Muhammad Ali, the first heavyweight boxing champion to regain the title three times, and civil rights activist
Marian Anderson, black singer that gave a historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, which drew an integrated crowd of over 75000 people
Louis Armstrong, singer of 'What a Wonderful World' and virtuose cornet and trumpet player
Josephine Baker, the eccentric singer that at one time in the 1920s was the most photographed woman in the world
Halle Berry, many years the face of Revlon cosmetics, actress in movies like Catwoman, X-Men, and 'Monster's ball, for which she won an Oscar
Danny Glover, actor in both Hollywood blockbusters and serious dramatic films.
Whoopi Goldberg, actress in the film The Color Purple and Oscar-winning with Ghost
Jimi Hendrix, arguably the best and most influential electrical guitarist the world has ever known
Billie Holiday, the emotion-laden singer that sang about her trials and tribulations in such a way that it couldn't be from anything else but experience.
Whitney Houston, singer with a remarkable vocal range and powerful who was the first performer to have seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard magazine pop-music charts
Langston Hughes, poet that used the rhythms of jazz and of everyday black speech in his poetry
Janet Jackson, singer with choreographed dance moves in cutting-edge, innovative music videos