Polski: Thurgood Marshall (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)

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)

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)

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)

English: Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Southern California (Video of the speech) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

With his family by his side, Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States by Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington’s 1789 inauguration. VIRIN: 090120-F-3961R-919 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Owens performing the long jump at the Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jesse Owens with Ralph Metcalfe at track and field tryouts at Randall’s Island Stadium in New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

African-American Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Gracie Mansion, Rev. Martin Luther King press conference / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)