African American entrepreneur and civic power-broker in Birmingham whose businesses and financing supported civil rights organizing infrastructure.
CC BY-SA 4.0
A. Leon Higginbotham
1928 – 19981960s–1990sLaw
Federal judge and civil-rights legal scholar whose work linked constitutional interpretation to lived systems of racial constraint in American law.
Public domain
A. Philip Randolph
1889 – 19791920s–1960sLabor/Activism
Labor and civil-rights strategist who built mass worker organization and leveraged nonviolent pressure to open federal policy space for Black workers.
CC BY-SA 3.0
A'Lelia Walker
1885 – 19311910s–1930sBusiness/Arts
Harlem Renaissance-era patron and cultural organizer who shaped Black literary and social networks, extending the Walker enterprise’s public cultural influence.
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Althea Gibson
1927 – 20031950s–1990sSports
CC BY 3.0
Ava DuVernay
b. 19722010s–presentFine Arts/Film
Clarence Thomas
b. 19481990s–presentPolitics/Law
Public Domain / CC-compliant
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1619 arrival
1619 – 16191500s–1700s
Curriculum seed subject/profile/context.
Public domain
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Aaron Douglas
1920s–1960sFine Arts
Public domain
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Absalom Jones
1790s–1810sCommunity/Religion
Public domain (LOC/US Gov)
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
1908 – 19721940s–1970sPolitics
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Adam Serwer
b. 19822000s–presentJournalism
Writer/scholar contributor linked to Four Hundred Souls (community history).
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Addie Wyatt
1924 – 20121950s–1990sLabor/Activism
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Adrienne Kennedy
1960s–presentFine Arts/Theater
Public Domain (US federal government / DoD)
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African American Civil War Memorial
Multi-eraHeritage/Sites
National Park Service unit connected to African American history and heritage (see NPS African American Heritage & Culture listing).
CC BY-SA 2.0
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Aisha Tyler
b. 19701990s–presentMedia/Performing Arts
Public domain (U.S. Congress)
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Al Green (politician)
b. 19472000s–presentPolitics
Public domain (U.S. EPA)
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Al Sharpton
b. 19541970s–presentActivism/Media
Public domain / NARA (see file page)
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Alain Locke
1885 – 19541910s–1950sAcademia/Philosophy
Public domain (U.S. Government)
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Alcee Hastings
1936 – 20211990s–2020sPolitics/Law
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aletha Maybank
21st c.Pediatrics, public health leadership
Physician and public health leader who has directed major equity initiatives in American medicine and public health organizations.
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Alexa Canady
b. 19501970s–presentMedicine
Public domain (PD-US; 1882 publication)
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Alexander Crummell
1819 – 18981800sReligion/Academia
Episcopal priest and intellectual; prominent Black nationalist thinker of the 19th century.
Public Domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication), per Commons file page
