Bobby “Blue” Bland at the Long Beach Blues Festival (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Stevan Ridley
By Jeffrey Beall
English: The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
New York – Harlem, 125th street Apollo Theater (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Apollo Theater Nelson Mandela” by The All-Nite Images from NY, NY, USA – Harlem: 125 St.
Angela Davis (right) in 1972 with her influential hairstyle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Civil rights activist Angela Davis wearing an afro in 1973. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Vince Carter talks with a referee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Singer Anita Baker performs at the 17th Annual Salute to Freedom aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Nov. 6, 2008, in New York. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Vince Carter Suns cropped” by Vince_Carter_Suns.jpg: Keith Allison from Owings Mills
Torrey Smith
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jean anderson and joe louis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“World Heavyweight champ Joe Louis (Barrow) sews on the stripes of a technical sergeant-to which he has been promoted. – NARA – 535937 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Joe Louis looks for an opening during boxing match with Max Schmeling (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Lakers@Wolves_201004_0088 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Alicia Keys live in Frankfurt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Alicia Keys at Tokyo Summer Sonic 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis at training camp in Santa Clara, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Etta James, 2000 Music in the Park San Jose California (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Alicia Keys live Walmart 3” by Walmart from Bentonville, USA
Polski: Thurgood Marshall (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Jackie Robinson and his son David Being Interviewed at the “March on Washington” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jackie Robinson swinging a bat in Dodgers uniform, 1954. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Publicity photo of Jackie Robinson as an ABC broadcaster for “Major League Championship Baseball”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: thurgood marshall in his robe (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Tatyana Ali at the Presidential Inauguration (2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
American R&B singer Aaron Neville at a Grand Ole Opry concert in 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cap and Skull society members Class of 1919; Paul Robeson at far left. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Paul Robeson, world famous Negro baritone, leading Moore Shipyard (Oakland, CA) workers in singing the Star Spangled Ba – NARA – 535874 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Scene in O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun’ Got Wings in which Paul Robeson kissed Mary Blair’s hand and created a national uproar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Unknown – College Football Hall of Fame, PD-US,
Paul Robeson
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English: WASHINGTON (Sept. 24, 2009) Susan L. Taylor, editor of Essence Magazine at the Congressional Black Caucus meeting. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Karen E. Eifert/Released) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Derek Walcott, Nobel Prize in Literature 1992; picture taken at his honorary dinner, Amsterdam, May 20th 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Larry Hughes dribbles the ball during the Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Wizards game on April 6, 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Boxer George Foreman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Joe Frazier was awarded the Order of the Palmetto in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“George Foreman 1973” by Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief:
DJ Jazzy Jeff, cropped from larger photo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Baltimore Ravens Training Camp August 20, 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Basketplayer Greg Oden (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Sam Cooke billboard” by RCA Victor Records
Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cropped screenshot of Count Basie and his band with featured vocalist Ethel Waters from the film Stage Door Canteen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is a screen capture of Count Basie at the piano from the movie “Rhythm and Blues Revue”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“CountBasieStageDoorCanteen1” by Film screenshot – Stage Door Canteen film.
English: Singer and songwriter Billy Ocean live in New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jam-Master Jay (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Hakeem Olujuwan signs autographs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
