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Place of birth
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Residence
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A C Wharton
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male
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politician
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Lebanon
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A. P. Tureaud
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male
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lawyer
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New Orleans
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
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male
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politician pastor journalist organizational founder
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New Haven
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Addeliar D. Guy III
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male
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judge
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Chicago
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Adrian Murrell
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male
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American football player
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Fayetteville
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Al Edwards
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male
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politician
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Houston
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Al Green
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male
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politician lawyer
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New Orleans
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Albert N. Whiting
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male
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sociologist academic administrator
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Navesink
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Columbia
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Albert Vann
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male
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politician
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Brooklyn
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Alfred Bitini Xuma
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male
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politician
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Transkei
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Alonzo Herndon
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male
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entrepreneur barber
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Social Circle
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Atlanta
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Amos M. Gailliard Jr.
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male
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soldier
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New York City
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Andra Fuller
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male
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actor
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Houston
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Andrew Young
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male
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film producer politician diplomat writer peace activist human rights activist
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New Orleans
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Andrew Zawacki
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male
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poet
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Andy Stanfield
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male
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sprinter athletics competitor
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Washington, D.C.
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Antonio Hart
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male
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saxophonist jazz musician composer
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Baltimore
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Archibald Carey, Jr.
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male
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politician
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Chicago
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Archie Williams
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male
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sprinter teacher
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Oakland
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Art Shell
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male
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American football player American football coach
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Charleston
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Arthur Shores
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male
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lawyer
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Birmingham
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Barrett Green
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male
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American football player
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Barry Foster
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male
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American football player
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Hurst
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Bassey Offiong
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male
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Detroit
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Belford Lawson, Jr.
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male
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lawyer American football player
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Roanoke
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New Haven Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin Thurman Hacker
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male
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military officer
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Washington, D.C.
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Bennett M. Stewart
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male
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politician university teacher
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Huntsville
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Benny Boom
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male
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film director
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Philadelphia
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Billy Taylor
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male
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association football player American football player Canadian football player
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Hoxie
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Hoxie
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Bobby Bell
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male
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American football player businessperson
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Shelby
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Bobby Phills
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male
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basketball player
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Baton Rouge
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Bobby Scott
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male
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politician lawyer
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Washington, D.C.
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Bobby Wilks
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male
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aircraft pilot
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St. Louis
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Bobby William Austin
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male
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sociologist writer
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Bowling Green
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Brig Owens
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male
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American football player
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Linden
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Byron Brown
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male
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politician
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Queens
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C. O. Simpkins, Sr.
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male
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dentist civil rights advocate politician
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Mansfield
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Shreveport
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C. T. Vivian
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male
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Christian minister writer civil rights advocate
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Boonville
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Cain Hope Felder
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male
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theologian biblical scholar
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Aiken
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Cannonball Adderley
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male
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bandleader conductor saxophonist composer jazz musician record producer
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Tampa
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Canute Curtis
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male
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American football player
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Amityville
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Carl Eller
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male
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American football player
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Winston-Salem
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Carl McCall
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male
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politician
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Boston
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Carnell Lake
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male
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American football player
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Salt Lake City
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Cecil F. Poole
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male
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lawyer judge
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Birmingham
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Chaka Fattah
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male
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politician
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
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Channing Heggie Tobias
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male
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activist
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Augusta
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Charles A. Hines
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male
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Washington, D.C.
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Charles Alston
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male
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caricaturist painter sculptor visual artist
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Charlotte
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Harlem Charlotte
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Charles B. Rangel
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male
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politician lawyer
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Harlem
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Charles Fisher
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male
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American football player
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Aliquippa
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Charles H. Wesley
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male
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writer historian university teacher
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Louisville
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Philadelphia Washington, D.C.
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Charles Haley
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male
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American football player
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Lynchburg
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Charles Hamilton Houston
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male
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lawyer jurist university teacher
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Washington, D.C.
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Charles Henry Chapman
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male
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Cayuga County
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Charles McGee
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male
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military officer aircraft pilot
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Cleveland
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Charles Spurgeon Johnson
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male
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sociologist university teacher
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Bristol
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Charles V. Willie
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male
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sociologist
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Dallas
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Charles Wesley Turnbull
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male
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politician
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Saint Thomas
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Chester Himes
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male
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writer novelist screenwriter autobiographer short story writer
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Jefferson City
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Chris Doleman
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male
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American football player
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Indianapolis
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Chris Huffins
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male
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athletics competitor
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Brooklyn
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Chris Mills
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male
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basketball player
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Los Angeles
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Christopher Darden
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male
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lawyer
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Martinez
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Chuck Stone
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male
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journalist aircraft pilot
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Hartford
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Clementa C. Pinckney
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male
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politician pastor activist
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Beaufort
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Ridgeland
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Cliff Louis
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male
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American football player Canadian football player
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Brooklyn
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Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr.
