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Encyclopedia Britannica: w.c. Handy

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features W.C. Handy, an African American composer who changed the course of popular music by integrating the blues idiom into then-fashionable ragtime music. Among his best-known works is the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: j.j. Johnson

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features J.J. Johnson, an American jazz composer and one of the genre's most influential trombonists.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Buck O'neil

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Buck O'Neil, an American baseball player who was a player and manager in the Negro leagues.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Shaquille O'neal

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Shaquille O'Neal, an American basketball player, named in 1996 to the National Basketball Association (NBA) list of its 50 greatest players of all time.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Mo'nique

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Mo'Nique, an American actress, stand-up comedian, and talk-show host known for her bawdy humor and dramatic gravitas.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Howlin' Wolf

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Howlin' Wolf, an American blues singer and composer who was one of the principal exponents of the urban blues style of Chicago.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Charles Morgan, Jr.

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Charles Morgan, Jr., an American attorney born March 11, 1930, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., an American trial lawyer who gained international prominence with his skillful and controversial defense of O.J. Simpson, a football player and celebrity who was...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Louis Gossett, Jr.

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Louis Gossett, Jr., an American stage, screen, and television actor. In 1983 Gossett received an Academy Award for best-supporting actor for his portrayal of tough-hearted drill sergeant...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Robert Mc Ferrin, Sr.

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Robert McFerrin, Sr., an American opera singer who became the first African-American male to solo at the Metropolitan Opera (Met) when he made his 1955 debut as Amonasro in Giuseppe...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Roy Jones, Jr.

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Roy Jones, Jr., an American boxer who became only the second light heavyweight champion to win a heavyweight title. For several years beginning in the late 1990s, he was widely considered...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Charlotte E. Ray

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Charlotte E. Ray, an American teacher and the first black female lawyer in the United States.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: E. Franklin Frazier

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features E. Franklin Frazier, an American sociologist whose work on African American social structure provided insights into many of the problems affecting the black community.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: E. Lynn Harris

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features E. Lynn Harris, an American author, who in a series of novels drew on his personal familiarity with the gay community to chronicle the struggles faced by African-American men with sexual...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Haki R. Madhubuti

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Haki R. Madhubuti, an African American author, publisher, and teacher.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: James E. Clyburn

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features James E. Clyburn, an American politician who served as a Democratic congressman from South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives (from 1993). He was the second African-American and...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: James P. Johnson

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features James P. Johnson, a highly influential black American jazz pianist who also wrote popular songs and composed classical works. A founder of the stride piano idiom, he was a crucial figure...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: James T. Rapier

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features James T. Rapier, a black planter and labor organizer who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama during Reconstruction.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: John E. Carter

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features John E. Carter, an American singer born June 2, 1934, Chicago, Ill.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Lisa P. Jackson

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Lisa P. Jackson, an American public official who served as commissioner of New Jersey's department of environmental protection (2006-08) and as administrator of the U.S. Environmental...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: M. Carl Holman

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features M. Carl Holman, an American civil rights leader, president of the National Urban Coalition (1971-88), who promoted the need for a mutual partnership between industry and government to...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Melville J. Herskovits

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Melville J. Herskovits, an American anthropologist noted for having opened up the study of the "New World Negro" as a new field of research. Herskovits was also known for his humanistic...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Michael S. Steele

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Michael S. Steele, an American politician, the first African-American to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC; 2009-2011).
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Encyclopedia Britannica: R. Kelly

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This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features R. Kelly, an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who became one of the best-selling rhythm-and-blues (R&B) artists of the 1990s and early 21st century....