Rosa Parks 1913-2005 was an activist in the civil rights movement. She is best known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott. She is referred to as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”

Elijah Muhammad 1897-1975 was a religious leader for the “Nation of Islam”.

Ali Birra 9/29/1947, is an Ethiopian singer and composer.

Billy Porter (September 21, 1969) is the first openly gay Black man nominated for the category Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the Emmys in 2019.

Georgia Davis Powers 1923-2016 was the first person of color and woman elected to the senate. She served 21 years as a member of the state senate in Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Kenenisa Bekele 6/13/1982, is an Ethiopian runner who is the world record holder for the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs. He won both the gold medals for these events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Carrie Saxon Perry born in 1931 was the first Black woman to be elected mayor of a major New England city- Hartford, Connecticut- in 1987. She had previously served as a state representative.