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male
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diplomat
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Baltimore
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Clinnon Oneal Harvey
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male
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mathematician university teacher
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Bonham
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Clyde Fletcher
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male
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Corey Hébert
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male
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journalist
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Cornel West
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male
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theologian philosopher university teacher actor critic writer executive producer podcaster political activist
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Tulsa
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Cornelius Johnson
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male
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athletics competitor
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Los Angeles
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Counteé Cullen
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male
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poet novelist writer children's writer
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Louisville
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Damon Keith
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male
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lawyer judge
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Detroit
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Daniel T. Blue, Jr.
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male
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lawyer politician
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Robeson County
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Danny K. Davis
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male
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politician teacher university teacher
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Parkdale
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Darius Holland
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male
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American football player
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Petersburg
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Darryl Henley
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male
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American football player drug trafficker
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Los Angeles
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Darryl M. Bell
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male
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actor television actor
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Chicago
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Dave Albritton
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male
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politician athletics competitor high jumper
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Danville
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David Blackwell
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male
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mathematician statistician university teacher
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Centralia
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David Dinkins
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male
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politician jurist mayor
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Trenton
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David Scott
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male
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politician business executive
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Aynor
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Delano Lewis
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male
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lawyer diplomat businessperson banker
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Arkansas City
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Demetrious Johnson
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male
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American football player
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St. Louis
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Dennis Archer
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male
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lawyer judge politician
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Detroit
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Derek Fordjour
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male
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visual artist
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Memphis
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New York City
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Derrick Gaffney
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male
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American football player
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Jacksonville
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Dhani Jones
|
male
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American football player
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San Diego
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Dick Gregory
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male
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comedian writer social activist social critic entrepreneur athletics competitor politician autobiographer political activist
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St. Louis
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Dolly King
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male
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basketball player
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Don Barksdale
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male
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basketball player
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Oakland
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Don Coleman
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male
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American football player
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Ponca City
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Donald Driver
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male
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American football player
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Houston
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Donald McHenry
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male
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diplomat university teacher
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St. Louis
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Donny Hathaway
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male
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singer singer-songwriter conductor pianist record producer
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Chicago
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Dowdal H. Davis, Jr.
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male
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publisher
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Independence
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Kansas City
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Duke Ellington
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male
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pianist composer autobiographer jazz musician conductor bandleader record producer film score composer music arranger lyricist jazz arranger
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Washington, D.C.
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Duke Ellington House
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Duke Ihenacho
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male
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American football player
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Carson
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E. Lynn Harris
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male
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screenwriter novelist writer preface author
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Flint
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Earl F. Hilliard
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male
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politician lawyer
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Birmingham
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Earl W. Renfroe
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male
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dentist
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Eddie Hinton
|
male
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American football player
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Lawton
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Eddie Robinson
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male
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American football coach
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Jackson
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Eddie Tolan
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male
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sprinter athletics competitor
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Denver
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Edward Brooke
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male
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Massachusetts Attorney General politician lawyer
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Washington, D.C.
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Edward Gourdin
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male
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athletics competitor lawyer judge long jumper
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Jacksonville
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Edward Richards
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male
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lawyer
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Guyana
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Elgy Johnson
|
male
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mathematician
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Jacksonville
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Emanuel Cleaver
|
male
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politician pastor radio personality
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Waxahachie
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Emmanuel Arceneaux
|
male
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American football player Canadian football player
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Alexandria
|
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Eric D. Walrond
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male
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novelist
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Georgetown
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Eric Jerome Dickey
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male
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novelist screenwriter writer
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Memphis
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Eric Wright
|
male
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American football player
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East St. Louis
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Ernest A. Finney, Jr.
