(1902-1967): Best known for poet, playwright, short story writer, and columnist, Langston Hughes was one of the founders of the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes
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(1753-1784): Best known for slave poet who impressed everyone she met in the late 18th century, proving to the world that dark skin did not indicate intellectual inferiority
Who is Phillis Wheatley
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(1908-1972): Best known for a black American public official and pastor who became a prominent liberal legislator and civil-rights leader
Who is Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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(1981-): Best known for in 2004, athlete made history as the first African American woman to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team
Who is Maritza Correia
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First black Academy Award for Best Actor
Who is Sidney Poitier
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(1898-1976): Best known for son of an escaped slave, Paul Robeson is an African-American singer, athlete, actor and political activist who helped popularize African American spirituals
Who is Paul Roberson
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(1902-1934): Best known as literary critic, editor, author, playwright; an African-American literary figure associated with the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Wallace Henry Thurman
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(1892-1962): Best known for an artist, activist, and arts educator, serving as an inspiration to the many that she taught, helped, and encouraged
Who is Augusta Savage
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(1967-): Best known for a figure skater who went on to become the first African American to win an Olympic medal at the Winter Olympics