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Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, anthropologist, author, educator and activist. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Clyde Drexler (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: American actor Tim Russ at the 2004 Motor City Comic Con. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Danny Green of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Washington Wizards v/s Cleveland Cavaliers November 18, 2009 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Donald Faison at Hollywood Life Magazine’s 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Former president of Ghana Jerry Rawlings, speaking at the Oxford Law Faculty. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Champ Bailey, a player on the Denver Broncos American football team. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Philadelphia County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Henry Ossawa Tanner – “The Banjo Lesson” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Henry_Ossawa_Tanner_-_The_Annunciation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Joseph Rainey. Library of Congress description: “Rainey, Hon. Joseph Hayne of S.C.”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Brenda Holloway performing at a memorial tribute for the late Tommy Jacquette, founder of the Watts Summer Festival on Saturday, 28 Nov 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Washington Wizards v/s Philadelphia 76ers November 23, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Lionel Richie performing on stage on his 2011 Australian and New Zealand concert tour. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Darren Sproles, a player on the San Diego Chargers American football team. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Zoë Saldaña at Hollywood Life Magazine’s 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Zoe Saldana strikes a pose at the 82nd Academy Awards, March 7, in Hollywood, Calif. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Actress Phylicia Rashad in the 2007 Red Dress Collection for The Heart Truth Foundation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bruce Smith at the 2009 NFL Pro Bowl. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

CAPE TOWN/SOUTH AFRICA, June 4, 2008 – Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, captured during the Opening Plenary of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa, June 4, 2008. Copyright World Economic Forum/Eric Miller (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Chris Harris, a National Football League player on the Denver Broncos American football team (2011- ). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Venus Williams plays Vera Dushevina on the opening day of the US Open 2009. Cropped (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Venus Williams at a Hudson Union Society event in July 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Venus Williams at the 2010 US Open (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

James Weldon Johnson’s poetry influenced Angelou’s writing in Singin’ and Swingin’. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Eddie Levert singing at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Concert 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ice Cube (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A picture of Dusty talking to Chris Welsh (off camera) before a game against the Phillies in Philadelphia, July 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Renaldo “Obie” Benson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Will Claye during 2011 World championships Athletics in Daegu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Antawn Jamison (Photo credit: Keith Allison)

Washington Wizards v/s Philadelphia 76ers November 23, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cropped screenshot of Hazel Scott from the trailer for the film Rhapsody in Blue. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New York Mets SS – José Reyes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Actress Hattie McDaniel, 1941 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Hattie McDaniel’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for Radio, at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Kanye West at the Vanity Fair kickoff part for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. Photographer’s blog post about this event and photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)