|
male
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lawyer judge journalist
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Smithfield
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|
Ernest Nathan Morial
|
male
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lawyer politician judge
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New Orleans
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Eugene Kinckle Jones
|
male
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social reformer
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Richmond
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|
Eugene Sawyer
|
male
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politician teacher
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Greensboro
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Eulace Peacock
|
male
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athletics competitor
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Dothan
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Fletcher Henderson
|
male
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pianist bandleader composer conductor jazz musician
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Cuthbert
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|
Floyd H. Flake
|
male
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politician pastor
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Los Angeles
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|
Floyd McKissick
|
male
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lawyer judge
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Asheville
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Frank Yerby
|
male
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writer novelist university teacher
|
Augusta
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Madrid
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Frederick D. Patterson
|
male
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teacher
|
Washington, D.C.
|
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Frederick Douglass
|
male
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journalist diplomat writer autobiographer businessperson editor suffragist abolitionist orator film editor caulker politician
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Talbot County
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Baltimore
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Freeman A. Hrabowski III
|
male
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mathematician university president
|
Birmingham
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|
Fritz Pollard
|
male
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athletics competitor
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Springfield
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|
Fritz Pollard
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male
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American football player American football coach
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Chicago
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Garrett Morgan
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male
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inventor businessperson
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Claysville
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Garrett Temple
|
male
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basketball player
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Baton Rouge
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|
Gene Upshaw
|
male
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American football player trade unionist
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Robstown
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George Biddle Kelley
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male
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|
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George Edmund Haynes
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male
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social worker
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Pine Bluff
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Brooklyn
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George Gregory
|
male
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basketball player
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Gerald Albright
|
male
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jazz musician saxophonist
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Los Angeles
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Gerald Eustis Thomas
|
male
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diplomat naval officer
|
Natick
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|
Gerald Harris
|
male
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mixed martial arts fighter
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Tulsa
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|
Gerald Williams
|
male
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American football player
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Waycross
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|
Germain Ifedi
|
male
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American football player
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Houston
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Gordon Bell
|
male
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American football player
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Troy
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Gow Fields
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male
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|
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Greg Coleman
|
male
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American football player
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Jacksonville
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Greg Mathis
|
male
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lawyer judge
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Detroit
|
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Gregory Meeks
|
male
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politician lawyer
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East Harlem
|
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Hansen Clarke
|
male
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politician lawyer
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Detroit
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Harold Ford, Sr.
|
male
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politician funeral director
|
Memphis
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Harry E. Johnson
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male
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lawyer
|
St. Louis
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Harry T. Edwards
|
male
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lawyer judge
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New York City
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Harvey Johnson, Jr.
|
male
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politician
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Vicksburg
|
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Heman Marion Sweatt
|
male
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civil rights advocate
|
Houston
|
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Henry Arthur Callis
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male
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physician
|
Rochester
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Henry Lawrence
|
male
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American football player
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Danville
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Henry McKee Minton
|
male
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physician
|
Columbia
|
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Henry Ponder
|
male
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Wewoka
|
|
Herb Wesson
|
male
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politician
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Cleveland
|
|
Herman Branson
|
male
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physicist
|
Pocahontas
|
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Hill Harper
|
male
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actor television actor film actor
|
Iowa City
|
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Hilyard Robert Robinson
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male
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architect
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Horace Dawson
|
male
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diplomat
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Augusta
|
|
Horace Ward
|
male
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lawyer judge politician journalist
|
LaGrange
|
|
Hubert Humphrey
|
male
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politician pharmacist trade unionist
|
Wallace
|
|
Hugh Bernard Price
|
male
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lawyer
|
Washington, D.C.
|
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J. Marshall Shepherd
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male
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meteorologist
|
Canton
|
|
J. Mayo Williams
|
male
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American football player record producer composer
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Pine Bluff Monmouth
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Ja A. Jahannes
|
male
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psychologist
|
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Jack Trice
|
male
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American football player
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Hiram
|
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James A. Joseph
|
male
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artist diplomat
|
Plaisance
|
|
James A. Porter
|
male
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art historian historian painter
|
Baltimore
|
|
James Butts
|
male
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athletics competitor
|
Los Angeles
|
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James H. McGee
|
male
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politician lawyer
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Berryburg
|
|
James P. Comer
|
male
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psychiatrist child psychiatrist educator writer
|
East Chicago
|
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James R. Williams
|
male
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politician
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Columbus
|
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Jason Wright
|
male
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American football player business consultant
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Upland
|
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Jawn Sandifer
|
male
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judge lawyer
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Jay Harris
|
male
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journalist sports commentator
|
Norfolk
|
|
Jay Ratliff
|
male
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American football player
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St. Petersburg
|
|
Jerry Butler
|
male
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singer songwriter
|
Sunflower
|
|
Jesse Binga
|
male
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banker
|
Detroit
|
|
Jesse E. Moorland
|
male
|
Christian minister businessperson book collector
|
Coldwater
|
|
Jesse Owens
|
male
|
sprinter athletics competitor long jumper
|
Oakville
|
|
Jethro Pugh
|
male
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American football player businessperson
|
Windsor
|
|
Jim McMillian
|
male
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basketball player
|
Raeford
|
|
Joe Brown
|
male
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lawyer judge
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Washington, D.C.
