Wynton Learson Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. 

Louis Daniel Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figures in jazz. 

American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights

First black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first to join the New York City Law Department

Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.

Shirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress.

Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. 

Ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre. See link below for access to the video that is referenced. 

Ona "Oney" Judge Staines was an African American woman enslaved to the Washington family, first at the family's plantation at Mount Vernon and later, after George Washington became president.

Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Lonnie Johnson is an African American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur. Visit the link below for more information about Johnson.

Henry Louis Aaron, nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder.