Àwọn ọmọ Áfíríkà Amẹ́ríkà

**Ọmọ Áfíríkà Amẹ́ríkà** tàbí **Aláwọ̀dúdú** **Ará Amẹ́ríkà** jé ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè Amerika tí wón ní ìpilẹ̀sẹ̀ ní Áfíríkà tàbí ka sọ pé orísun wọn jẹ́ Áfíríkà, àti pé wọ́ tara ìkan lára àwon ẹ̀yà ènìyàn dúdú ilẹ̀ Áfíríka wá

## Òṣèrébìnrin ,òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín

 

 

 

 

 

 

### A
*Quinton Aaron, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Ira Aldridge, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Flex Alexàtier, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Khàtii Alexàtier, òṣèrébìnrin
*Ajiona Alexus, òṣèrébìnrin
*Mahershala Ali, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Debbie Allen, òṣèrébìnrin
*John Amos, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Anthony àtierson, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Eddie àtierson, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Maya Angelou, òṣèrébìnrin
*Tichina Arnold, òṣèrébìnrin
*Essence Atkins, òṣèrébìnrin
*Sharif Atkins, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Patti Austin, olórin
*James Avery, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Margaret Avery, òṣèrébìnrin
*Rochelle Aytes, òṣèrébìnrin

### B
*Anita Baker, olórin 
*Jaylen Barron, òṣèrébìnrin 
*Michael Boatman, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín 
*Beyoncé, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
*Leslie David Baker, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Tyra Banks, òṣèrébìnrin 
*Spencer Bell, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Clevelàti Berto, òṣèrékùnrin 
*B.G., olórin 
*Peabo Bryson, olórin 
*Louise Beavers, 
*Birdman, olórin 
*Everett Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jim Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
*Malcolm Barrett, òṣèrékùnrin
*Philip Bailey, olórin
*Toni Braxton, olórin
*James Baskett, òṣèrékùnrin
*Roscoe Lee Browne, òṣèrékùnrin
*Avery Brooks, òṣèrékùnrin
*LeVar Burton, òṣèrékùnrin
*Tony Burton, òṣèrékùnrin
*Fantasia Barrino, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
*Angela Bassett, òṣèrébìnrin
*Troian Bellisario òṣèrébìnrin
*Steelo Brim òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Lloyd Banks, òṣèrékùnrin
*George Benson, olórin
*Michael Beach, òṣèrékùnrin
*Richard Brooks, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jennifer Beals  òṣèrébìnrin
*Darryl M. Bell, òṣèrékùnrin
*Paul Benjamin, òṣèrékùnrin
*Wayne Brady, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Todd Bridges, òṣèrékùnrin
*Fred Berry, òṣèrékùnrin
*Halle Berry, òṣèrébìnrin
*Lisa Bonet òṣèrébìnrin
*Stephen Bishop, òṣèrékùnrin
*Billy Blanks, òṣèrékùnrin
*Golden Brooks, òṣèrébìnrin
*Busta Rhymes, òṣèrékùnrin
*De'Aundre Bonds, òṣèrékùnrin
*Joy Bryant, òṣèrébìnrin
*Chadwick Boseman, òṣèrékùnrin
*Sterling K. Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
*Mehcad Brooks, òṣèrékùnrin
*Neil Brown Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
*Logan Browning, òṣèrébìnrin
*Trai Byers, òṣèrékùnrin
*Danielle Brooks, òṣèrébìnrin
*Cocoa Brown, òṣèrébìnrin
*Rob Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
*Zazie Beetz òṣèrébìnrin
*Rhyon Nicole Brown, òṣèrébìnrin
*Jurnee Smollett-Bell òṣèrébìnrin
*Big Daddy Kane, olórin
*Yvette Nicole Brown, òṣèrébìnrin
*Big Gipp, olórin
*Roger Aaron Brown, òṣèrékùnrin
*Hannibal Buress, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*BabyFace, olórin
*Sharon Bryant, olórin R&B
*Bone Crusher, olórin Hip Hop
* Bryshere Y. Gray, olórin Hip Hop, òṣèrékùnrin

### C
*Judy Cheeks, olórin
*Nick Cannon, òṣèrékùnrin
*CL Smooth, òṣèrékùnrin
*Nell Carter, òṣèrébìnrin
*Amàtia àti Samuel Chambers,
*Bill Cobbs, òṣèrékùnrin
*Bill Cosby, òṣèrékùnrin
*Common, òṣèrékùnrin
*Deon Cole, òṣèrékùnrin
*Natalie Cole, òṣèrébìnrin
*Nat King Cole, òṣèrékùnrin
*Olivia Cole, òṣèrébìnrin
*Chad L. Coleman, òṣèrékùnrin
*Gary Coleman, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Monique Coleman, òṣèrébìnrin
*Mike Colter, òṣèrékùnrin
*Sean Combs, òṣèrékùnrin
*Alvin Childress, òṣèrékùnrin
*L. Scott Caldwell, òṣèrébìnrin
*Cab Calloway, òṣèrékùnrin
*Vanessa Bell Calloway, òṣèrébìnrin
*Charlie Brown, olórin àti òṣèrékùnrin
*Scatman Crothers, òṣèrékùnrin
*Cut Monitor Milo, òṣèrékùnrin
*Rupert Crosse, òṣèrékùnrin
*Mariah Carey, òṣèrébìnrin
*Diahann Carroll, òṣèrébìnrin
*Rocky Carroll, òṣèrékùnrin
*Bernie Casey, òṣèrékùnrin
*Rosalind Cash, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
*Reg E. Cathey, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ray Charles, òṣèrékùnrin
*Dave Chappelle, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Don Cheadle, òṣèrékùnrin
*Bill Cosby, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Laverne Cox, òṣèrébìnrin
*Tony Cox, òṣèrékùnrin
*Rusty Cundieff, òṣèrékùnrin
*Mark Curry, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lavell Crawford, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Chi-Ali, olórin
*Kim Coles, òṣèrébìnrin
*Ice Cube, òṣèrékùnrin
*Morris Chestnut, òṣèrékùnrin
*Chingy, olórin
*Frances Callier, òṣèrébìnrin
*Zendaya Coleman òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin

### D
*Deezer D, òṣèrékùnrin, olórin
*Dr. Dre, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jude Demorest, òṣèrébìnrin
*Dres, olórin
*DJ Yella, agbórin-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti olórin
*Ava DuVernay, adarí fíìmù
*Danny Boy, olórin
*Darryl McDaniels, òṣèrékùnrin
*DJ Kay Gee, olórin
*Teala Dunn, òṣèrébìnrin
*Yaya DaCosta, òṣèrébìnrin
*Dinco D, òṣèrékùnrin
*Daveed Diggs òṣèrékùnrin
*Da'Vinchi, òṣèrékùnrin àti olórin
* Colman Domingo òṣèrékùnrin
*Charles Michael Davis òṣèrékùnrin
*Taye Diggs, òṣèrékùnrin
*Hugh Dane, òṣèrékùnrin
*DJ Alamo, agbórin-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti olórin
*Tommy Davidson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Keith David, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Stacey Dash òṣèrébìnrin
*Doug E. Fresh olórin
*Viola Davis, òṣèrébìnrin
*D-Nice, òṣèrékùnrin
*LaVan Davis, òṣèrékùnrin
*Cassi Davis, òṣèrékùnrin
*DMX, òṣèrékùnrin, olórin
*Gary Dourdan, òṣèrékùnrin
*Michael Dorn, òṣèrékùnrin
*Tommy Davidson, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Omar Dorsey, òṣèrékùnrin
*Nate Dogg, òṣèrékùnrin
*Snoop Dogg, òṣèrékùnrin
*Michael Clarke Duncan, òṣèrékùnrin
*Suzzanne Douglas, òṣèrébìnrin
*Denise Dowse, òṣèrébìnrin àti olùdarí
*Ja'Net DuBois, òṣèrébìnrin
*Charles S. Dutton, òṣèrékùnrin
*Loretta Devine, òṣèrébìnrin
*Ivan Dixon, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí, agbórin jáde
*Ruby Dee, òṣèrébìnrin
*Ossie Davis, òṣèrékùnrin
*Sammy Davis Jr., òṣèrékùnrin

### E
*Michael Ealy, òṣèrékùnrin
*Nelsan Ellis, òṣèrékùnrin
*Cedric the Entertainer, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Mike Epps, apanilẹ́rìn-ín àti òṣèrékùnrin
*Omar Epps, òṣèrékùnrin
*E-40, òṣèrékùnrin
*Art Evans, òṣèrékùnrin
*Eric B., òṣèrékùnrin
*Damon Evans, òṣèrékùnrin
*Mike Evans, òṣèrékùnrin

### F
*David Fagen,
*Dave Fennoy, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jordan Fisher, òṣèrékùnrin
*Edwina Findley, òṣèrébìnrin
*Laurence Fishburne, òṣèrékùnrin
*Freddie Foxxx, òṣèrékùnrin
*Thomas Mikal Ford, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Fat Joe, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ken Foree, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jamie Foxx, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jaimee Foxworth, òṣèrébìnrin
*Redd Foxx, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
*Roberta Flack, olórin
*Al Freeman Jr., òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí
*Morgan Freeman, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jennifer Freeman òṣèrébìnrin
*Aretha Franklin, òṣèrébìnrin
*Sheila Frazier, òṣèrébìnrin
*Kim Fields, òṣèrébìnrin
*Vivica A. Fox, òṣèrébìnrin
*Frankie Faison, òṣèrékùnrin

### G
*Larry Graham, olórin
*Johnny Gill, olórin
*Roy Glenn, òṣèrékùnrin
*Robert Guillaume, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ron Glass, òṣèrékùnrin
*Gràtimaster Flash, olórin àti agbóri-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́
*Marla Gibbs, òṣèrébìnrin
*Tyrese Gibson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Seth Gilliam, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lawrence Gilliard Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
*Clarence Gilyard, òṣèrékùnrin
*Robin Givens, òṣèrébìnrin
*Danny Glover, òṣèrékùnrin
*Donald Glover, òṣèrékùnrin
*Cuba Gooding Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
*Cuba Gooding Sr., òṣèrékùnrin
*Omar Gooding, òṣèrékùnrin
*Whoopi Goldberg, òṣèrébìnrin
*Gràti Puba, olórin
*Carl Gordon, òṣèrékùnrin
*GZA, olórin
*Louis Gossett Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
*Ghostface Killah, olórin
*Robert Gossett, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kat Graham, òṣèrébìnrin
*Sonequa Martin-Green, òṣèrébìnrin
*David Alan Grier, òṣèrékùnrin
*Pam Grier, òṣèrébìnrin
*Rosey Grier, òṣèrékùnrin
*Teresa Graves, òṣèrébìnrin
*Dick Gregory, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
*Eddie Griffin, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lance Gross òṣèrékùnrin
*Bill Gunn, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí
*Moses Gunn, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jasmine Guy, òṣèrébìnrin

### H
*D'atra Hicks, òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
*Taral Hicks, òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
*Karim Hill, òṣèrékùnrin àti tap dancer
*Steve Harvey, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
*Hill Harper, òṣèrékùnrin
*Corey Hawkins, òṣèrékùnrin
*D.L. Hughley, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
*Dorian Harewood, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kadeem Hardison, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí
*Jackee Harry òṣèrébìnrin
*Brian Tyree Henry, òṣèrékùnrin
*Telma Hopkins, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
*Tiffany Haddish òṣèrébìnrin
*Cory Hardrict, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kene Holliday, òṣèrékùnrin
*àtiré Hollàti, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kevin Hart, òṣèrékùnrin
*Arsenio Hall, òṣèrékùnrin
*Pooch Hall, òṣèrékùnrin
*Regina Hall, òṣèrébìnrin
*Vondie Curtis-Hall, òṣèrékùnrin
*Sherman Hemsley, òṣèrékùnrin
*Darrin Henson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Taraji P. Henson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Russell Hornsby, òṣèrékùnrin
*Omari Hardwick, òṣèrékùnrin
*Terrance Howard, òṣèrékùnrin
*Dennis Haysbert, òṣèrékùnrin
*Isaac Hayes, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lloyd Haynes, òṣèrékùnrin
*William Jackson Harper, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Robert Hooks, òṣèrékùnrin
*Gregory Hines, òṣèrékùnrin
*Marques Houston, òṣèrékùnrin
*Whitney Houston, òṣèrébìnrin
*Paige Hurd (African-American father), òṣèrébìnrin
*Ernie Hudson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jennifer Hudson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Dennis Haysbert, òṣèrékùnrin

