Civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) waged a lifelong battle for the economic...
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Diana Ross (born 1944) achieved international stardom as the lead singer of the Supremes. With...
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Described by poet Maya Angelou as the "queen of the arts," Elizabeth Catlett (born 1919) has created,...
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Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) entered a Harlem talent contest in the mid-1930s, intending to do a...
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Harry Belafonte (born 1927) created a sensation in the 1950s when he introduced Americans to the...
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Charmian Reading's portrait of "Mississippi" John Hurt (1893-1966) pictures the celebrated blues...
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Blinded at five, singer composer Ray Charles (1930-2004) learned the rudiments of his musicianship...
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George Tames's photograph pictures politician Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972), left, and...
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