born quarterback; 2015 NFL MVP and Super Bowl 50 starter.

Atlanta, GA, USA

Big Boi

Savannah-born rapper, the other half of OutKast; solo career with Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty.

Atlanta, GA, USA

T.I.

Atlanta rapper, label founder (Grand Hustle Records), and movie producer.

Atlanta, GA, USA

André 3000

Atlanta rapper and singer — one half of OutKast and a solo artist whose 2023 New Blue Sun was an instrumental flute album.

Atlanta, GA, USA

Coretta Scott King

Civil rights leader who built the King Center and the campaign that made MLK Day a federal holiday.

Atlanta, GA, USA

Stacey Abrams

Voting-rights organizer, novelist, and former Georgia State House Minority Leader.

Atlanta, GA, USA

Ray Charles

Albany, GA-born pioneer of soul who fused gospel, blues, and country into a new American genre.

Albany, GA, USA

Stephanie 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

KevOnStage

Stand-up comedian, actor, and content creator known for sharp observational humor rooted in Black church culture and everyday family life.

Kelvin Spencer

Kelvin Spencer, known as Kelvin Codes, is a software engineer and founder of black.wiki Inc, using tech education and community building to bring more Black people into the tech industry.

Denzel Washington

Two-time Academy Award-winning actor, director, and producer whose four-decade career spans Shakespeare to street dramas and makes him one of the most respected figures in Hollywood.

Byron Allen

Byron Allen is a comedian-turned-media mogul who built Entertainment Studios into a multi-billion-dollar independent media company and owns The Weather Channel.

Beyoncé

Singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur who became one of the most decorated and influential artists in modern music history.

Honey

Performer + Threads creator (@itshoneybxby), featured on On Stage.

USA

Draymond John

Entrepreneur and investor known for building businesses across fashion, media, and brand consulting.

Mary Church Terrell

Educator, suffragist, and co-founder of the NAACP who fought for Black civil rights and women's suffrage simultaneously — and kept fighting well into her nineties.

Mary 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.

Tony Baker

Stand-up comedian and social media personality known for his viral voiceover videos and energetic storytelling style.

Robert F. Smith

Founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, the largest Black-owned private equity firm in the U.S., and the wealthiest Black American.

Michael Jackson

The King of Pop — singer, dancer, and producer who reshaped popular music and performance across five decades.