|
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Joe Rogers
|
male
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lawyer politician
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Omaha
|
|
John "Hot Rod" Williams
|
male
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basketball player
|
Sorrento
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|
John Brooks Slaughter
|
male
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engineer
|
Topeka
|
|
John H. Johnson
|
male
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entrepreneur publisher businessperson journalist
|
Arkansas City
|
|
John H. Morrow
|
male
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diplomat
|
Hackensack
|
|
John Hope
|
male
|
politician
|
Augusta
|
|
John Hope Franklin
|
male
|
historian university teacher professor writer
|
Rentiesville
|
Oklahoma Tulsa Durham Rentiesville
|
John N. Mitchell
|
male
|
military officer lawyer politician
|
Detroit
|
|
John T. Bullock
|
male
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council member
|
Philadelphia
|
|
John Thornton
|
male
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American football player
|
Philadelphia
|
|
John Woodruff
|
male
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middle-distance runner athletics competitor
|
Connellsville
|
|
Johnnie E. Wilson
|
male
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military officer
|
Baton Rouge
|
|
Joseph Lowery
|
male
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human rights activist civil rights advocate Christian minister
|
Huntsville
|
|
Julian C. Dixon
|
male
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politician
|
Washington, D.C.
|
|
Julian David Rainey
|
male
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lawyer adviser
|
Weldon
|
Boston
|
Julius Franks
|
male
|
dentist American football player
|
Macon
|
|
Junior Bridgeman
|
male
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basketball player restaurateur
|
East Chicago
|
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Kelly Miller
|
male
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mathematician sociologist essayist writer
|
Winnsboro
|
|
Ken Riley
|
male
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American football player
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Bartow
|
|
Kenny Washington
|
male
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American football player actor
|
Los Angeles
|
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Kenton Keith
|
male
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diplomat
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Kevin Grevioux
|
male
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actor screenwriter writer science fiction writer film actor voice actor stunt performer comics writer
|
Chicago
|
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Kevin Young
|
male
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athletics competitor
|
Watts
|
|
Kwame Kilpatrick
|
male
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politician American football player
|
Detroit
|
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Lawrence Ross
|
male
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novelist
|
Los Angeles
|
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Lee Patrick Brown
|
male
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politician police officer
|
Wewoka
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|
Lemuel Stinson
|
male
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American football player
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Houston
|
|
Lenny Wilkens
|
male
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basketball player basketball coach coach
|
Brooklyn
|
Brooklyn
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Lester Granger
|
male
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military personnel
|
Newport News
|
|
Lester Walton
|
male
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diplomat
|
St. Louis
|
|
Levi Watkins
|
male
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surgeon
|
Parsons
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Lewis Kelly
|
male
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American football player
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Lithonia
|
|
Lewis Ossie Swingler
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male
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journalist
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Lionel Hampton
|
male
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bandleader saxophonist composer jazz musician actor percussionist pianist vocalist
|
Louisville
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Lionel Richie
|
male
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singer singer-songwriter pianist record producer film actor saxophonist
|
Tuskegee
|
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Lionel Wilson
|
male
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politician
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New Orleans
|
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Lloyd L. Gaines
|
male
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activist
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Water Valley
|
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Louis Wade Sullivan
|
male
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politician businessperson physician
|
Atlanta
|
|
Lyman T. Johnson
|
male
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school teacher
|
Columbia
|
Louisville
|
Malvin Russell Goode
|
male
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journalist
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White Plains
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|
Manteo Mitchell
|
male
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athletics competitor bobsledder
|
Shelby
|
|
Marc Morial
|
male
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politician lawyer
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New Orleans
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|
Marco Coleman
|
male
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American football player
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Dayton
|
|
Marcus Pollard
|
male
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basketball player American football player
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Lanett
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Marion Barry
|
male
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politician human rights activist
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Itta Bena
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Mark Lee
|
male
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American football player
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Hanford
|
|
Marques Murrell
|
male
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American football player
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Fayetteville
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|
Martin Luther King III
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male
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human rights activist
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Montgomery
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|
Martin Luther King Jr.
