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Famous African Amer.

143 notable african americans throughout history

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Singer, actress who died in a plane crash in 2001 at the age of 21 Aaliyah
Ameican theatre, film and television actor best known for his role in the Broadway play RENT Scott L. "Taye" Diggs
leading Zydeco musician and button accordion player who enjoyed popular success first in Europe and later in the United States Rockin Dopsie
first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame Bob Douglas
orator, abolitionist, and ex-slave during the civil war Fredrick Douglas
pioneer of blood transfusion techniques; physician Charles B. Drew
American civil-rights activist, author, and Pan-Africanist who became a naturalized citizen of Ghana in 1963 W.E.B. DuBois
seminal American poet in the 19th and early 20th centuries; wrote Lyrics of a Lowly Life and Ode to Ethiopia Paul Laurence Dunbar
first lieutenant governor of a U.S. state (Louisiana) Oscar Dunn
African-American composer who was the first to combine minimalist processes with elements of pop music, and he often gave his pieces titles of provocative political intent, such as Evil Nigger and Gay Guerrilla Julius Eastman
American jazz composer and musician best known for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band Duke Ellington
American guitarist, singer and songwriter; American guitarist, singer and songwriter; first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects Jimmi Hendrix
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