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Blood Orange
Blood Orange
Recording Artist

Music

Devonté Hynes, also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is a singer, songwriter, record producer and director. He has written, played or produced for artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Kylie Minogue, Blondie, and Mariah Carey.

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Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Meat Loaf is a singer and actor. He is noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and for his theatrical live shows. With songwriter and collaborator Jim Steinman, his "Bat Out of Hell" trilogy of albums has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.

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Brie Bella
Brie Bella
Professional Wrestler

Sports

Brie Bella is an American retired professional wrestler. She appeared frequently with her twin sister Nikki as The Bella Twins. She is also a one-time WWE Divas Champion.

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Nikki Bella
Nikki Bella
Professional Wrestler

Sports

Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace is an American retired professional wrestler signed to WWE under the ring name Nikki Bella. She is a two-time WWE Divas Champion and holds the record for the longest reign with that title.

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David Schwimmer
David Schwimmer
2-Time Emmy Award Nominee

Television

David Schwimmer is an American actor and director. He gained worldwide recognition for playing Ross Geller in the sitcom "Friends", for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995.

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Rosie Perez
Rosie Perez
Academy Award Nominee and 3-Time Emmy Award Nominee

Film

Rosie Perez is an actress, dancer, and choreographer. Her film breakthrough performance was her portrayal of Tina in "Do the Right Thing" (1989). Among many honors, she was nominated for the Academy Award for her performance in "Fearless"(1993).

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Nick Lachey
Nick Lachey
Member, 98 Degrees

Music

Nick Lachey is an actor, singer, and television personality. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees, and later starred in the reality series "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson.

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Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Cox Chambers
Co-Owner, Cox Enterprises

Business

Anne Cox Chambers, daughter of Governor James M. Cox and Cox Enterprises board member, passed away at the age of 100. For 33 years, she co-owned Cox Enterprises with Barbara Cox, her sister and the mother of Cox Enterprises Chairman Jim Kennedy.

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Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
Founder, Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League

Activism

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (commonly known as UNIA).

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Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson
Delegate, United Nations Human Rights Committee

Music

Marian Anderson was a singer of classical music. She worked for several years as a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. She participated in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Founder and President, Rainbow/PUSH

Politics

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia (1991 - 1997).

Collections: Black History Month

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Joe Louis
Joe Louis
Professional Boxer

Sports

Joe Louis was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all-time.

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Slipknot
Slipknot
Recording Group

Music

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The band was founded in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray. The band has sold 30 million records worldwide.

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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Empress of the Blues

Music

Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer. Nicknamed the Empress of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era.

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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks
Stevedore

Activism

Crispus Attucks was a stevedore of African and Native American descent, widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the American Revolution. He became an icon of the anti-slavery movement.

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Edmonia Lewis
Edmonia Lewis
Sculptor

Art

Edmonia Lewis was an American sculptor who worked for most of her career in Rome, Italy. Born free in New York, she was the first woman of African-American and Native American heritage to achieve international fame and recognition as a sculptor.

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Garrett Morgan
Garrett Morgan
Inventor

Business

Garrett Morgan was an African-American inventor and businessman as well as an influential political leader. His most notable inventions were the three position traffic signal and smoke hood.

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Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Golden Globe Award Winner and 3-Time Emmy Award Nominee

Theatre

Bernadette Peters is an actress. Over a career spanning five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released recordings. She has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

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Shakira
Shakira
3-Time Grammy Award Winner and 13-Time Latin Grammy Award Winner

Music

Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. She entered the English-language market with her fifth album, "Laundry Service" (2001). It sold over 13 million copies and spawned international number-one singles.

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Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe
8-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Janelle Monáe is a singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as her own imprint, the Wondaland Arts Society. She earned Monáe two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.

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Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
King of Ragtime

Music

Scott Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist. He achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the King of Ragtime. During his brief career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas.

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Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron
Inductee, National Baseball Hall of Fame

Sports

Hank Aaron is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) and two seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League (AL), from 1954 through 1976.

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Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
Former Mayor, South Bend, Indiana

Politics

Pete Buttigieg is an American politician, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.

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Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim
Recording Group

Music

Eric B. & Rakim are a hip-hop duo formed in 1986, composed of Eric B. and Rakim, their album "Paid in Full" was named the greatest hip hop album of all time by MTV, and the duo were nominated in 2011 for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Eric B.
Eric B.
Member, Eric B. & Rakim

Music

Eric B. is the former producer and DJ for the hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim. Their album "Paid in Full" was named the greatest hip hop album of all time by MTV, and the duo were nominated in 2011 for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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