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Van Jones
Van Jones
NAACP President's Award Winner

Television

Van Jones is a co-founder of several non-profit organizations, including the Dream Corps, a "social justice accelerator" He served as President Barack Obama's Special Advisor for Green Jobs, and as a Co-Host of CNN's political debate show "Crossfire".

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Isha Sesay
Isha Sesay
Founder and President, W.E. Can Lead

Television

Isha Sesay is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. Since 2005 she has worked as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. She left CNN in 2018 to support a girls education project called W.E. Can Lead for African girls.

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Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes
Professional Football Player

Sports

Patrick Mahomes is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas Tech, and was drafted by the Chiefs with the tenth overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Actor

Television

Malcolm-Jamal Warner is an American actor, musician, director, producer, writer, and consultant. He is best known for his roles as Theo Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" and as Malcolm McGee on the UPN sitcom "Malcolm & Eddie".

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Keshia Knight Pulliam
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Actress

Television

Keshia Knight Pulliam is an American actress. She is known for her childhood role as Rudy Huxtable, the youngest child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable at just the age of 5 to 13, on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984 - 1992).

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Lisa Bonet
Lisa Bonet
Actress

Television

Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Bonet) is best known for her role as Denise Huxtable on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show", which originally aired from September 1984 to April 1992, and later originally starring in its spinoff comedy, "A Different World".

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Phylicia Rashād
Phylicia Rashād
3-Time Emmy Award Nominee

Television

Phylicia Rashād is an American actress, singer, and stage director. She is known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984 - 1992), which earned her Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986.

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O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
Professional Football Player

Sports

O.J. Simpson, nicknamed The Juice, is an American former running back, broadcaster, actor, advertising spokesman, and convicted robber. He played professionally as a running back in the NFL for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills.

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Mick Dierdorff
Mick Dierdorff
Olympian (2018), Team USA

Sports

Mick Dierdorff is an American snowboarder. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Lily Allen
Lily Allen
Recording Artist

Music

Lily Allen is an English singer, songwriter, and television presenter. She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Her debut record, "Alright, Still", was well received, selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide.

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Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl
Recording Group

Music

Everything but the Girl (sometimes referred to as EBTG) was a musical duo. Everything but the Girl have received eight gold and two platinum album BPI Certifications in the United Kingdom, and one gold album RIAA Certification in the United States.

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B2K
B2K
Recording Group

Music

B2K was an American R&B boy band that was active from 1998 to 2004. They released their self-titled debut album on March 12, 2002. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the United States Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs albums chart.

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Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne
5-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Lil Wayne has sold over 100 million records worldwide, including more than 15 million albums and 37 million digital tracks in the United States, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.

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Def Leppard
Def Leppard
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement. As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

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Radiohead
Radiohead
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Radiohead had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide by 2011. Their work places highly in both listener polls and critics' lists of the best music of the 1990s and 2000s. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Recording Artist

Music

Frank Zappa was an American musician, composer, activist and filmmaker. His honors include his 1995 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the 1997 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Devo
Devo
Recording Group

Music

Devo is an American rock band from Akron, Ohio formed in 1973. The band had a No. 14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", the song that gave the band mainstream popularity.

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John Stamos
John Stamos
Emmy Award Nominee

Television

John Stamos is an American actor, producer, musician, and singer. He first gained recognition for his contract role as Blackie Parrish on the ABC television series "General Hospital", for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award.

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Rudy Ruettiger
Rudy Ruettiger
Motivational Speaker

Sports

Rudy Ruettiger is a motivational speaker who played college football at the University of Notre Dame. His early life and career at Notre Dame were the inspiration for the 1993 film "Rudy".

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T.I.
T.I.
Recording Artist

Music

T.I. is an American rapper and actor. He has released nine studio albums, with seven of them reaching the top five of the Billboard 200 chart. Throughout his career, he has also released several highly successful singles.

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Sean Astin
Sean Astin
Actor

Film

Sean Astin is an actor, director, and producer. His notable acting roles include Samwise Gamgee in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001 - 2003), Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in "Rudy" (1993), and Bob Newby in the second season of "Stranger Things" (2017).

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Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle
Two-Time Emmy Award Winner and Grammy Award Winner

Television

Dave Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. In 2003, he became more widely known for his sketch comedy television series "Chappelle's Show". He received his first Emmy Award in 2017.

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Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley. and Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work. Houston is the mother of singer Whitney Houston.

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Rod Temperton
Rod Temperton
Grammy Award Winner

Music

After being recruited by producer Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton wrote several internationally known songs performed by Michael Jackson, including "Thriller", "Off the Wall", and "Rock with You". Temperton won a Grammy Award in 1991.

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Madeline Manning
Madeline Manning
Olympian (1968, 1972, 1976)

Sports

Madeline Manning is a former American runner. Between 1967 and 1981 she won ten national titles and set a number of American records. She participated in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Olympics.

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