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male
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pastor preacher civil rights advocate human rights activist peace activist pacifist writer politician
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Atlanta
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Maurice J. Nutt
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male
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Catholic priest author adjunct professor preacher
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St. Louis
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St. Louis New Orleans Memphis Chicago
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Max Starks
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male
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American football player
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Orlando
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Max Yergan
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male
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civil rights advocate missionary
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Raleigh
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Maynard Jackson
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male
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politician
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Dallas
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Mel Farr, Jr.
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male
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American football player
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Santa Monica
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Mel Lattany
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male
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sprinter
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Brunswick
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Michael A. Shipp
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male
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lawyer judge
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Paterson
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Michael Clayton
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male
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American football player
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Baton Rouge
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Michael Jackson
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male
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politician American football player
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Tangipahoa
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Michael Pittman
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male
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American football player
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New Orleans
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Mike Farr
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male
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American football player
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Santa Monica
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Mike Merriweather
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male
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American football player
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Albany
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Mike Powell
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male
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athletics competitor
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Philadelphia
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Milton C. Davis
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male
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lawyer
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Nate "Tiny" Archibald
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male
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basketball player basketball coach
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New York City
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The Bronx New York City
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Nathaniel Allison Murray
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male
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Washington, D.C.
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Nesby Glasgow
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male
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American football player
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Los Angeles
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Noble Sissle
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male
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bandleader composer conductor jazz musician singer songwriter lyricist playwright
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Indianapolis
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Norm Rice
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male
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politician
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Denver
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Norman Francis
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male
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academic
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Lafayette
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Norman Manley
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male
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politician lawyer
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Manchester Parish
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Olaniyi Sobomehin
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male
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American football player
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Portland
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Omari Hardwick
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male
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actor stage actor television actor film producer
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Savannah
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Orison Rudolph Aggrey
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male
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diplomat
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Salisbury
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Otis Davis
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male
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sprinter athletics competitor
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Tuscaloosa
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Ozell Sutton
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male
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military personnel activist journalist
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Gould
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Patrick O. Jefferson
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male
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politician
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The Bahamas
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Paul Robeson
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male
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singer lawyer writer basketball player American football player film actor stage actor politician actor musicologist
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Princeton
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Phil Edwards
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male
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physician athletics competitor
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Georgetown
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Quinn Buckner
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male
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basketball player basketball coach
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Phoenix
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Ralph Metcalfe
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male
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politician sprinter athletics competitor
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Atlanta
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Randal Pinkett
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male
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businessperson
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Philadelphia
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Somerset
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Randy D. Dunn
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male
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politician
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Kansas City
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Raphael Lanier
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male
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diplomat
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Rayford Logan
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male
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historian professor political activist university teacher
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Washington, D.C.
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Raymond Webber
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male
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American football player
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St. Louis
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Reggie Kelly
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male
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American football player
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Aberdeen
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Reggie Williams
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male
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American football player
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Flint
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Rel Dowdell
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male
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film director film producer writer screenwriter
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Philadelphia
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Richard Arrington, Jr.
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male
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zoologist politician entomologist
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Livingston
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Rob Hardy
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male
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film director film producer actor director screenwriter cinematographer
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Philadelphia
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Atlanta
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Robert Benham
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male
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lawyer judge
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Cartersville
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Robert Harold Ogle
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male
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Robert L. Carter
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male
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lawyer judge journalist
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Caryville
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Robert Michael Franklin, Jr.
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male
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teacher
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Chicago
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Roland Burris
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male
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politician lawyer bank examiner executive
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Centralia
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Roland Martin
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male
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columnist journalist radio personality writer actor
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Houston
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Roman Oben
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male
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American football player
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Cameroon
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Ron Dellums
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male
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politician lobbyist Mental Health Social Worker program director consultant teacher bureaucrat
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Oakland
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Ron Johnson
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male
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American football player
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Detroit
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Ronald Moore
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male
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American football player
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Spencer
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Roosevelt Fitzgerald
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male
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professor columnist
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Natchez
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Rosey Grier
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male
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television actor American football player needleworker
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Cuthbert
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Roy A. Burrell
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male
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businessperson radio personality journalist politician
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Oak Grove
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Roy Schneider
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male
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politician
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Saint Thomas
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Rudolph McCollum Jr.