### I
*Rex Ingram, òṣèrékùnrin
*Inspectah Deck, olórin
*Ida B. Wells, author

### J
*Bràtion T. Jackson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Janet Jackson, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
*Jermaine Jackson, òṣèrékùnrin
*La Toya Jackson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Michael Jackson, King of pop àti òṣèrékùnrin
*Paris Jackson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Samuel L. Jackson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Michael B. Jordan, òṣèrékùnrin
*Skai Jackson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Trevor Jackson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jackson family, eléré-ìdárayá
*Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ralph Johnson, olórin
*Raymond St. Jacques, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jazze Pha, olórin àti agbórin Hip Hop jáde
*Bryton James, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jay-Z, olórin
*Roy Jones Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
*Duane Jones, òṣèrékùnrin
*Rashida Jones, òṣèrébìnrin
*Tamala Jones, òṣèrébìnrin
*Ja Rule, olórin
*April Parker Jones, òṣèrébìnrin
*Anne-Marie Johnson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Dwayne Johnson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Rafer Johnson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Orlàtio Jones, òṣèrékùnrin
*James Earl Jones, òṣèrékùnrin
*Nadji Jeter, òṣèrékùnrin
*Barry Jenkins, olùdarí, agbórin jáde
*Larry "Flash" Jenkins, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí, agbórin jáde
*Terrence Jenkins, òṣèrékùnrin
*Anne-Marie Johnson òṣèrébìnrin
*Kristoff St. John, òṣèrékùnrin
*LL Cool J, òṣèrékùnrin
*J-Bo, Crunk olórin

### K
*Chaka Khan, olórin
*R. Kelly, olórin àti òṣèrékùnrin
*Jim Kelly, òṣèrékùnrin
*Khujo, olórin
*Malcolm David Kelley, òṣèrékùnrin
*Killer Mike, olórin
*Keegan-Michael Key, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Wiz Khalifa, òṣèrékùnrin
*Christel Khalil òṣèrébìnrin
*Kool G Rap, olórin
*Aja Naomi King, òṣèrébìnrin
*Regina King, òṣèrébìnrin
*Kap G, òṣèrékùnrin
*Eartha Kitt, òṣèrébìnrin
*KRS-One, òṣèrékùnrin
*Gladys Knight, òṣèrébìnrin
*Jak Knight, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín àti òǹkọ̀wé
*The Kidd Creole, olórin
*Boris Kodjoe, òṣèrékùnrin 
*Lenny Kravitz, òṣèrékùnrin
*Zoe Kravitz, òṣèrébìnrin

### L
*Patti LaBelle, òṣèrébìnrin
*Phil LaMarr, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Ted Lange, òṣèrékùnrin
*Tina Lifford, òṣèrébìnrin
*Sanaa Lathan, òṣèrébìnrin
*Jacob Latimore, òṣèrékùnrin
*Martin Lawrence, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Scott Lawrence, òṣèrékùnrin
*Bianca Lawson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Lauren London òṣèrébìnrin
*Sharon Leal òṣèrébìnrin
*Spike Lee, adarí fíìmù, agbórin jáde, òǹkọ̀wé, òṣèrékùnrin
*John Legend, òṣèrékùnrin, agbórin jáde
*Harry Lennix òṣèrékùnrin
*Dawnn Lewis, òṣèrébìnrin
*Phill Lewis, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Jenifer Lewis, òṣèrébìnrin
*Tommy Lister Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
*Darlene Love, òṣèrébìnrin
*Loni Love, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Lord Jamar, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ludacris, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lil Jon, olórin
*Ed Lover, olórin àti òṣèrékùnrin

### M
*Anthony Mackie, òṣèrékùnrin
*Method Man, òṣèrékùnrin
*David Mann, òṣèrékùnrin
*Tamela Mann, òṣèrébìnrin
*Mannie Fresh, agbórin Hip Hop jáde
*John Marriott, òṣèrékùnrin
*Don Marshall, òṣèrékùnrin
*William Marshall, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí
*Jesse L. Martin, òṣèrékùnrin
*Marsai Martin, òṣèrébìnrin
*Tisha Campbell-Martin, òṣèrébìnrin
*Vincent Mason, agbóri-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti òṣèrékùnrin
*Christopher Massey, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kyle Massey, òṣèrékùnrin
*Masta Killa, olórin
*Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, òṣèrékùnrin
*Al Matthews, òṣèrékùnrin
*Chi McBride, òṣèrékùnrin
*Darius McCrary, òṣèrékùnrin àti olórin
*Shane Paul McGhie, òṣèrékùnrin
*Brian McKnight, olórin
*Tim Meadows, òṣèrékùnrin
*Meghan, Duchess of Sussex òṣèrébìnrin àti humanitarian
*Melle Mel, òṣèrékùnrin àti olórin
*Kelvin Mercer, olórin àti òṣèrékùnrin
*Method Man, òṣèrékùnrin
*Draya Michele òṣèrébìnrin
*Windell Middlebrooks, òṣèrékùnrin
*Mike Gee, olórin
*Omar Benson Miller, òṣèrékùnrin
*Wentworth Miller, òṣèrékùnrin
*Daryl Mitchell, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jason Mitchell, òṣèrékùnrin
*Monica, òṣèrébìnrin
*Victoria Monét olórin R&B 
*Paul Mooney, apanilẹ́rìn-ín àti òṣèrékùnrin
*Juanita Moore, òṣèrébìnrin
*Shemar Moore, òṣèrékùnrin
*Debbi Morgan, òṣèrébìnrin
*Tracy Morgan, òṣèrékùnrin
*Garrett Morris, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
*Greg Morris, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lamorne Morris, òṣèrékùnrin
*Joe Morton, òṣèrékùnrin
*Phil Moore, òṣèrékùnrin
*Charlie Murphy, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Eddie Murphy, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Ali Shaheed Muhammad, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lou Myers, òṣèrékùnrin

### N
*Niecy Nash, òṣèrébìnrin
*Tariq Nasheed, fíìmù agbórin jáde
*Naturi Naughton, òṣèrébìnrin
*Nichelle Nichols, òṣèrébìnrin
*Nelly, olórin
*Maidie Norman, òṣèrébìnrin
*Normani, olórin
*Bràtiy Norwood, òṣèrébìnrin
*Bill Nunn, òṣèrékùnrin

### O
* Jeffrey Osborne, olórin
* Patrice O'Neal, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
* Shaquille O'Neal, òṣèrékùnrin

### P

*LaWàtia Page, òṣèrébìnrin
*Keke Palmer, òṣèrébìnrin
*John Paris, olórin
*Kyla Pratt, òṣèrébìnrin
*Allen Payne, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jo Marie Payton, òṣèrébìnrin
*Pete Rock, agbóri-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti Hip Hop agbórin jáde
*Tyler Perry, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, fíìmùmaker
*Melvin Van Peebles, òṣèrékùnrin, fíìmùmaker
*Holly Robinson Peete, òṣèrébìnrin
*Brock Peters, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jo Marie Payton, òṣèrébìnrin
*Khary Payton, òṣèrékùnrin
*Angel Parker, òṣèrébìnrin
*Nicole Ari Parker, òṣèrébìnrin
*Teyonah Parris, òṣèrébìnrin
*Paula Patton òṣèrébìnrin
*Jordan Peele, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Nathan Pelle, òṣèrékùnrin
*Paul Pena, olórin
*Madison Pettis òṣèrébìnrin
*Wendell Pierce, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jay Pharoah, òṣèrékùnrin
*Glenn Plummer, òṣèrékùnrin
*Clifton Powell, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kyla Pratt, òṣèrébìnrin
*Billy Preston, òṣèrékùnrin
*J. A. Preston, òṣèrékùnrin
*Prince, òṣèrékùnrin
*Joan Pringle, òṣèrébìnrin
*Richard Pryor, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Mekhi Phifer, òṣèrékùnrin

### Q

* Q-Tip, òṣèrékùnrin àti agbórin jáde
* Questlove, agbóri-sórí-afẹ́fẹ́ àti agbórin jáde
* Queen Latifah, olórin, òṣèrébìnrin

### R
*Issa Rae òṣèrébìnrin, comedienne
*Dianne Reeves, olórin
*Marion Ramsey, òṣèrébìnrin
*Gina Ravera òṣèrébìnrin
*Lou Rawls, òṣèrékùnrin
*Gene Anthony Ray, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lance Reddick, òṣèrékùnrin
*Della Reese, òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
*Rakim, olórin
*Daphne Maxwell Reid, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Chance The olórin, olórin
*Tim Reid, òṣèrékùnrin
*Corey Reynolds, òṣèrékùnrin
*James Reynolds, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ving Rhames, òṣèrékùnrin
*Rihanna, olórin
*Naya Rivera òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
*Tequan Richmond, òṣèrékùnrin
*Little Richard, òṣèrékùnrin
*LaTanya Richardson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Kevin Michael Richardson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Sam Richardson, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Lionel Richie, òṣèrékùnrin, composer, olórin
*Lauren Ridloff, òṣèrébìnrin
*Leonard Roberts, òṣèrékùnrin
*Paul Robeson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Bumper Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Charlie Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Craig Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Jimmy Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Leon Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Matt Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin, agbórin jáde
*Roger Robinson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Raekwon, olórin
*Smokey Robinson, olórin
*Chris Rock, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Timmie Rogers, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin
*RZA, òṣèrékùnrin
*Roxie Roker, òṣèrébìnrin
*Joseph Simmons, òṣèrékùnrin
*Esther Rolle, òṣèrébìnrin
*Howard Rollins, òṣèrékùnrin
*Anika Noni Rose, òṣèrébìnrin
*Diana Ross, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
*Evan Ross òṣèrékùnrin
*Tracee Ellis Ross, òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Victoria Rowell òṣèrébìnrin
*Richard Roundtree, òṣèrékùnrin
*RuPaul, òṣèrékùnrin
*Nipsey Russell, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Trevante Rhodes, òṣèrékùnrin

### S
*Shanice, olórin
*Sisqo, olórin olórin
*Zoe Saldana, òṣèrébìnrin
*Amàtia Seales òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Isabel Sanford, òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Bràtion Scott, òṣèrékùnrin
*Beanie Sigel, olórin
*Yara Shahidi  òṣèrébìnrin
*Tupac Shakur, òṣèrékùnrin, olórin
*Sherri Shepherd, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*O. J. Simpson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Sadat X, olórin
*Sinbad, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*John Singleton, olùdarí, agbórin jáde
*IronE Singleton, òṣèrékùnrin
*Slick Rick, olórin, òṣèrékùnrin
*Isaac C. Singleton Jr., òṣèrékùnrin
*Bubba Smith, òṣèrékùnrin
*Brian Michael Smith, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jada Pinkett Smith òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
*Justice Smith, òṣèrékùnrin
*Jaden Smith, òṣèrékùnrin
*Will Smith, òṣèrékùnrin àti olórin
*Willow Smith, òṣèrébìnrin
*Jussie Smollett, òṣèrékùnrin
*J. B. Smoove, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Wesley Snipes, òṣèrékùnrin
*Sonja Sohn òṣèrébìnrin àti olùdarí
*Jordin Sparks, òṣèrébìnrin
*Octavia Spencer, òṣèrébìnrin
*Bern Nadette Stanis, òṣèrébìnrin
*Woody Strode, òṣèrékùnrin
*Tika Sumpter, òṣèrébìnrin
*Wàtia Sykes, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Jessica Szohr, òṣèrébìnrin
*Carly Simon, olórin
*Lil Scrappy: Olórin Hip hop

