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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Abolitionism and Activism

Abolitionists

Martin R. Delany Frederick Douglass Gabriel Harriet Tubman Nat Turner David Walker

Activists

Ralph David Abernathy Ella Baker Julian Bond Stokely Carmichael Eldridge Cleaver W.E.B. Du Bois Medgar Evers James Farmer Marcus Garvey Fannie Lou Hamer Benjamin L. Hooks Jesse Jackson Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Coretta Scott King Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X James Meredith Rosa Parks A. Philip Randolph Bobby Seale Al Sharpton Emmett Till Booker T. Washington Ida B. Wells-Barnett Roy Wilkins Whitney M. Young, Jr. Talented Tenth

Chapter 2: Protect and Serve

Politicians

Marion Barry Tom Bradley Edward Brooke Blanche K. Bruce Shirley Chisholm Maynard Jackson David Dinkins Barbara C. Jordan John R. Lynch Carol Moseley Braun Barack Obama Michelle Obama Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback Hiram R. Revels Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Robert Smalls Carl Stokes Harold Washington Douglas Wilder Coleman Young

Government Officials, Diplomats, and Soldiers

Crispus Attucks Ralph Bunche Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Patricia Roberts Harris Colin Powell Condoleezza Rice Robert C. Weaver Buffalo Soldier Andrew Young Tuskegee Airmen

Lawyers and Jurists

Marian Wright Edelman Charles Hamilton Houston Thurgood Marshall Charlotte E. Ray Clarence Thomas

Chapter 3: Exploration, Education, Experimentation, and Ecumenism

Explorers, Aviators, and Astronauts

Guion S. Bluford, Jr. Bessie Coleman Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable Matthew Alexander Henson Mae Jemison

Educators and Academics

John Hope Franklin Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Cornel West William Julius Wilson Carter G. Woodson

Science and Medicine

Benjamin Banneker George Washington Carver Joycelyn Elders Mary Mahoney Charles Henry Turner

Businesspeople

Kenneth Chenault John H. Johnson Robert L. Johnson Charles Clinton Spaulding

Religious Leaders

Richard Allen Father Divine Wallace D. Fard Louis Farrakhan

Chapter 4: Arts and Letters

Writers and Poets

Maya Angelou James Baldwin Octavia E. Butler Charles W. Chesnutt Countee Cullen Paul Laurence Dunbar Ralph Ellison Ernest J. Gaines Nikki Giovanni Alex Haley Chester Himes Langston Hughes Audre Lorde Claude McKay Toni Morrison Walter Mosley Alice Walker Phillis Wheatley Richard Wright

Journalists

Ed Bradley Max Robinson Carl Rowan Bernard Shaw

Painters and Photographers

Jacob Lawrence Gordon Parks Horace Pippin

Dancers and Choreographers

Alvin Ailey, Jr. Katherine Dunham Savion Glover

Chapter 5: Stage and Screen

Actors

Halle Berry Ossie Davis Ruby Dee Jamie Foxx Morgan Freeman James Earl Jones Hattie McDaniel Eddie Murphy Sidney Poitier Will Smith Woody Strode Denzel Washington Oprah Winfrey

Directors, Producers, and Playwrights

Amiri Baraka Charles Burnett Lonne Elder III Spike Lee Oscar Micheaux Ntozake Shange Melvin Van Peebles

Comedians

Bill Cosby Whoopi Goldberg Dick Gregory Richard Pryor Chris Rock Bert Williams

Chapter 6: Music

Jazz

Louis Armstrong Count Basie Buddy Bolden Cab Calloway Ornette Coleman John Coltrane Miles Davis Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald Dizzy Gillespie Lionel Hampton Coleman Hawkins Fletcher Henderson Billie Holiday John Lewis Charles Mingus Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) Thelonious Monk Jelly Roll Morton King Oliver Charlie Parker Max Roach Sonny Rollins Billy Strayhorn Sun Ra Art Tatum Sarah Vaughan Fats Waller Lester Young Decca Records

Folk and Blues

Big Bill Broonzy Willie Dixon W.C. Handy Alberta Hunter Elmore James Robert Johnson B.B. King Leadbelly Ma Rainey Bessie Smith Muddy Waters

Rhythm and Blues

Chuck Berry Ruth Brown Ray Charles Sam Cooke Bo Diddley Fats Domino Jimi Hendrix Howlin' Wolf Etta James Quincy Jones Little Richard Tina Turner Jackie Wilson Apollo Theater

Soul

James Brown The Four Tops Aretha Franklin Marvin Gaye Berry Gordy, Jr. Al Green Janet Jackson Michael Jackson Curtis Mayfield Otis Redding Smokey Robinson and the Miracles The Supremes The Temptations Stevie Wonder

Funk

Parliament-Funkadelic Prince Sly and the Family Stone

Hip-Hop

Diddy Jay-Z Public Enemy Run-D.M.C. Tupac Shakur Kanye West

Cabaret, Gospel, Opera, and Show Music

Nat King Cole Sammy Davis, Jr. Thomas Andrew Dorsey Lena Horne Mahalia Jackson Jessye Norman Leontyne Price

Chapter 7: Sports

Baseball

Hank Aaron Cool Papa Bell Barry Bonds Lou Brock Larry Doby Bob Gibson Josh Gibson Rickey Henderson Reggie Jackson Buck Leonard Willie Mays Buck O'Neil Satchel Paige Frank Robinson Jackie Robinson

Basketball

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kobe Bryant Wilt Chamberlain Cynthia Cooper Julius Erving Magic Johnson Michael Jordan Oscar Robertson Bill Russell

Boxing

Muhammad Ali George Foreman Joe Frazier Marvin Hagler Jack Johnson Don King Sugar Ray Leonard Joe Louis Floyd Patterson Sugar Ray Robinson Mike Tyson

Football

Jim Brown Marion Motley Walter Payton Jerry Rice Eddie Robinson O.J. Simpson

Track and Field

Bob Beamon Lee Evans Florence Griffith Joyner Carl Lewis Edwin Moses Jesse Owens Wilma Rudolph

Tennis, Golf, and Horse Racing

Arthur Ashe Althea Gibson Isaac Burns Murphy Serena Williams Venus Williams Tiger Woods

Epilogue

Glossary Bibliography Index

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