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Aisha Alfa is a Canadian comedian and actress, best known for her recurring role as teacher Ms. Grell in the Degrassi franchise and her appearances as a reporter on the mock newscast series The Beaverton. Born in Nigeria and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba,…
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Aisha Bowe (born November 4, 1985) is a Bahamian American aerospace engineer, entrepreneur, and STEM advocate. She is the co-founder and chief executive officer of STEMBoard, a technology and professional services company, and the founder of LINGO, an…
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Ajeé Wilson ( AH-jay; born May 8, 1994) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters. She is the 2022 World indoor champion at the 800 meter distance, after earning silver medals in 2016 and 2018. Wilson won bronze medals at both…
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Ajuan Maria Mance is an American visual artist, author, editor, and a professor of Ethnic Studies and English at Mills College in Oakland, California. She created the portrait series 1001 Black Men.
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Akasha Gloria Hull (born December 6, 1944) is an American poet, educator, writer, and critic whose work in African-American literature and as a Black feminist activist has helped shape Women's Studies. As one of the architects of Black Women's Studies, her…
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Kabisa Akili Maradufu Smith (born August 21, 1975) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football for the Oregon Ducks,…
1966–
Akinwumi Ogundiran (born 1966) is the Cardiss Collins Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History at Northwestern University. He is an archaeologist, anthropologist, and cultural historian, whose research focuses on the Yoruba world of western…
1951–
Ako Abdul-Samad (born July 25, 1951) is a retired American politician. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2007 to 2025. Previously, he was a member of the Des Moines school board.
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Aku Kadogo, born Karen Vest, is a choreographer, director, actress, and educator. She was one of the original cast members of Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1976), and acted in the 1990s…
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Akua Benjamin is a Canadian scholar and social worker at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is notable for defining the term anti-Black racism.
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Akua Naru (also known as Akua Olatunji), is a rapper from Connecticut, United States. Her hip-hop music incorporates styles including soul and jazz. In 2018 she began archiving the achievements of women in hip-hop at Harvard University as a Nasir Jones…
1961–
Albert Eugene Chambers (born March 24, 1961), nicknamed "Choo Choo", is an American former professional baseball player from 1983 to 1985 for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Chambers was the first pick overall in the 1979 MLB draft,…
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Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. (March 21, 1934 – August 9, 2012) was an American actor, director, and educator. A life member of The Actors Studio, Freeman appeared in a wide variety of plays, ranging from Leroi Jones' Slave/Toilet to Joe Papp's revivals of…
1923–2014
Al Harewood (June 3, 1923 – March 13, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and teacher. He played the drums left-handed.
1946–2018
Alton Lavan (September 13, 1946 – April 23, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State University from 2004 to 2010. Lavan was also as the interim head football coach at Eastern Michigan…
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Al-Quadin Muhammad (born March 28, 1995) is an American professional football outside linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. He was selected by the New Orleans…
1944–
Al Roberts (born January 6, 1944) is an American football coach. He serves as the special teams, running backs, and outside linebackers coach for the O'Dea High School in Seattle, Washington.
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Albert Lee Skinner Jr. (born June 16, 1952) is an American men's college basketball head coach and a former collegiate and professional basketball player. He was formerly the head coach of the Boston College Eagles men's basketball team and was then an…
1984–
Alvin Anthony Washington (born April 22, 1984) is an American football coach and former defensive tackle who is the linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles and…
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Albert James Young (May 31, 1939 – April 17, 2021) was an American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor. He was named Poet Laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2005 to 2008. Young's many books included novels,…
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Alain Kaleta Olony T. Kashama (born December 8, 1979) is a Canadian former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free…
1885–1954
Locke’s 1925 anthology The New Negro helped define and champion the literary and artistic movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance.
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Alan Bacon is the co-founder of Ganggang (stylized GANGGANG), a cultural development firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana that organizes the local Butter (stylized BUTTER) Fine Arts Fair. He has also worked in various roles at the (now defunct) Harrison…
1946–2024
Alan Gerald Cherry (February 14, 1946 – July 4, 2024) was one of the few African American converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) prior to the 1978 revelation allowing Black Mormon men to become priests. From 1985-1989, he…
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