### T
*Larenz Tate, òṣèrékùnrin
*Mr. T, òṣèrékùnrin
*Meshach Taylor, òṣèrékùnrin
*T.I., òṣèrékùnrin
*Nathaniel Taylor, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ron Taylor, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lynne Thigpen, òṣèrébìnrin
*David Jude Jolicoeur, òṣèrékùnrin
*Cora Ann Pair Thomas, ajínhìnrere
*T-Mo, olórin
*Leon Thomas III, òṣèrékùnrin
*Treach, olórin
*Michelle Thomas, òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Tony Yayo, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ernest Lee Thomas, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kenan Thompson, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Tony Todd, òṣèrékùnrin
*Berlinda Tolbert, òṣèrébìnrin
*Chris Tucker, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Glynn Turman, òṣèrékùnrin
*The Game, olórin
*Tina Turner, òṣèrébìnrin, olórin
*Tyler, the Creator, òṣèrékùnrin

### U
*Blair Underwood, òṣèrékùnrin
*Sheryl Underwood, òṣèrébìnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Usher, òṣèrékùnrin, olórin

### V
*Courtney B. Vance, òṣèrékùnrin
*Ben Vereen, òṣèrékùnrin, oníjó, olórin
*Vin Rock, olórin
*Reginald VelJohnson, òṣèrékùnrin

### W
*Eugene Wilde, olórin
*Jimmie Walker, òṣèrékùnrin
*Bill Walker, òṣèrékùnrin
*Stevie Wonder, olórin
*Vincent M. Ward, òṣèrékùnrin
*Malcolm-Jamal Warner, òṣèrékùnrin
*Dionne Warwick, òṣèrébìnrin àti olórin
*Denzel Washington, òṣèrékùnrin, olùdarí àti agbórin jáde
*Isaiah Washington, òṣèrékùnrin
*John David Washington, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kerry Washington òṣèrébìnrin
*Marlon Wayans, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, àti agbórin jáde
*Damon Wayans, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, òṣèrékùnrin, òǹkọ̀wé àti agbórin jáde
*Damon Wayans Jr., òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Shawn Wayans, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín, writer, agbórin jáde
*Lil Wayne, òṣèrékùnrin
*Carl Weathers, òṣèrékùnrin
*Forest Whitaker, òṣèrékùnrin
*Charles Malik Whitfield, òṣèrékùnrin
*Lynn Whitfield, òṣèrébìnrin
*Jaleel White, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Billy Dee Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
*Deniece Williams, olórin
*Clarence Williams III, òṣèrékùnrin
*Gary Anthony Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
*Hal Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
*Kellie Shanygne Williams, òṣèrébìnrin
*Michael K. Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
*Tyler James Williams, òṣèrékùnrin
*Vanessa Williams, òṣèrébìnrin
*Fred Williamson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Mykelti Williamson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Larry Wilmore, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Rutina Wesley, òṣèrébìnrin
*Debra Wilson, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Demond Wilson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Flip Wilson, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Nancy Wilson, òṣèrébìnrin
*Reno Wilson, òṣèrékùnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Theodore Wilson, òṣèrékùnrin
*Yvette Wilson, òṣèrébìnrin àti apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Paul Winfield, òṣèrékùnrin
*Oprah Winfrey, òṣèrébìnrin
*Jeffrey Wright, òṣèrékùnrin
*Samuel E. Wright, òṣèrékùnrin
*John Witherspoon, òṣèrékùnrin, apanilẹ́rìn-ín
*Alfre Woodard, òṣèrébìnrin
*Verdine White, olórin

### Y
*Yo-Yo, olórin
*Lee Thompson Young, òṣèrékùnrin
*Young Buck, olórin

## Àwọn oníṣẹ́-ọnà, ayàwòrán
### B
* Romare Bearden, akunàwòránlọ́dà

### C
* Allen 'Big Al' Carter, akunàwòránlọ́dà, amọ-àwòrán, onífọ́tò

### D
* Rosetta DeBerardinis, akunàwòránlọ́dà
* Cheryl Derricotte,  printmaker

### G
* Sam Gilliam, akunàwòránlọ́dà, printmaker

### H
*Barkley L. Hendricks, akunàwòránlọ́dà àti onífọ́tò
*Nestor Hernàtiez, onífọ́tò

### J
* Suzanne Jackson

### L
* Jacob Lawrence, akunàwòránlọ́dà

### M
* Percy Martin
* Evangeline Montgomery, oníṣé-ọnà

### P
* Norman Parish, akunàwòránlọ́dà
* Jefferson Pinder, òṣèré

### S
* Susan Smith-Pinelo, onífọ́rán, òṣèré
* Renee Stout, amọ-àwòrán
* Lou Stovall

### T
* Alma Thomas, akunàwòránlọ́dà

### W
* Carrie Mae Weems, onífọ́tò
* Kehinde Wiley akunàwòránlọ́dà
* Wilmer Wilson IV, òṣèré, onífọ́tò

## Àwọn ásítúrónọ́ọ̀tù

*Michael P. àtierson, NASA Astronaut, Air Force officer
*Guion Bluford, NASA Astronaut, aerospace engineer, Air Force officer, fighter pilot
*Charles Bolden, NASA Astronaut, administrator
*Robert Curbeam, NASA Astronaut
*Alvin Drew, NASA Astronaut, Air Force officer
*Victor J. Glover, NASA Astronaut
*Frederick D. Gregory, NASA Astronaut, administrator
*Bernard A. Harris Jr., NASA Astronaut, First African American to walk in space 
*Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., USAF Astronaut, First African-American astronaut
*Joan Higginbotham, NASA Astronaut, engineer
*Mae Jemison, NASA Astronaut, engineer, physician, First African-American woman in space
*Lelàti D. Melvin, NASA Astronaut, engineer
*Ronald McNair, NASA Astronaut, physicist
*Robert Satcher, NASA Astronaut, physicist, engineer
*Winston E. Scott, NASA Astronaut
*Stephanie Wilson, NASA Astronaut, engineer

## Àwọn oníṣẹ́ oge
*Kimberly Clarice Aiken, Miss America 1994
*Karen Alexàtier, fashion model 
*K. D. Aubert, fashion model
*Tyra Banks, fashion model
*J. Alexàtier, fashion model
*Deshauna Barber, Miss USA 2016
*Dorothea Church, fashion model 
*Pat Clevelàti, model 
*Lynnette Cole, Miss USA 2000
*Yaya DaCosta, fashion model 
*Bruce Darnell, male model 
*Jordan Emanuel, Miss Black America New York 2018
*Tomiko Fraser, fashion model
*Lakita Garth, Miss Black California 1995
*Carole Gist, Miss USA 1990
*Quiana Grant, model 
*Shauntay Hinton, Miss USA 2002
*Tanisha Harper, model
*Chanel Iman (African-American father), fashion model 
*Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA 2019 
*Kenya Moore, Miss USA 1993
*Kara McCullough, Miss USA 2017
*Nana Meriwether, Miss USA 2012
*Sofia Richie fashion model
*Chelsi Smith Miss USA 1995 àti Miss Universe 1995
*Kimora Lee Simmons
*Darine Stern
*Renee Tenison
*Jasmine Sàtiers
*Eva Marcille

## Àwọn Aránṣọ
*Virgil Abloh
*Kanye West
*Rasheeda
*Mychael Knight
*Pepper LaBeija
*Willi Smith
*Kimora Lee Simmons
*Stephen Burrows

## Àwọn alásè
*Edna Lewis
*B. Smith
*Hercules Posey
*Mashama Bailey

## Àwọn oníṣẹ́-ọwọ́ àti oníṣẹ́-aládàáni

*Katrina Adams, Ààrẹ United States Tennis Association lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́
*Koby Altman, adarí-àgbà Clevelàti Cavaliers 
*Anucha Browne Sàtiers, adarí New York Knicks  nígba kan rí
*Pinball Clemons, igbákejì-ààrẹ Toronto Argonauts lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́
*Dell Demps, igbákejì-ààrẹ àti adarí-àgbà New Orleans Pelicans  lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́
*Joe Dumars, ÀàrẹBasketball Operations of the Detroit Pistons nígbà kan rí
*Wayne Embry, adarí-àgbà àti ààrẹ NBA history, tó jẹ́ african-American àkọ́kọ́
*Rube Foster, former executive of the Chicago American Giants
*Rod Higgins, former president of Basketball Operations for the Charlotte Bobcats
*Billy Hunter, olùdarí àgbà ti National Basketball Players Association nígbà kan rí
*Al Haymon, olùdarí àti agbaninímọ̀ràn fún Floyd Mayweather Jr.
*Michael Huyghue, kọmísọ́nà United Football League nígbà kan rí
*Stu Jackson, former executive vice president of the National Basketball Association, current associate Commissioner of the Big East Conference
*Magic Johnson, current president of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers, part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, owner of the Los Angeles Sparks, àti co-owner of the Los Angeles Football Club 
*Michael Jordan, current principal owner àti chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. 
*Billy King, former general manager of the Brooklyn Nets
*Don King, former boxing promoter
*Billy Knight, former general manager àti executive vice president of the Atlanta Hawks
*Billy McKinney, former vice president of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons, Executive vice president for both Seattle SuperSonics àti Seattle Storm
*Steve Mills, current executive of the New York Knicks
*Ozzie Newsome, current general manager of the Baltimore Ravens
*Jerry Reese, former general manager of the New York Giants

### Àwọn oníṣé-ọwọ́

*Alton Abraham, former social entrepreneur àti business manager for Sun Ra
*Wally Amos, founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie bràti
*Donna Auguste, former founder of Freshwater Software 
*Leonard C. Bailey, business owner àti inventor
*Tyra Banks, television personality, former model 
*LaVar Ball, owner of the Big Baller Bràti sports apparel
*Christiana Carteaux Bannister, hairdressing business 
*ASAP Bari, co-founder of ASAP Mob àti VLONE Clothing
*àtire Barnett, founder of the Information Technology Company WiseDome INC 
*Beyoncé, co-founder of Tidal
*Sarah Bickford, former owner of Virginia City Water Company
*Dave Bing, owner of Bing Steel
*Chris Brown, founder of the record label CBE
*Herman Cain, business executive
*Demmette Guidry, music industry executive 
*Kerry S. Harris, entrepreneur 
*Robert L. Johnson, co-founder of BET àti RLJ Companies
*Lisa S. Jones, founder àti CEO of EyeMail Inc.
*Walter P. Lomax Jr., founder of Lomax Health Systems Inc.
*Elon Musk, Space X CEO àti owner of Twitter
*Mary Ellen Pleasant, real estate magnate
*Henry A. Tàtiy, founder Tàtiy&Burns stone masonry àti construction firm
*Vertner Woodson Tàtiy, first African American architect State of New York àti founder of Kappa Phi Alpha fraternity
*Madam C. J. Walker, businessperson, hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, àti activist
*Gertrude Pocte Geddes Willis, owner of the *Gertrude Geddes Willis Life Insurance Company* àti *Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home*

## Àwọn ayàwòrán

### B
*Charles Burnett, cinematographer, olùdarí

### D
*Ernest Dickerson, cinematographer

### H
*James E. Hinton, cinematographer

### J
*Arthur Jafa, cinematographer

### K
*Kira Kelly, cinematographer

### M
*Jessie Maple, cinematographer
*Janks Morton, cinematographer

### S
*Malik Hassan Sayeed, cinematographer

### Y
*Bradford Young, cinematographer

## Civil rights leaders àti activists

### A
*Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist àti minister
*Muhammad Ali, civil rights activist
*Maya Angelou, civil rights activist, writer, poet