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male
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politician
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Richmond
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Rusty Cundieff
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male
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actor film director screenwriter television actor television director television producer
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Pittsburgh
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Sammuel Sanes
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male
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politician case manager
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Brooklyn
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Saint Croix Christiansted
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Sammy Green
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male
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American football player
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Bradenton
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Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.
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male
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military officer
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Richmond
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Samuel Pierce
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male
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politician university teacher
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Glen Cove
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Sandy Stephens
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male
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American football player Canadian football player
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Uniontown
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Sayon Cooper
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male
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athletics competitor
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Stan McKenzie
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male
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basketball player
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Miami
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Stan Verrett
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male
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sports commentator
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Louisiana
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Steve Jordan
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male
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American football player
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Phoenix
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Steven Horsford
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male
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politician business executive
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Las Vegas
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Stuart Scott
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male
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sports commentator journalist
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Chicago
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Sydney Hall
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male
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actor television actor model dancer
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West Hartford
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T. J. Heath
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male
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American football player Canadian football player
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Alexandria
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T. J. Jemison
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male
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civil rights advocate religious figure
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Selma
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Ted Berry
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male
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lawyer politician
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Kentucky
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Terence Todman
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male
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diplomat
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Saint Thomas
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Thomas W. Young
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male
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journalist editor lawyer
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Norfolk
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Norfolk
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Thurgood Marshall
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male
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judge lawyer politician jurist
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Baltimore
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Todd Day
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male
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basketball player basketball coach
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Decatur
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Todd Duncan
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male
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opera singer actor
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Danville
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Tony Brown
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male
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journalist academic comedian businessperson film director
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Charleston
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Trezelle Jenkins
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male
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American football player
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Chicago
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Tyrell Johnson
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male
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American football player
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Rison
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Tyrone Yates
|
male
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politician
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Cincinnati
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Vaughn Lowery
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male
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actor television actor model
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Detroit
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Vertner Woodson Tandy
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male
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architect
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Lexington
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W. E. B. Du Bois
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male
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historian novelist philosopher writer sociologist social worker human rights activist photographer poet autobiographer opinion journalist teacher journalist art historian economist
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Great Barrington
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Atlanta Ghana Berlin
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Wallace Triplett
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male
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American football player
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La Mott
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Walt Bellamy
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male
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basketball player
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New Bern
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Walt Frazier
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male
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basketball player actor
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Atlanta
|
Atlanta
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Walt Wesley
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male
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basketball player
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Fort Myers
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Walter A. Gordon
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male
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lawyer American football player judge politician police officer
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Atlanta
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Walter Carrington
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male
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diplomat
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New York City
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Walter E. Gaskin
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male
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military officer
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Savannah
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Walter Washington
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male
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Hazlehurst
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Wayne Embry
|
male
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basketball player
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Springfield
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Springfield
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Wes Chandler
|
male
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American football player
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New Smyrna Beach
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Wes Moore
|
male
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soldier writer politician business executive investment banker television producer
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Takoma Park
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Riverside Guilford Government House
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Wes Unseld
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male
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basketball player basketball coach sports executive
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Louisville
|
Louisville
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Wesley A. Brown
|
male
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military officer
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Baltimore
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Whitney Young
|
male
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politician
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Shelby County
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Wiley J. Henderson
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male
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Clarke County
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William Byron Rumford
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male
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pharmacist politician
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Courtland
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William H. Gray
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male
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politician lobbyist businessperson
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Baton Rouge
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William Levi Dawson
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male
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politician lawyer
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Albany
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William P. Foster
|
male
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composer bandleader music educator music director bandmaster
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Kansas City Kansas City
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William Pierce
|
male
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clinical psychologist
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Youngstown
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William T. Andrews
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male
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politician
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Sumter
|
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William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
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male
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attorney at law politician lawyer
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Philadelphia
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|
Willie Brown, Jr.
|
male
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politician podcaster
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Mineola
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San Francisco
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Willis Ward
|
male
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athletics competitor American football player
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Alabama
|
|
Winston E. Scott
|
male
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military officer astronaut aircraft pilot
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Miami
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|
Woody Strode
|
male
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film actor athletics competitor professional wrestler television actor American football player actor
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Los Angeles
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|
Wyatt Tee Walker
|
male
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historian
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Brockton
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