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Encyclopedia Britannica: Roy Wilkins

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of Roy Wilkins, black American civil-rights leader who served as the executive director (1955-77) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He was often referred to as the senior...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Rubye Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch on Rubye Robinson, an American civil rights activist whose short life proved to be a powerful influence on the Civil Rights Movement.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Ru Paul

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about RuPaul, the American entertainer who carved out an idiosyncratic place in popular culture as perhaps the most famous drag queen in the United States in the 1990s and early 21st century.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Sarah Vaughan

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the life and career of Sarah Vaughan, an American jazz vocalist and pianist known for her rich voice.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Snoop Dogg

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of American rapper and songwriter, Snoop Dogg, who became one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap in the 1990s and was for many the epitome of West Coast hip-hop culture.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Sojourner Truth

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of the life of Sojourner Truth, an African-American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movements.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Sonia Sanchez

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical details on American poet, playwright, and educator, Sonia Sanchez, who was noted for her black activism.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Sonny Rollins

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of Sonny Rollins, an American jazz musician, a tenor saxophonist who was among the finest improvisers on the instrument to appear since the mid-1950s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Stevie Wonder

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical sketch of Stevie Wonder, an African-American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Sugar Ray Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of the life of Sugar Ray Robinson, an American professional boxer, six times a world champion: once as a welterweight and five times as a middleweight.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: T Bone Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on African-American musician and songwriter T-Bone Walker, a major figure in modern blues. He was the first important electric guitar soloist in the blues and one of its most influential players.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Tommie Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief account of the life of American sprinter Tommie Smith who held the world record for the 200-metre dash with turn and for the straightaway 200-metre dash.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Usher

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and career of Usher, the American musician whose smooth vocals and sensual ballads helped establish him as a rhythm-and-blues superstar beginning in the late 1990s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: William Grant Still

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of William Grant Still, American composer and conductor, and the first black to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: William Julius Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical details on William Julius Wilson, an American sociologist whose views on race and urban poverty helped shape U.S. public policy and academic discourse.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Willie Simms

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about American jockey, Willie Simms, who is the only African American to have won all three of the races that compose the Triple Crown of American horse racing: the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes, and the Preakness Stakes.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Wole Soyinka

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Biographical details on Nigerian playwright and political activist Wole Soyinka, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Wyomia Tyus

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry provides a summary of the life of Wyomia Tyus, an American sprinter who held the world record for the 100-metre race (1964-65, 1968-72) and was the first person to win the Olympic gold medal twice in that event.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Venus Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of Venus Williams, African-American tennis player who, along with her sister Serena, redefined the sport with her strength and superb athleticism.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Sun Ra

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about black American jazz composer and keyboard player, Sun Ra, who led a free jazz big band known for its innovative instrumentation and the theatricality of its performances.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Wallace Henry Thurman

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of Wallace Henry Thurman, African-American editor, critic, novelist, and playwright associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Naomi Ruth Sims

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical details on American model and business executive, Naomi Ruth Sims, who was the first black supermodel to adorn the cover of Ladies' Home Journal.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Jackie Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch on Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Madam c.j. Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on Madam C.J. Walker, a businesswoman and philanthropist generally acknowledged to be the first black female millionaire in the United States.

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