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Born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, His sense of humor and wit made him a stand out amongst his classmates at Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. In the early 1980s, at the age of 19, He was offered a contract for the Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players of Saturday Night Live. Then went on to gain greater notoriety via various films. As we prepare for the return of Prince Akeem in Coming 2 America. He also has 10 children!
Who is Edward Regan Murphy
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She is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. Born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Wrote many books one well know is 'What I know for sure' She also has a magazine, sometimes simply abbreviated to the O magazine.
Who is Oprah Gail Winfrey
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B. Giselle Knowles born September 4, 1981 as an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.
Who is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
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It was hard to overlook her hilarious and touching performance as psychic Oda Mae Brown in the romantic fantasy thriller Ghost. She won Best Supporting Actress for her role in 1991 and as part of her acceptance speech, confessed that she had dreamed of winning an Oscar since she was a little kid.
Who is 
Whoopie Goldberg
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He was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. Sought equality and human rights for all victims of injustice through peaceful protest. He was the driving force behind landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is remembered each year as a U.S. federal holiday since 1986.
Who is 
Martin Luther King, Jr
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She invented an innovative line of African American hair care products in 1905 that led to her distinction as one of America’s first self-made millionaires. Her highly successful cosmetics company is still in business today.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
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written by Lorraine Hansberry.
Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena, called Mama. When her deceased husband's insurance money comes through, Mama dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago. Walter Lee, a chauffeur, has other plans, however: buying a liquor store and being his own man. Beneatha dreams of medical school. The tensions and prejudice they face form this seminal American drama. Sacrifice, trust and love among the Younger family and their heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration.
What is A Raisin In The Sun
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Original name Freda Josephine McDonald, American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture, which took Paris by storm in the 1920s.
Who is Josephine Baker
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She won Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2017 for her emotionally stirring performance in the film adaptation of August Wilson's Fences She is currently starring in the fourth season of “How to Get Away with Murder,” a role for which she became the first African American actress to receive the Emmy Award for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.” She only African-American woman to be nominated for three Academy Awards. In 2012, She and her husband founded their production company, JuVee Productions, with its focus being on giving a voice to the voiceless through strong, impactful and culturally relevant narratives. She will next star in Steve McQueen’s “Widows,” alongside Colin Farrell and Liam Neeson.
Who is 
Viola Davis
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was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century, The eighth child of the family. In 2016, his estate earned $825 million, the highest yearly amount for a celebrity ever recorded by Forbes.
Who is 
Michael Jackson
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The light bulb itself was invented by Thomas Edison, but the innovation used to create longer-lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament came from African American inventor. He was recognized for his talent drafting patents and was promoted to head draftsman, where he co-invented an improved bathroom for railroad trains. In 1884, he went on to work with Edison at the Edison Electric Light Company.
Who is Lewis Latimer
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One of the most prolific writers of our time, her storied career spanned several decades and included the publication of everything from poetry and essays to several autobiographies, including 1969's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and earned the author distinction as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African American woman. She read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration, and and she wrote the famous 1978 poem 'Still I rise' which features the beloved poem “Phenomenal Woman” She was also an actress and singer.
Who is Maya Angelou
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An American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO, a graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s, where rap, punk, and street art coalesced into early hip-hop music culture.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat
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He became the second African American actor to win an Oscar. In 1990, he would win the Best Supporting Actor award for his role as a defiant Civil War soldier in Glory. He would make history again in 2002, with his Best Actor win for Training Day, making him the only African American thus far to have won multiple Oscars.
Who is 
Denzel Washington
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Who was the only African American member of the famous 
rat pack
Who is Sammy Davis Jr. 
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He came up with several significant inventions, including an improved sewing machine and the gas mask. However, one of his most influential inventions was the improved traffic light.
Who is Garrett Augustus Morgan
Invented the Three-Light Traffic Light
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A movie about her was theatrically released in the United States on November 1, 2019. Known as the “Moses of her people,” escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. She also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. She is considered the first African American woman to serve in the military.
Harriet Tubman
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He is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and entrepreneur. Born in New York City and raised in the suburb of Mount Vernon, he worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Entertainment, in 1993.
Who is Sean John Combs aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy
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He was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. He broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who is Jack Roosevelt Robinson
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The 
Hitsville U.S.A. building, at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, is this records labels headquarters from 1959 to 1968, which became the record label’s Historical Museum in 1985
What is Motown records
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Became renown for designing major buildings in Southern California, including the space-aged LAX Theme Building at the Los Angeles International Airport and over 2,000 homes in the hills throughout Los Angeles. Many of the most beautiful residences in Hollywood were created by this Architect.
Who is Paul Revere Williams
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The man famous for giving us peanut butter. As an agricultural chemist in an effort to increase the profitability of sweet potatoes and peanuts (which thrived in the South as opposed to dwindling cotton supply), He began conducting experiments in 1896 and created 518 new products from the crops. They include ink, dye, soap, cosmetics, flour, vinegar, and synthetic rubber. He publicly revealed his experiments in 1914.
Who is George Washington Carver
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As an American singer and jazz pianist, also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole.
Who is Nat King Cole
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He became the first Black man to win the coveted Best Actor prize for his role in Lilies of the Field. Despite his historic accomplishment, the reality of racial discrimination was still very real when it was reported that some people found it offensive that actress Anne Bancroft, who presented the award kissed him on the cheek to congratulate him. He would later receive an Honorary Award at the Oscars in 2002.
Who is Sidney Poitier
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She is an American astronaut and physician who, on June 4, 1987, became the first African American woman to be admitted into NASA’s astronaut training program. On September 12, 1992, MJ finally flew into space with six other astronauts aboard the Endeavour on mission STS47, becoming the first African American woman in space. In recognition of her accomplishments, MJ has received several awards and honorary doctorates.
Who Is Mae C. Jemison