| Biographies People who helped shape history
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 | Baker, Anita |
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| | Baker, Augusta Braxton |
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| | Baker, Ella |
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| | Baker, Houston A., Jr. |
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 | Baker, Josephine |
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| Baker, Lavern |
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 | Baldwin, James |
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 | Ballard, Hank |
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| | Bambara, Toni Cade |
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| | Banks, Ernie |
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| | Banneker, Benjamin |
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| | Baraka, Amiri |
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| | Barrett, Janie Porter |
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| | Barry, Marion |
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 | Basie, Count |
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| | Bass, Charlotta Spears |
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| | Bassey, Dame Shirley |
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| | Bates, Daisy Gatson |
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| | Battle, Kathleen |
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| | Baylor, Elgin |
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 | Beamon, Bob |
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| | Bearden, Romare (Howard) |
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| | Beavers, Louise |
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| | Bechet, Sidney |
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| | Belafonte, Harry |
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| | Bell, Cool Papa |
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| | Bennett, Gwendolyn |
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| | Berry, Chuck |
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 | Berry, Halle |
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 | Bethune, Mary McLeod |
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| | Bikila, Abebe |
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| | Blackwell, Edward Joseph |
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| | Blake, Eubie |
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| | Blakey, Art |
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| | Bland, Bobby Blue |
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| | Blanton, Jimmy |
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 | Bluford, Guion S., Jr. |
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 | Boas, Franz |
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| | Boateng, Paul |
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| | Bokassa, Jean-Bedel |
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| | Bolden, Buddy |
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| | Bond, Julian |
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| | Bonds, Barry |
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| | Bontemps, Arna |
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| | Booker T and the MGs |
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 | Boston, Ralph |
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| | Bradley, Ed |
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| | Bradley, Tom |
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| | Brock, Lou |
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| | Brooke, Edward |
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 | Brooks, Gwendolyn |
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| | Broonzy, Big Bill |
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| | Brown, Charles |
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| | Brown, Claude |
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| | Brown, Clifford |
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| | Brown, Hallie Quinn |
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 | Brown, James |
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 | Brown, Jim |
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| | Brown, John |
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| | Brown, Ray |
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| | Brown, Ron |
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| Brown, Ruth |
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| | Brown, Sterling |
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| | Brown, William Wells |
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| | Brown, Willie |
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 | Bruce, Blanche K. |
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| | Brutus, Dennis |
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| | Bullins, Ed |
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 | Bunche, Ralph |
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| | Burke, Solomon |
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| | Burleigh, Harry Thacker |
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| | Burnett, Charles |
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| | Butler, Octavia E. |
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| | Byas, Don |
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