Paul Robeson,American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Spingarn Medal winner, and Stalin peace prize laureate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Paul Robeson with Uta Hagen in the Theatre Guild production of Othello. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Kofi Annan speaking at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
41st Munich Security Conference 2005: The General Secretary of the United Nations, Kofi A. Annan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By US Mission in Geneva
English: Billie Holiday and her dog Mister, backstage dressing room, probably at the Downbeat, NYC (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Pitt Football Alums Tony Dorsett at Gino Torretta’s Charity Event – Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, March 7, 2009 (Photo by OPENSports.com) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Tiki Barber (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By William P. Gottlieb
Billie Holiday
By Florida Supercon
President Reagan with National Security Advisor Colin Powell (1988) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Booker T. Washington, half-length portrait, seated (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Via Library of Congress. See catalog.loc.gov. Booker T. Washington, seated on steps of porch, with wife and two sons. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
U.S. Army General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Harris & Ewing
Booker T. Washington
Maya Angelou (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
President Barack Obama presenting Maya Angelou with the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Ben Gordon of the Detroit Pistons during a game against the Milwaukee Bucks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Muddy Waters in Toronto, Canada, 1971 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cameron Maybin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Simba Madziva – Jill Scott
By Clinton Library
Maya Angelou
Marvin Gaye performing in concert during the 1970s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Marvin Gaye in 1973 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Tamla – Billboard, page 1, 27 April 1974,
Sean Taylor (en) with the Washington Redskins football (American) team until his death in November 2007, formerly with the University of Miami Hurricanes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jimmy Cliff in concert (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
David Oyelowo at the International Press Academy’s 12th Annual Satellite Awards (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Jack Johnson, 1915 Source:Library of Congress – George Grantham Bain Collection Restrictions: Per LOC reproduction #LC-USZ62-29331 – no known restrictions on photograph Publish date: March 31, 1915 Photographer: Unknown Publisher:Unknown (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
MC Hammer, cropped from original image. (CC) Brian Solis, www.briansolis.com and bub.blicio.us. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Keith Allison
By © Hans Hillewaert
photograph of Pearl Bailey following a performance of “It’s A Woman’s Prerogative” in the 1946 stage production of “St. Louis Woman” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Giants Stadium – Justin Tuck at the Giants Rally after victory in Super Bowl XLII. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By William Morris Agency
Pearl Bailey
By David Burke
English: Mariah Carey in 2005. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Harold Nicholas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By William P. Gottlieb
By George Treadwell (manager) Photo by James Kriegsmann, New York
English: Nobel Peace prize Concert 2008, Oslo Spektrum, Diana Ross (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Von Miller, a National Football League player. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: James Moody performing during a jazz festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Motown Records
By David Shankbone