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Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a very successful entrepeneur.
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He was a former slave. The he became a community leader, minister and Republican State Senator. He made valuable contributions to the public education in Texas.
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Josephine Baker was a great entertainer. She was a good dancer, singer, and a war heroine.
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Rosa Parks was and still is one of the greatest African American civil rights person known to man. She refused to give up her bus seat to a white person which made a huge change in the civil rights movement.
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The mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, California. Before his term as mayor, he was the longest serving Speaker of the Assembly in California history; furthermore, he is the only African American to ever hold that post.
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Anthony Davis was an outstanding writer of operas and symphonic works. He is best know for his opera, The Life and Times of Maclom X.
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William was an educator, author, historian and a few other things. He was one of the founders of the NAACP. He was the first African American to recieve a doctoral degree from Harvard University.
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A Poet, Essayist, Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, & Lyricist borned in Joplin, Missouri. Sometimes called The Poet Laureate of Harlem. One of America's great writers
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Martin Luther King JR. was a very well known civil rights activist. He gave an amazing heart changing speech called I Have A Dream. He wanted to one day have all men equal and no racism in the U.S.
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Marian Anderson was a very well know opera singer. She was a very talented black woman and was the first black woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.