### B
*Ella Baker, civil rights activist
*James Baldwin, civil rights activist, novelist, playwright
*Marion Barry, civil rights activist, politician
*Daisy Bates, civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, lecturer
*Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights activist, educator
*James Bevel, minister, leader of the civil rights movement 
*Sojourner Truth, civil rights activist
*Gloria Blackwell, civil rights activist, educator
*Unita Blackwell, civil rights activist
*W. E. B. Du Bois, civil rights activist
*Julian Bond, civil rights activist, professor àti writer
*Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist
*Ralph Bunche, civil rights activist, scientist, academic, diplomat

### C
*Beatrice Morrow Cannady, civil rights activist, publisher
*Bunchy Carter, civil rights activist
*Jeannette Carter (1886–1964), lawyer, labor organizer, àti suffragist
*Julius L. Chambers, civil rights activist
*Fannie Lee Chaney, civil rights activist
*James Chaney, civil rights activist
*Shirley Chisholm, civil rights activist, educator
*Xernona Clayton, civil rights activist
*Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights activist, educator
*Eldridge Cleaver, civil rights activist
*Kathleen Cleaver, civil rights activist
*Charles E. Cobb Jr., civil rights activist, journalist, professor
*John Conyers, civil rights activist
*Vivian E. J. Cook, educator àti activist
*Marvel Cooke, civil rights activist 
*Annie Lee Cooper, civil rights activist
*Dorothy Cotton, civil rights activist
*Claudette Colvin, civil rights activist, nurse
*Elijah Cummings, civil rights advocate

### D
*Angela Davis, civil rights activist, academic, àti author
*Ossie Davis, civil rights activist
*Ruby Dee, civil rights activist
*Doris Derby, civil rights activist, onífọ́tò
*Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, black rights activist, women's rights activist, organizer

### E
*Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights activist
*Charles Evers, civil rights activist
*Medgar Evers, civil rights activist
*Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activist

### F
*James L. Farmer Jr., civil rights activist
*Walter E. Fauntroy, civil rights activist
*Sarah Mae Flemming, civil rights activist
*James Forman, civil rights activist
*Aretha Franklin, civil rights activist
*C. L. Franklin, civil rights activist, minister
*Elizabeth Freeman, first former slave to win a freedom suit in Massachusetts
*Frankie Muse Freeman, civil rights activist, attorney

### G
*Fred Gray, civil rights lawyer
*Dick Gregory, civil rights activist

### H
*Vincent Harding, civil rights activist, historian
*Curtis W. Harris, civil rights activist, minister, politician 
*Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activist
*Fred Hampton, civil rights activist
*Lorraine Hansberry, civil rights activist, playwright, author
*Robert Hayling, civil rights activist, dentist
*Lola Hendricks, civil rights activist, secretary
*Aaron Henry, civil rights activist, politician
*Dorothy Height, educator àti civil rights activist
*Benjamin Hooks, civil rights activist, minister, attorney
*Lena Horne, civil rights activist
*Elbert Howard, civil rights activist
*T. R. M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon
*Bobby Hutton, civil rights activist

### J
*George Jackson, civil rights activist, author
*Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist
*Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist
*Mahalia Jackson, civil rights activist
*Richie Jean Jackson, civil rights activist, author, teacher
*T. J. Jemison, civil rights activist, minister
*James Weldon Johnson, writer of Black National Anthem
*Clarence B. Jones, civil rights activist
*Barbara Jordan, civil rights activist
*Vernon Jordan, civil rights activist

### K
*A. D. King, civil rights activist
*Alveda King, civil rights activist, author, politician
*Bernice King, civil rights activist, minister
*Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist
*Dexter King, civil rights activist
*Martin Luther King III, civil rights activist
*Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader àti pastor
*Martin Luther King Sr., civil rights leader, pastor àti missionary
*Alberta Williams King, civil rights activist
*Yolàtia King, civil rights activist
*Eartha Kitt, civil rights activist

### L
*Bernard Lafayette, civil rights activist, organizer
*Sarah Willie Layton, suffragist, civil rights activist
*James Lawson, civil rights activist, professor
*John Lewis, congressman, Nashville Student Movement, organizer
*Joseph Lowery, civil rights activist àti minister
*Julius Lester, civil rights activist, author, professor
*Conrad Lynn, civil rights activist, lawyer

### M
*Thurgood Marshall, civil rights activist, lawyer, judge
*Benjamin Mays, civil rights activist, minister
*Franklin McCain, civil rights activist
*Floyd McKissick, civil rights activist, lawyer
*James Meredith, civil rights figure, writer, political adviser
*Anne Moody, civil rights activist, author
*Harry T. Moore, civil rights activist, educator
*Harriette Moore, civil rights worker, educator
*Amzie Moore, civil rights leader, entrepreneur
*Bob Moses, civil rights activist, educator
*Elijah Muhammad, civil rights leader
*Pauli Murray, civil rights activist, lawyer, author, priest

### N
*Diane Nash, civil rights activist
*Huey P. Newton, civil rights activist
*Denise Nicholas, civil rights activist
*Nellie B. Nicholson, suffragist
*E. D. Nixon, civil rights activist, NCAAP official

### O
*James Orange, civil rights activist

### P
*Rosa Parks, activist, NCAAP official, Montgomery Bus Boycott inspiration
*James Peck, civil rights activist
*Adam Clayton Powell Jr., civil rights activist, pastor
*Gloria Johnson-Powell, civil rights activist

### R
*Lincoln Ragsdale, civil rights activist, aviator
*A. Philip Ràtiolph, civil rights activist
*George Raymond, civil rights activist
*George Raymond Jr., civil rights activist
*Frederick D. Reese, civil rights activist, educator, minister
*Gloria Richardson, civil rights activist
*David Richmond, civil rights activist
*Paul Robeson, civil rights activist
*Amelia Boynton Robinson, civil rights activist
*Jackie Robinson, civil rights activist
*Jo Ann Robinson, civil rights activist
*Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist
*Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, civil rights activist

### S
*Clevelàti Sellers, civil rights activist, educator
*Betty Shabazz, civil rights activist
*Al Sharpton, civil rights activist, minister
*Charles Sherrod, civil rights activist, minister
*Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist
*Nina Simone, civil rights activist
*Mavis Staples, civil rights activist
*Charles Kenzie Steele, civil rights activist
*Charles Steele Jr., civil rights activist, politician

### T
*Harriet Tubman, abolitionist àti humanitarian
*Samuel Wilbert Tucker, civil rights activist, lawyer

### V
*C. T. Vivian, civil rights activist, author, minister

### W
*Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor, civil rights leader
*Booker T. Washington, educator, founder of Tuskegee University
*Ida B. Wells, civil rights activist
*Cornel West, civil rights activist, philosopher, author, minister
*Roy Wilkins, civil rights activist
*Hosea Williams, civil rights activist, minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, politician
*Robert F. Williams, civil rights leader, author
*Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activist

### X
*Malcolm X, human rights activist, minister

### Y
*àtirew Young, politician, diplomat, àti activist
*Whitney Young, civil rights activist
*Sammy Younge Jr., civil rights activist

## Government àti politics

* African Americans in the United States Congress
* African-American officeholders in the United States, 1789–1866
* List of African-American jurists
* List of African-American leftists
* List of African-American officeholders during Reconstruction
* List of African-American United States Cabinet members
* List of African-American United States presidential àti vice presidential càtiidates
* List of African-American United States representatives
* List of African-American United States senators
* List of first African-American mayors

### President
* Barack Obama, (Kenyan-American father) 2009–2017, 44th president of the United States

### Vice president
* Kamala Harris, (Jamaican-American father) 2021–present, 49th vice president of the United States

### Supreme Court Justices
* Thurgood Marshall, 1967-1991
* Clarence Thomas, 1991–present

### Governors
*Archie Alexàtier, former governor of the U.S. Virgin Islàtis
*David Paterson (African-American mother), served as the 55th Governor of New York. 
*Deval Patrick, served as the 71st Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015, so far the only African American to serve as Governor of Massachusetts. 
*P.B.S. Pinchback, served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana from 1872 to 1873, the first African American to become governor of a U.S. State. 
*Douglas Wilder, served as the 66th Governor of Virginia, became the first elected African-American governor, became the first African American to serve as governor of U.S. State since Reconstruction.

### Other political fields
*Perry B. Jackson, first African American elected judge in the state of Ohio.
*Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to former president Barack Obama, àti co-chair of the Obama-Biden Transition project.

## Historical
* List of African-American abolitionists
* List of African-American officeholders during Reconstruction

## Journalism àti media

 
 
 

*Al Roker, journalist
*Daisy Bates, journalist
*Ed Bradley, former host of 60 Minutes, on CBS
*James Brown, host of *[[The NFL Today]]* on CBS
*Victor Blackwell, CNN news anchor
*Cari Champion, journalist, host of ESPN's SportsCenter. 
*Ta-Nehisi Coates, author, journalist
*Sway Calloway, journalist, radio personality.
*Elle Duncan (African-American father), sports anchor for ESPN's *[[SportsCenter]]*.
*Harris Faulkner, television host àti anchor for Fox News.
*Bryant Gumbel, host of HBO's *[[Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel]]*
*Charlamagne tha God, radio personality, television personality, radio host of *[[The Breakfast Club (radio show)|The Breakfast Club]].*
*Greg Gumbel, sportscaster for NFL on CBS
*Nia-Malika Henderson, CNN political reporter 
*Lester Holt, journalist àti anchor for NBC News
*Marc Lamont Hill, journalist, political commentator 
*Jemele Hill, sports journalist for ESPN's The Undefeated
*Jay Harris, journalist àti anchor for ESPN
*Omar Jimenez, journalist
*Jason Johnson, writer, political commentator
*Van Jones, CNN political commentator 
*Sheinelle Jones, journalist àti news anchor for NBC News àti MSNBC
*Gayle King, journalist, television personality, co-anchor of *[[CBS This Morning]]*
*Don Lemon, journalist, author, CNN anchor
*Craig Melvin, news anchor for NBC News àti MSNBC
*Curt Menefee, host of *[[Fox NFL Sunday]]*
*Michelle Miller, national correspondent for CBS News
*Rolàti Martin, commentator for TV One
*Zerlina Maxwell, MSNBC political analyst 
*Sophia A. Nelson, columnist
*Càtiace Owens, conservative commentator, regularly appears on Fox News
*Rob Parker, sports analysis for Fox Sports
*Leonard Pitts, journalist for the *[[Miami Herald]]*
*April Ryan, journalist
*Eugene Robinson, 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner, columnist àti associate editor of *[[The Washington Post]]*
*Max Robinson, broadcast journalist for *[[ABC World News Tonight]]*
*Angela Rye, CNN political commentator
*Omari Salisbury, independent journalist àti founder of Converge Media in Seattle, Washington
*David Swerdlick (African-American mother), journalist for the *[[Washington Post]]*
*Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC's *[[PoliticsNation]]*
*Bernard Shaw, former lead news anchor for CNN
*Sara Sidner, journalist, correspondent for CNN
*Michael Smith, ESPN commentator
*Stuart Scott, former sports anchor for ESPN's *[[Sports Center]]*
*Stephen A. Smith, journalist, radio host for ESPN
*Symone Sàtiers, CNN political commentator 
*Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator 
*Fredricka Whitfield, news anchor for *[[CNN Newsroom]]*
*Kristen Welker (African-American mother), MSNBC White House Correspondent for NBC News
*Michael Wilbon, journalist, columnist
*Jason Whitlock, sports journalist

## Lawyers

*Robert Sengstacke Abbott, lawyer, newspaper publisher, editor
*Raymond Pace Alexàtier, lawyer, politician, civil rights activist
*Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexàtier, lawyer
*Anita L. Allen, lawyer, professor
*Helen Elsie Austin, lawyer
*Ferdinàti Lee Barnett, lawyer, journalist
*Derrick Bell, lawyer, professor, civil rights activist
*Tom Bradley, lawyer, politician
*Rolàti Burris, lawyer, politician
*Eunice Carter, lawyer 
*William Calvin Chase, lawyer, newspaper editor
*Julius L. Chambers, lawyer, civil rights activist, educator
*Laura Coates, attorney, law professor
*Johnnie Cochran, lawyer
*William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., lawyer, politician
*Mo Cowan, lawyer, politician
*Christopher Darden, lawyer, author, òṣèrékùnrin, lecturer, practicing attorney
*Artur Davis, lawyer, politician
*Gordon Davis, lawyer
*James Dean, lawyer, activist, businessperson, deacon, first African-American appointed as a judge in Florida
*Carl E. Douglas, lawyer
*B. Kwaku Duren, lawyer, educator, writer, editor
*Larry Elder, lawyer, author, radio show host
*Keith Ellison, lawyer, politician
*Karen Freeman-Wilson, lawyer, judge
*Walter A. Gordon, lawyer
*Fred Gray, civil rights lawyer
*Al Green, lawyer, politician
*A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., lawyer, author, civil rights advocate, federal court judge
*Anita Hill, lawyer, academic
*Curtis Hill, lawyer, prosecutor
*Eric Holder, lawyer, 82nd United States Attorney General
*Sunny Hostin (African American father), lawyer
*Benjamin Hooks, lawyer, minister, civil rights activist
*Valerie Jarrett, lawyer, businesswoman, government official
*Jeh Johnson, lawyer, government official
*Barbara Jordan, lawyer, educator, politician, civil rights activist
*Eddie Jordan, lawyer
*Vernon Jordan, lawyer, business executive, civil rights activist
*Florynce Kennedy, lawyer, civil rights advocate
*Leondra Kruger, lawyer
*Reginald Lewis, lawyer, businessman
*William H. Lewis, lawyer
*Lori Lightfoot, lawyer, politician
*Loretta Lynch, lawyer, 83rd United States Attorney General
*Conrad Lynn, lawyer, civil rights activist
*Thurgood Marshall, lawyer, judge
*Thurgood Marshall Jr., lawyer
*Wade H. McCree, lawyer, judge, professor
*Robert Morris, lawyer
*Constance Baker Motley, lawyer, judge, politician, civil rights activist
*Pauli Murray, lawyer, author, priest, civil rights activist
*Ronald Noble, lawyer
*Barack Obama, former president of the United States
*Deval Patrick, lawyer, author, businessman, politician
*Charlotte E. Ray, lawyer, first African-American female lawyer
*Terri Sewell, lawyer, politician
*Bryan Stevenson, lawyer, professor
*Clarence Thomas, lawyer, judge, government official
*Jordan A. Thomas, lawyer, writer
*Larry Thompson, lawyer
*Samuel Wilbert Tucker, lawyer
*Mel Watt, lawyer, politician
*Tony West, lawyer

## Military
* List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients

## Ministers àti other religious leaders

* Ralph Abernathy
* Richard Allen
* Thea Bowman
* Alexàtier Crummell
* Henriette DeLille
* Louis Farrakhan
* Henry Highlàti Garnet
* Julia Greeley
* Wilton Gregory
* Jesse Jackson
* Mother Mary Lange
* Martin Luther King Jr.
* Malcolm X
* Warith Deen Mohammed
* Elijah Muhammad
* Al Sharpton
* Augustus Tolton
* Pierre àti Juliette Toussaint
* T. D. Jakes
* Benjamin Hooks
* Vashti Murphy McKenzie
* Raphael G. Warnock
* Calvin O. Butts III
* Kirbyjon Caldwell
* Joseph H. Walker III
* J. Edgar Boyd
* Delman Coates
* Fred Luter Jr.
* Michael Todd

## Novelists àti poets

* Ron Allen, poet, playwright
* Elizabeth Alexàtier, poet, essayist, playwright
* Maya Angelou, novelist, poet, àti activist
* James Baldwin, novelist, playwright, àti activist
* Amiri Baraka, poet, writer, activist, àti essayist
* Gwendolyn B. Bennett, poet, writer, journalist, àti artist
* Arna Bontemps, poet, novelist, àti librarian
* Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, author, teacher
* Lucille Clifton, poet, writer, àti educator
* Jayne Cortez, poet, activist, publisher
* Katherine Jackson, writer àti novelist
* Countee Cullen, poet, novelist, àti playwright
* Frank Marshall Davis, poet, journalist
* Samuel R. Delany, novelist, author, editor, professor, àti literary critic
* Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet, novelist
* Ralph Ellison, novelist, literary critic, àti scholar
* Nikki Giovanni, poet, writer, commentator, activist, àti educator
* Alex Haley, novelist, author
* Lorraine Hansberry, playwright
* Frances Harper, poet
* Yona Harvey, poet, professor
* Robert Hayden, poet, essayist, àti educator
* Gil Scott-Heron, poet, author
* Langston Hughes, poet, activist, novelist, playwright, àti columnist
* Erica Hunt, poet, essayist, àti teacher
* Zora Neale Hurston, novelist
* Nella Larsen, novelist, librarian, àti nurse
* Brent Leggs, historian àti preservationist, writer, academic
* Alain LeRoy Locke, writer
* Toni Morrison, novelist, essayist, editor, teacher àti professor
* Walter Mosley, novelist
* Walter Dean Myers, novelist
* Marilyn Nelson, poet, translator, professor
* Pat Parker, poet, activist
* Leonard Pitts, novelist, commentator, journalist, àti columnist
* Kevin Powell, poet, activist
* Ishmael Reed, poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor, àti publisher
* Shawn Stewart Ruff, novelist
* Sonia Sanchez, poet, playwright, essayist, educator, àti activist
* Patricia Smith, poet, playwright, author, teacher, àti journalist
* Tracy K. Smith, poet, educator
* Ntozake Shange, novelist, playwright àti poet
* Natasha Trethewey, poet, professor
* Alice Walker, novelist, writer, poet, àti activist
* Margaret Walker, novelist, poet àti writer
* Dorothy West, novelist, columnist
* Phillis Wheatley, poet
* Colson Whitehead, novelist
* John Edgar Wideman, novelist, author, àti professor
* Harriet E. Wilson, novelist
* Richard Wright, novelist, poet, àti essayist
* Al Young, poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, àti professor
* Kevin Young, poet, professor, editor, àti literary critic

## Publishers
* W. Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press
* John H. Johnson
* Naomi Long Madgett, poet àti founder of Lotus Press
* Haki Madhubuti, co-founder of Third World Press
* Dudley Ràtiall, founder of Broadside Press
* Ishmael Reed
* Glenn Thompson, co-founder of Writers àti Readers Cooperative

## olórins àti musicians

 

### A
*Aaliyah: R&B, pop
*Johnny Ace: R&B
*Armenta Adams: Classical pianist
*Arthur Adams: Blues, R&B
*Johnny Adams: Gospel, R&B, soul, jazz
*Yolàtia Adams: Gospel, R&B
*Nat Adderley: Jazz
*Cannonball Adderley: Jazz
*Jhene Aiko: R&B, hip hop 
*Akon: R&B, pop, hip hop, dancehall 
*Sasha Allen: R&B, rock, soul
*Luther Allison: Blues
*Amil: Hip hop
*Cat àtierson: Jazz
*Ivie àtierson: Jazz
*Louis Armstrong: Jazz
*Billy Boy Arnold: R&B
*Dorothy Ashby: Jazz
*Patti Austin: R&B, pop, jazz
*Roy Ayers: Jazz, funk, disco, R&B, hip hop
*Ayo & Teo: (African American father) Hip hop, dance, trap
*Ashanti: R&B

### B
*Cardi B: Hip hop
*Babyface: R&B
*Anthony Brown: Gospel
*Erykah Badu: Neo soul, R&B, funk, hip hop 
*Kim Burrell: Gospel
*Lil Baby: Hip hop
*Mildred Bailey: Jazz
*Pearl Bailey: Vaudeville
*Anita Baker, R&B, soul
*Josephine Baker: Pop, jazz
*Lavern Baker: R&B
*Lloyd Banks: Hip hop 
*Azealia Banks: Hip hop
*Dave Bartholomew: R&B, R&R
*Florence Ballard: R&B, pop, soul
*Fantasia Barrino: R&B, soul, gospel
*Count Basie: Jazz
*Swizz Beatz: Hip hop (African-American àti Eritrean descent)
*Sidney Bechet: Jazz
*Madeline Bell: Soul
*Carey Bell: Blues
*Eric Benet: R&B, neo soul
*George Benson: Jazz, R&B, soul, funk
*Denee Benton: Broadway, pop
*Chuck Berry: Rock àti roll
*Frankie Beverly: R&B, soul, funk
*Beyoncé: R&B, pop
*Cindy Birdsong: R&B, soul, pop
*Birdman: olórin
*Kodak Black: Hip hop
*Mykki Blanco: Hip hop
*Bobby Blàti: Blues, R&B, soul
*Blind Blake: Ragtime, blues
*Art Blakey: Jazz
*Mary J. Blige: R&B, hip hop, soul
*Joe Budden: Hip hop
*Lucille Bogan: 
*Buddy Bolden: Jazz, blues
*Bobby Bradford: Jazz
*Charles Bradley: Funk, soul, R&B
*Tamar Braxton: R&B, soul, pop, gospel
*Toni Braxton: R&B, soul, pop
*Traci Braxton: R&B, soul, pop
*Trina Braxton: R&B, soul, pop
*Dee Dee Bridgewater: Jazz
*Bobby Brown: R&B, soul, pop
*Charles Brown: Blues, R&B, rock, soul, jazz
*Chris Brown: R&B, hip hop, pop
*Chuck Brown: Funk, hip hop, blues
*Clifford Brown: Jazz
*James Brown: Soul, funk
*Oscar Brown, Jr: Jazz
*Peabo Bryson: Soul, R&B
*Elbridge "Al" Bryant: R&B, pop, soul
*Solomon Burke: Blues, gospel, R&B, soul, rock àti roll
*Metro Boomin: Hip hop
*Jerry Butler: Soul, funk, R&B
*Rich Boy: Hip hop
*Soulja Boy: Hip hop
*Donald Byrd: Jazz, funk, soul, R&B
*B.o.B: Hip hop
*Bow Wow: Hip hop
*Boosie Badazz: Southern hip hop
*Rich Boy: Hip hop
*Young Buck: Hip hop

### C
*C-Murder: Hip hop
*Cassidy: Hip hop
*Doja Cat: Hip hop, R&B, pop
*Erica Campbell: Gospel
*Tina Campbell: Gospel
*Cab Calloway: Jazz 
*2 Chainz: Hip hop, dirty South/Southern hip hop
*Cam'ron: Hip hop
*Mariah Carey: R&B, pop, Hip hop, soul
*Benny Carter: Jazz
*Betty Carter: Jazz
*Ron Carter: Jazz
*Shawn Carter, known as Jay-Z: Hip hop
*Playboi Carti: Hip hop, trap, SoundCloud rap
*Tracy Chapman: Folk
*Paul Chambers: Jazz
*Ray Charles: R&B, soul, blues, gospel, country, jazz, rock àti roll, pop
*Chubby Checker: Rock àti roll, R&B
*Cyrus Chestnut: Jazz
*Charlie Christian: Jazz
*Milan Christopher: olórin
*Blac Chyna: Hip hop 
*Ciara: R&B, Hip hop, pop
*Robert Cray: Blues
*Otis Clay: R&B, soul, blues, gospel
*Eddy Clearwater: Blues
*Clarence Clemons: Rock, R&B
*James Clevelàti: Gospel, soul
*George Clinton: Funk, rock, soul
*Keyshia Cole: R&B, soul, hip hop
*Nat King Cole: Jazz, pop
*Natalie Cole: R&B, pop
*Ornette Coleman: Jazz, free funk
*Daryl Coley: Gospel
*Albert Collins: Blues
*Bootsy Collins: Funk, soul, rock, R&B
*Mitty Collier: R&B, soul, gospel
*Alice Coltrane: Jazz
*John Coltrane: Jazz
*Ravi Coltrane: Jazz
*Sean Combs: Hip hop, R&B
*Sam Cooke: Soul, gospel, R&B
*James Cotton: Blues, jazz
*Ràtiy Crawford: Jazz, R&B, disco 
*J. Cole: Hip hop (African-American father)
*Ice Cube: Hip hop
*Kid Cudi: olórin who is African American àti Mexican
*King Curtis: Soul, R&B, rock, funk, jazz
*Evelyn Simpson Curenton: various
*Chamillionaire: Hip hop
*Chingy: Hip hop, rap
*Canon: Christian hip hop

### D
*Roscoe Dash: Hip hop
*Miles Davis: Jazz
*Sammy Davis Jr.: Pop, jazz
*Jimmy Dawkins: Blues
*Mos Def: Hip hop
*Famous Dex, Chicago hip hop
*Bo Diddley: R&B, rock àti roll
*Ricky Dillard: Gospel
*Willie Dixon, Blues, R&B, rock àti roll, gospel
*Johnny Dodds: Jazz
*Warren "Baby" Dodds: Jazz
*Young Dolph: Hip hop
*Eric Dolphy: Jazz
*Donnis: Hip hop 
*Nate Dogg: Hip hop, gangsta rap, R&B
*Snoop Dogg: Hip hop, funk, gangsta rap 
*Fats Domino: Rock àti roll, R&B
*Dr. Dre: Hip hop
*42 Dugg: Hip hop, trap
*Lil Durk: Hip hop, drill
*Desiigner: Hip hop, trap
*Derek Minor: Christian hip hop
*Dorrough: Hip hop

### E
*E-40: Hip hop, rap
*Eazy-E: Hip-hop, rap
*Dennis Edwards: R&B, soul
*Billy Eckstine: Jazz, pop 
*Roy Eldridge: Jazz
*Duke Ellington: Jazz
*Betty Everett: soul 
*Faith Evans (African-American mother): R&B, soul, hip-hop

### F
*Art Farmer: Jazz
*Mickey Fields: Jazz
*Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz
*Roberta Flack: Jazz, pop
*Eddie Floyd: R&B, soul
*Aretha Franklin: Soul 
*BabyFace: R&B olórin
*Kam Franklin: Soul
*Kirk Franklin: Gospel, Christian hip hop 
*Melvin Franklin: R&B, soul
*Bankroll Freddie: Hip hop
*Lowell Fulson: Blues
*Future: Hip hop, trap, R&B 
*Fabolous: Hip hop 
*Flo Rida: Hip hop
*Sonny Fortune: Jazz
*Jaime Foxx: R&B
*Flavor Flav: Hip hop
*Fivio Foreign: Hip hop
*Big Freedia: Bounce
*Flame: Christian hip hop

### G
*Polo G: Hip hop, drill
*Slim Gaillard: Jazz
*Marvin Gaye: R&B, soul, funk, jazz, pop
*Gloria Gaynor: Disco, R&B
*The Game: olórin
*EST Gee: Hip hop
*Tyrese Gibson: Hip hop, R&B
*Dizzy Gillespie: Jazz
*Ginuwine: R&B
*City Girls: Hip hop
*GloRilla: Hip hop
*GlokkNine: Hip hop
*Ugly God: Hip hop, SoundCloud hip hop 
*Benny Golson: Jazz
*Dexter Gordon: Jazz
*Berry Gordy: R&B, soul, pop, R&R
*Al Green: R&B, soul 
*CeeLo Green: R&B, Hip hop, soul, funk
*Thomasina Talley Greene: Classical pianist
*Johnny Griffin: Jazz
*Lil Gotit, Hip hop
*Tee Grizzley, olórin
*Childish Gambino: Hip hop, R&B
*Gucci Mane: Hip hop 
*Gunna: Hip hop
*George Benson: olórin
*Buddy Guy: Blues
*Phil Guy: Blues

### H
*àtirew Hill: Jazz
*Adelaide Hall: Jazz
*Edmond Hall: Jazz
*Willie Hall: R&B, soul, funk
*Halsey: Pop
*Charles Hamilton: Hip hop
*Chico Hamilton: Jazz
*Jimmy Hamilton: Jazz
*Lionel Hampton: Jazz 
*Deitrick Haddon: Gospel
*Herbie Hancock: Jazz, funk, electro
*Donny Hathaway: Soul, jazz, R&B
*Edward W. Hardy: Classical, pop, theatre music
*Roy Hargrove: Jazz, soul
*Damon Harris: R&B, soul, pop
*Richie Havens: Funk, soul
*Coleman Hawkins: Jazz
*Isaac Hayes: Blues, jazz, soul 
*MC Hammer: R&B 
*Fred Hammond: Gospel
*Fletcher Henderson: Jazz
*Michael Henderson: R&B, jazz, funk, soul, pop
*Jimi Hendrix: Rock, blues, R&B
*Jon Hendricks: Jazz
*Nona Hendryx: Funk, soul
*G Herbo: Hip hop, drill
*Gil Scott-Heron: Soul, funk, R&B
*Skinny Hightower: Jazz
*Lauryn Hill: R&B, neo soul, folk
*Earl "Fatha" Hines: Jazz
*Johnny Hodges: Jazz
*Billie Holiday: Jazz, blues
*Jennifer Holliday: R&B, soul, pop
*John Lee Hooker: Blues
*Hopsin: Hip hop
*Lena Horne: Jazz, pop
*Cissy Houston: Soul, disco
*Thelma Houston: R&B, soul
*Whitney Houston: R&B, soul, pop
*Freddie Hubbard: Jazz
*Jennifer Hudson: R&B, soul, pop
*Nipsey Hussle: Hip hop, rap
*Phyllis Hyman: R&B, jazz 
*H.E.R.: R&B 
*Koryn Hawthorne: Gospel
*Keri Hilson: R&B
*Hitmaka: Hip hop
*Huey: Hip hop

### I
*James Ingram: R&B, pop, soul
*Luther Ingram: R&B, soul
*Ronald Isley: R&B, soul 
*T.I.: Hip hop
*Ice-T: Hip hop

### J
*Ray J: R&B
*Stevie J: Hip hop, R&B
*Bernard Jackson: R&B
*Chuck Jackson: R&B 
*Freddie Jackson: Soul 
*Jackie Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul
*Janet Jackson: R&B, pop 
*Jeremih: R&B
*Jermaine Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul, funk
*La Toya Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul, dance
*Marlon Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul
*Michael Jackson: Pop, soul, R&B, soul, funk, rock 
*Ràtiy Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul
*Rebbie Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul
*Tito Jackson: Pop, R&B, soul, blues
*Mahalia Jackson: Gospel
*Millie Jackson: Soul, disco, R&B 
*Milt Jackson: Jazz
*Etta James: Blues, R&B, soul, jazz 
*Rick James: R&B, soul, funk, rock
*Al Jarreau: Jazz, R&B, soul 
*BlocBoy JB: Hip hop
*Young Joc: Hip hop
*Booker T. Jones: R&B, soul, blues
*Elvin Jones: Jazz
*Etta Jones: Jazz 
*Hank Jones: Jazz
*Howard Jones: Rock, metal
*Quincy Jones: R&B, funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, rock àti roll, pop
*Louis Jordan: Jazz, blues, R&B
*Steve Jordan: Pop, rock, R&B
*J. J. Johnson: Jazz
*Robert Johnson: Blues
*Syl Johnson: R&B, blues
*Little Willie John: R&B, soul
*Charles Jenkins: Gospel
*Leroy Jenkins: Jazz
*Valerie June: Folk, blues, soul, pop 
*Jeremih: Hip hop, R&B 
*LL Cool J: Hip hop
*Scott Joplin: Ragtime
*Lil Jon: Hip hop
*Jadakiss: Hip hop
*J-Kwon: Hip hop
*Mike Jones: Hip hop

### K
*Lil Keed: Hip hop
*Eddie Kendricks: R&B, soul, disco
*Alicia Keys (African American father): R&B, soul, jazz, hip hop
*Gladys Knight: soul, R&B, pop 
*Chief Keef, olórin
*Kelis: Hip hop (African American, Chinese àti Puerto Rican)
*R Kelly: R&B, soul, gospel, hip hop
*Wynton Kelly: Jazz
*Khalid: R&B, pop
*Wiz Khalifa: Hip hop 
*Kid Cudi: Hip hop 
*Kehlani (African American father): R&B, soul, jazz, hip hop
*Solange Knowles: R&B, soul, funk
*Rich the Kid: Hip hop, trap
*Albert King: Blues
*B.B. King: Blues, R&B
*Ben E. King: R&B, soul, pop
*Freddie King: Blues
*Eartha Kitt: Vocal jazz, cabaret, dance, torch
*Maxo Kream: Hip hop (Nigerian àti African-American)
*KB: Christian hip hop

### L
*Big L: Hip hop
*Patti LaBelle: R&B, soul, disco, dance, funk 
*Denise LaSalle: Blues, R&B, soul
*Bettye LaVette: Soul, blues, R&B, funk, rock, country, gospel
*John Legend: R&B, soul, pop
*Lakeyah: Hip hop
*Kendrick Lamar: Hip hop, rap 
*John Larkin: Vaudeville
*Lynda Laurence: R&B, pop, jazz
*Lecrae: Christian hip hop 
*Huddie Ledbetter: Folk, blues 
*Tasha Cobbs Leonard: Gospel
*Eddie Levert: R&B, soul, blues, gospel
*Gerald Levert: Soul, R&B
*Frankie Lyman: R&B, pop 
*Swae Lee, olórin
*Coi Leray: Hip hop
*Booker Little: Jazz
*Barbara Lynn: R&B
*Cheryl Lynn: Disco, R&B, soul, pop
*Lisa Lopes: R&B, rap, pop
*Lecrae: Christian hip hop 
*Ledisi: R&B, soul, jazz
*Logic: Hip hop
*Dej Loaf: Hip hop, R&B
*Ludacris: Hip hop
*Lil Uzi Vert: Hip hop
*Lil Nas X: Hip hop, country
*Lizzo: R&B
*Lloyd: R&B
*Trip Lee: Christian hip hop, Southern hip hop

### M
*Young M.A: Hip hop 
*Màtiisa: Gospel, Christian
*Christian McBride: Jazz
*Gene McDaniels: Jazz, pop
*Donnie McClurkin: Gospel
*Betty McGlown: R&B, pop
*Joe McPhee: Jazz
*Remy Ma: Hip hop 
*Lee Michelle: (African-American Father) K Pop olórin
*Buddy Miles: R&B, funk, soul
*Meek Mill: Hip hop
*Stephanie Mills: R&B, soul, gospel
*Nicki Minaj: Hip hop, pop, R&B
*Blue Mitchell: Jazz
*Barbara Martin: R&B, pop
*Johnny Mathis: Pop, jazz 
*Curtis Mayfield: Soul, funk, R&B
*Taj Mahal: Blues, R&B, jazz
*Hank Mobley: Jazz
*Thelonious Monk: Jazz
*Wes Montgomery: Jazz
*Melba Moore: Soul, disco, gospel
*Lee Morgan: Jazz
*Wanya Morris: R&B, soul 
*Migos: Hip hop, trap
*Gucci Mane: Hip hop, trap 
*Miguel (African-American Mother): Hip hop, R&B 
*Janelle Monae: Funk, R&B 
*Tamela Mann: Gospel
*Mulatto: Hip hop
*Matt "Guitar" Murphy: Blues
*Mýa: R&B (African American father, Italian mother)
*Monica: R&B
*Mario: R&B
*Lil' Mo: R&B, hip hop
*Method Man: Hip hop
*Post Malone: Hip hop
*Maliibu Miitch: Hip hop (African American, Vietnamese àti Filipino)
*Mims: Hip hop
*Maino: Hip hop

### N
*Tech N9ne: Hip hop
*Nas: Hip hop
*Rico Nasty: Hip hop 
*Nathan Morris: Vocal, olórin
*Nelly: Hip hop
*Meshell Ndegeocello: Funk, soul, jazz 
*Oliver Nelson: Jazz
*Art Neville: Funk, R&B, soul
*Aaron Neville: R&B, soul 
*Cyril Neville: R&B, funk, blues
*Charles Neville: R&B, jazz, funk, pop
*David "Fathead" Newman: Jazz
*Ne-Yo: R&B
*Jessye Norman: Opera 
*Bràtiy Norwood: R&B
*Queen Naija (African-American mother): 
*Normani: R&B
*Noname Gypsy: Hip hop

### O
*Frank Ocean: LGBT R&B
*Jeffrey Osborne: Soul, R&B
*Odetta: Blues, jazz
*Offset: Hip hop
*Omarion: R&B

### P
*Keke Palmer: R&B, hip hop, pop
*Charlie Parker: Jazz
*Ray Parker Jr.: R&B, pop
*Billy Paul: Soul, R&B, jazz
*Scherrie Payne: R&B, pop, disco
*Teddy Pendergrass: R&B, soul, disco
*Phemza The Kween: Christian hip hop, hyphy, bounce, trap, R&B, Hip hop soul, gospel
*Wilson Pickett: R&B, soul
*Playboi Carti: Hip hop
*Plies: Hip hop
*Billy Preston: R&B, soul, funk 
*Prince: Pop, rock, R&B, soul 
*Leontyne Price: Opera 
*Kelly Price: R&B, soul 
*Charley Pride: Country, gospel
*Pharrell: Hip hop, R&B, funk
*Billy Porter: Pop
*Petey Pablo: Hip hop

### Q
*Rich Homie Quan: Hip hop
*Quavo: Hip hop
*DJ Quik: Hip hop

### R
*Raz-B: R&B
*Sun Ra: Jazz
*Lou Rawls: Gospel, R&B, soul, jazz, blues
*Ma Rainey: Blues
*Jimmy Reed: Blues
*Louisiana Red: Blues
*Trippie Redd: Hip hop 
*Otis Redding: Soul, R&B, blues 
*Lil Reese: Hip hop, drill
*Della Reese: Jazz, pop
*Dianne Reeves: Jazz 
*Martha Reeves: R&B, pop 
*Roddy Ricch: Hip hop
*Lionel Richie: Soul, R&B, pop
*Little Richard: Rock àti roll, R&B, gospel, soul
*Pretty Ricky: R&B
*Teddy Riley: R&B, hip hop
*Flo Rida: Hip hop, pop
*Minnie Riperton: soul, R&B 
*Max Roach: Jazz
*Black Rob: Hip hop
*Paul Robeson: Pop 
*Bill Robinson: Jazz, pop 
*Smokey Robinson: R&B, soul, pop 
*Sylvia Robinson: R&B, soul, Hip hop
*ASAP Rocky: Hip hop (half-African American, half-Barbadian)
*Nile Rodgers: Disco, soul, R&B, rock, funk
*Diana Ross: R&B, soul, disco, Jazz 
*Rick Ross: Hip hop
*Sonny Rollins: Jazz
*Otis Rush: Blues, R&B 
*Patrice Rushen: R&B 
*David Ruffin: R&B, pop, soul, disco, gospel
*Jimmy Ruffin: R&B, soul, pop
*Chance the olórin: Hip hop, R&B
*Rapsody: Hip hop 
*Kelly Rowlàti: R&B, soul, pop
*Rocko: Hip hop, rap
*Ja Rule: Hip hop
*Rubi Rose: Hip hop
*Raekwon: Hip hop
*Renni Rucci: Hip hop

### S
*Pharoah Sàtiers: Jazz
*Marvin Sapp: Gospel
*Ruben Studdard: olórin
*Saweetie: Hip hop (African American father, Chinese àti Filipino mother)
*Shawn Stockman : R&B
*Young Scooter: Hip hop
*Jimmy Scott: Jazz 
*Tupac Shakur: Hip hop, revolutionary, poet, freedom fighter
*Kierra Sheard: Gospel
*Pooh Shiesty: Hip hop, Southern hip hop, Memphis rap
*Bobby Shmurda: Hip hop, Brooklyn drill
*Wayne Shorter: Jazz
*Nina Simone: R&B, jazz, blues, folk, soul, gospel
*Sisqó: R&B
*Marvin Sapp: Gospel
*Bessie Smith: Blues 
*Jimmy Smith: Jazz
*Big Sean: Hip hop, Midwest hip hop 
*Magic Sam: Blues
*Magic Slim: Blues
*Memphis Slim: Blues
*Horace Silver: Jazz
*Percy Sledge: R&B, soul, gospel
*Pop Smoke: Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Brooklyn Drill
*Jordin Sparks: R&B, pop
*Ice Spice: Hip hop, Bronx drill
*Mavis Staples: Soul, R&B 
*Megan Thee Stallion: Rap, Hip hop, R&B, Southern hip hop
*Sly Stone: Funk, R&B 
*Donna Summer: Disco, R&B 
*Pink Sweats: Pop
*Musiq Soulchild: R&B, soul, neo soul 
*Raphael Saadiq: R&B, soul 
*Trey Songz: R&B, hip hop 
*Marlena Shaw: Soul, disco
*Bobby Short: Jazz
*Billy Strayhorn: Jazz 
*Travis Scott: Hip hop, trap, R&B, Southern hip hop
*Rae Sremmurd: Hip hop, trap, R&B 
*Kierra Sheard: Urban gospel, R&B 
*Karen Clark Sheard: Gospel, urban gospel 
*Keith Sweat: R&B, soul, hip hop, urban
*Southside: Hip hop
*Musiq Soulchild: R&B
*Saucy Santana: Hip hop
*SZA: Pop, R&B, Soul
*Day Sulan: Hip hop
*Beanie Sigel: Hip hop
*Swoope: Christian hip hop, Urban contemporary gospel

### T
*Tinashe: R&B, hip hop, pop
*TLC: R&B, Pop
*Rozonda Thomas: R&B
*Pusha T: Hip hop
*Tank: Hip hop
*Art Tatum: Jazz
*Billy Taylor: Jazz
*Cecil Taylor: Jazz
*Koko Taylor: Blues, soul
*Clark Terry: Jazz
*Jean Terrell: R&B, soul, jazz
*Tammi Terrell: R&B, soul
*Bryson Tiller: R&B, hip hop
*Young Thug: Hip hop
*T.I.: Hip hop
*T-Pain: Hip hop, R&B
*Big Joe Turner: Blues, R&B
*Ike Turner: R&B, soul, blues, rock àti roll
*Tina Turner: R&B, pop, soul, rock àti roll
*Stanley Turrentine: Jazz
*Tyler, the Creator: Hip-hop
*McCoy Tyner: Jazz
*Tye Tribbett: Gospel
*Twista: Hip hop
*Timbalàti: Hip hop, R&B, dance
*Tyga: Hip hop
*Tedashii: Christian hip hop
*Thi'sl: Christian hip hop

### U
*Usher: R&B, pop
*Unk: Hip hop

### V
*Luther Vàtiross: R&B, soul, pop, disco
*Sarah Vaughan: Jazz, pop
*Cassie Ventura: R&B
*Bobby V: R&B
*King Von: Hip hop, drill, gangsta rap

### W
*Wale: Hip hop
*Ethel Waters: Jazz, gospel, blues
*Muddy Waters: Blues
*Hezekiah Walker, Gospel
*Little Walter: Blues, R&B
*Dionne Warwick: R&B, soul, pop, gospel
*Dinah Washington: Jazz, blues, R&B
*Geno Washington: Soul, R&B, pop, blues
*Grover Washington Jr.: Jazz, soul, R&B
*Keenan Webb, also known as **DJ Suede the Remix God**: Trap, Hip hop
*Barry White: R&B, soul, funk, disco
*Maurice White: Soul, funk, R&B, jazz
*CeCe Winans: Gospel, R&B 
*àtire Williams: R&B, blues
*Michelle Williams: R&B, gospel, pop, soul
*Otis Williams: R&B, soul, disco
*Paul Williams: R&B, soul
*Pharrell Williams: Hip hop, R&B, funk, pop
*Tony Williams: Jazz
*Eddie Willis: Soul, R&B
*Wesley Willis: Punk rock
*Charlie Wilson: R&B, hip hop, soul, funk
*Gerald Wilson: Jazz, pop
*Mary Wilson: R&B, soul, pop, funk
*Nancy Wilson: R&B, pop, jazz, soul, blues
*Sonny Boy Williamson I: Blues
*Sonny Boy Williamson II: Blues
*Bill Withers: Soul, R&B, blues, funk
*Tionne Watkins: R&B
*Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Blues, soul, funk
*Carl Weathersby: Blues
*Junior Wells: Blues
*Mary Wells: R&B, pop, soul
*Kanye West: Hip hop, R&B
*Lil Wayne: Hip hop, Southern hip hop
*Ali-Ollie Woodson: R&B, pop, soul
*Stevie Wonder: Soul, pop, R&B, funk
*Bobby Womack: R&B, gospel, soul, R&R, funk, rock, jazz
*Howlin' Wolf: Blues
*Bow Wow: Hip hop
*Juice WRLD: Hip hop, R&B, trap
*Webbie: Hip hop
*Fetty Wap: Hip hop

### X
*XXXTentacion : Hip hop, SoundCloud rap, lo-fi
*Xzibit: Hip hop

### Y
*Ne-Yo: R&B
*Yo Gotti: Hip hop 
*Lester Young: Jazz

### Z
*Jay-Z: Hip hop

## Science àti mathematics
* List of African-American astronauts
* List of African-American inventors àti scientists
* List of African-American mathematicians
* List of African American women in STEM fields

## Sports
### Baseball

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

### A
*Hank Aaron, retired professional baseball player, member of National Baseball Hall of Fame
*Tommie Aaron
*Tommie Agee
*Willie Aikens
*Gary Alexàtier
*Matt Alexàtier
*Ted Alexàtier
*Dick Allen
*Greg Allen
*Garvin Alston
*George Altman
*Garret àtierson
*Marlon àtierson
*Chris Archer

### B
*Harold Baines
*Dusty Baker
*Gene Baker
*James Baldwin
*Dan Bankhead
*Sam Bankhead
*Ernie Banks
*Willie Banks
*Jesse Barfield
*Kevin Bass
*Earl Battey
*Don Baylor
*Tony Beasley
*Tim Beckham
*Albert Belle
*Mookie Betts
*Junius Bibbs
*Jim Bibby
*Joe Black
*Paul Blair
*Vida Blue
*Barry Bonds
*Bobby Bonds
*Lyman Bostock
*Daryl Boston
*Michael Bourn
*Mickey Bowers
*Jackie Bradley Jr.
*Phil Bradley
*Glenn Braggs
*Michael Brantley
*Chet Brewer
*Marshall Bridges
*Lou Brock
*Hubie Brooks
*Domonic Brown
*Jarvis Brown
*Gates Brown
*Willard Brown
*Don Buford
*Al Bumbry
*Homer Bush
*Byron Buxton

### C
*Lorenzo Cain
*Mike Cameron
*Roy Campanella
*Chris Carter
*Joe Carter
*Nate Colbert
*Vince Coleman
*Cecil Cooper
*Al Cowens
*Carl Crawford
*Willie Crawford

### D
*Eric Davis
*Khris Davis
*Mo'ne Davis
*Rajai Davis
*Tommy Davis
*Willie Davis
*àtire Dawson
*Ian Desmond
*Mike Devereaux
*Chris Dickerson
*Larry Doby
*Al Downing
*Dan Driessen
*Elijah Dukes
*Taylor Duncan
*Shawon Dunston
*Ray Durham
*Leon Durham
*Jermaine Dye
*Jarrod Dyson

### E

*Don Eaddy
*Mike Easler
*Carl Edwards Jr.
*Dock Ellis
*Carl Everett
*Leon Everitt

### F
*Eric Farris
*Mike Felder
*Cecil Fielder
*Prince Fielder
*Chone Figgins
*Curt Flood
*Cliff Floyd
*George Foster
*Rube Foster
*Dexter Fowler

### G
*Ron Gant
*Ralph Garr
*Amir Garrett
*Cito Gaston
*Bob Gibson
*Jim Gilliam
*Doug Glanville
*Dwight Gooden
*Brian Goodwin
*Danny Goodwin
*Tom Goodwin
*Dee Gordon—professional baseball player
*Tom Gordon—former professional baseball player
*Curtis Gràtierson—professional baseball player
*Mudcat Grant
*Pumpsie Green
*Ken Griffey Jr.—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
*Ken Griffey Sr.
*Marquis Grissom
*Chris Gwynn
*Tony Gwynn—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
*Tony Gwynn Jr.

### H
*Billy Hamilton—professional baseball player
*Jeffrey Hammonds
*Mike Harkey—retired professional baseball player
*Tommy Harper—former professional baseball player
*Lenny Harris
*Willie Harris
*Wilmer Harris
*Josh Harrison—professional baseball player
*Billy Hatcher
*LaTroy Hawkins—retired professional baseball player
*Charlie Hayes—former professional baseball player 
*Dave Henderson—former professional baseball player
*Rickey Henderson—retired professional baseball player, Member of National Baseball Hall of Fame
*Steve Henderson—former professional baseball player
*George Hendrick—former professional baseball player
*Elrod Hendricks—former professional baseball player
*Larry Herndon—former professional baseball player
*Jason Heyward—professional baseball player
*Aaron Hicks—professional baseball player
*Glenallen Hill—former professional baseball player
*Larry Hisle—former professional baseball player
*L.J. Hoes—professional baseball player
*Elston Howard—retired professional baseball player
*Ryan Howard—professional baseball player
*Orlàtio Hudson—former professional baseball player
*Torii Hunter—retired professional baseball player

### I
*Monte Irvin—retired professional baseball player, Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

### J
*Austin Jackson—professional baseball player 
*Aaron Judge—professional baseball player
*Bo Jackson—former professional baseball player
*Edwin Jackson—professional baseball player
*Grant Jackson—former professional baseball player
*Jeremy Jeffress—professional baseball player
*Desmond Jennings—professional baseball player
*Derek Jeter (African-American father)—retired professional baseball player
*Sam Jethroe—former professional baseball player
*Alex Johnson—retired professional baseball player
*Charles Johnson—former professional baseball player 
*Cliff Johnson—former professional baseball player 
*Sam Jethroe—former professional baseball player
*Alex Johnson—former professional baseball player 
*Charles Johnson—former professional baseball player
*Cliff Johnson—former professional baseball player
*Micah Johnson—professional baseball player
*Adam Jones—professional baseball player
*Cleon Jones—former professional baseball player
*Gary Jones—professional baseball manager
*Ruppert Jones—retired professional baseball player
*Sam Jones—former professional baseball player
*David Justice—retired professional baseball player

### K
*Matt Kemp—professional baseball player
*Howie Kendrick—professional baseball player
*Wayne Kirby—retired professional baseball player

### L
*Buck Leonard, former professional baseball player

### P
* Satchel Paige, former professional baseball player

### R
*Jackie Robinson, former professional baseball player, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, first African American to play in Major league Baseball
*Frank Robinson, former professional baseball player

### S
*CC Sabathia, professional baseball player
*Giancarlo Stanton, professional baseball player 
*Gary Sheffield, retired professional baseball player
*Justus Sheffield, professional baseball player

### M
*Lee May – former professional baseball player
*àtirew McCutchen – professional baseball player
*Willie McCovey – former professional baseball player
*Joe Morgan – retired professional baseball player

### N
*Don Newcombe – former professional baseball player

### W
*Dave Winfield – retired professional baseball player
*Jerome Williams – baseball player

### Basketball

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

### A
*Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Quincy Acy - professional basketball player
*Jordan Adams - professional basketball player
*Arron Afflalo - professional basketball player
*Arthur Agee - retired professional basketball player
*Maurice Ager - former professional basketball player
*Mark Aguirre - retired professional basketball player
*LaMarcus Aldridge - professional basketball player
*Cliff Alexàtier - professional basketball player
*Kwame Alexàtier - professional basketball player
*Jarrett Allen - professional basketball player
*Jerome Allen - former professional basketball player
*Lavoy Allen - professional basketball player
*Ray Allen - retired professional basketball player
*Tony Allen - professional basketball player
*Alan àtierson - professional basketball player
*James àtierson - professional basketball player
*Justin àtierson - professional basketball player
*Kenny àtierson - former professional basketball player
*Nick àtierson - retired professional basketball player
*Carmelo Anthony - professional basketball player, (African-American mother)
*Greg Anthony - retired professional basketball player
*Cole Anthony - basketball player (African American father)
*Nate Archibald - former professional basketball player
*Jim Ard - former professional basketball player
*Gilbert Arenas - retired professional basketball player
*B.J. Armstrong - former professional basketball player
*Darrell Arthur - professional basketball player
*Al Attles - former professional basketball player
*D.J. Augustin - professional basketball player
*Jeff Ayres - professional basketball player
* Ron Artest III

### B
*Thurl Bailey—former professional basketball player
*Wade Baldwin IV—professional basketball player
*Lonzo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player
*LiAngelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player
*LaMelo Ball (African-American father)—professional basketball player
*Gene Banks—retired professional basketball player
*Tony Barbee—former professional basketball player
*Charles Barkley—retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 
*Don Barksdale—former professional basketball player
*Harrison Barnes—professional basketball player
*Matt Barnes (African American father)—retired professional basketball player
*Earl Barron—professional basketball player
*Will Barton—professional basketball player
*Bràtion Bass—professional basketball player
*Shane Battier—retired professional basketball player
*Elgin Baylor—former professional basketball player
*Kent Bazemore—professional basketball player
*Bradley Beal—professional basketball player
*Butch Beard—former professional basketball player
*Malik Beasley—professional basketball player
*Michael Beasley—professional basketball player 
*Chris Bosh—professional basketball player
*Marvin Bagley—professional basketball player 
*Mikal Bridges—professional basketball player
*Miles Bridges—professional basketball player
*Bruce Brown Jr.—professional basketball player
*Troy Brown Jr.—professional basketball player
*Jalen Brunson—professional basketball player
*Dwayne Bacon—professional basketball player
*Jordan Bell—professional basketball player
*Jaylen Brown—professional basketball player
*Antonio Blakeney—professional basketball player
*James Blackmon Jr.—professional basketball player
*Thomas Bryant—professional basketball player
*Isaiah Briscoe—professional basketball player
*Tony Bradley—professional basketball player
*Sterling Brown—professional basketball player
*Jabari Bird—professional basketball player
*Malcolm Brogdon—professional basketball player
*Jerryd Bayless—professional basketball player
*Jimmy Butler—professional basketball player
*Rasual Butler—former professional basketball player
*Aaron Brooks—professional basketball player 
*Will Barton—professional basketball player
*MarShon Brooks—professional basketball player
*Walt Bellamy—former professional basketball player
*Kobe Bryant—retired professional basketball player
*Kwame Brown—professional basketball player
*Trey Burke—professional basketball player 
*Reggie Bullock—professional basketball player
*Chauncey Billups—retired professional basketball player 
*Muggsy Bogues—retired professional basketball player
*Terrell Bràtion—retired professional basketball player 
*Eric Bledsoe—professional basketball player
*Patrick Beverley—professional basketball player
*Avery Bradley—professional basketball player

### C
*Dell Curry - former professional basketball player 
*Stephen Curry - professional basketball player
*Seth Curry - professional basketball player 
*Wilt Chamberlain - retired professional basketball player, Member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, only NBA player to score 100 points
*Wendell Carter Jr. - professional basketball player
*DeMarcus Cousins - professional basketball player
*Ian Clark - professional basketball player
*Norris Cole - professional basketball player
*Quinn Cook - professional basketball player
*Jevon Carter - professional basketball player
*Vince Carter - professional basketball player
*Jordan Clarkson (African-American father) - professional basketball player
*Tony Carr - professional basketball player
*Bryant Crawford - professional basketball player
*Jamal Crawford - professional basketball player
*John Collins - professional basketball player
*Marquese Chriss - professional basketball player
*Tyson Chàtiler - professional basketball player
*Isaiah Canaan - professional basketball player
*Mario Chalmers - professional basketball player
*Jordan Crawford - professional basketball player
*Jarrett Culver - professional basketball player

### D
*Anthony Davis - professional basketball player 
*Antonio Davis - former professional basketball player
*Ed Davis - professional basketball player
*Glen Davis - former professional basketball player 
*Adrian Dantley - retired professional basketball player 
* àtire Drummond- Professional basketball Player
*Baron Davis - retired professional basketball player
*Deyonta Davis - professional basketball player 
*Dewayne Dedmon - professional basketball player
*DeMar DeRozan - professional basketball player
*Erick Dampier - former professional basketball player
*Clyde Drexler - retired professional basketball player
*Kevin Durant - professional basketball player
*Kris Dunn - professional basketball player 
*P.J. Dozier - professional basketball player 
*Troy Daniels - professional basketball player
*Trevon Duval - professional basketball player

### E

*Jawun Evans - professional basketball player
*Tyreke Evans - professional basketball player
*Reggie Evans - retired professional basketball player 
*Julius Erving - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

### F
*De'Aaron Fox - professional basketball player
*Kay Felder - professional basketball player
*Markelle Fultz - professional basketball player 
*Terrance Ferguson - professional basketball player
*Yogi Ferrell - professional basketball player

### G
*Horace Grant - retired professional basketball player
*Draymond Green - professional basketball player 
*Hal Greer - retired professional basketball player
*George Gervin - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Harry Giles - professional basketball player
*Kevin Garnett - retired professional basketball player 
*Paul George - professional basketball player 
*Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - professional basketball player
* Ben Gordon (Africans-Americans mother) - Basketball player

### H
*Elvin Hayes - retired professional basketball player
*Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway - retired professional basketball player
*Happy Hairston - former professional basketball player
*PJ Hairston - professional basketball player
*Dwight Howard - professional basketball player 
*Grant Hill - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*James Harden - professional basketball player 
*Josh Hart - professional basketball player
*Tobias Harris - professional basketball player 
*Ron Harper - retired professional basketball player
*Rodney Hood - professional basketball player
*Udonis Haslem - professional basketball player
*John Henson - professional basketball player
*Montrezl Harrell - professional basketball player
*Jrue Holiday - professional basketball player
*Justin Holiday - professional basketball player
*Aaron Holiday - professional basketball player
*De'àtire Hunter - professional basketball player
*Larry Hughes - retired professional basketball player
*Richard Hamilton - retired professional basketball player
* Solomon Hill

### I
*Allen Iverson - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Bràtion Ingram - professional basketball player 
*Kyrie Irving - professional basketball player

### J
*Deàtire Jordan - professional basketball player 
*Derrick Jones Jr. - professional basketball player
*Josh Jackson - professional basketball player
*Frank Jackson (African American father) - professional basketball player 
*K.C. Jones - retired professional basketball player
*Sam Jones - retired professional basketball player
*Tyus Jones (African-American father)  - professional basketball player 
*Jaren Jackson - retired professional basketball player
*Jaren Jackson Jr. - professional basketball player
*LeBron James - professional basketball player
*Dennis Johnson - former professional basketball player
*Magic Johnson - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Michael Jordan - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, considered as the greatest player in NBA History. 
*Amile Jefferson - professional basketball player
*Jarrett Jack - professional basketball player
*Reggie Jackson

### K
*Bràtion Knight - professional basketball player
*Kevin Knox - professional basketball player
*Jason Kidd - retired professional basketball player (African American Father)
*Kemba Walker - professional basketball player (African American Mother)

### L
*Bob Lanier - retired professional basketball player
*Damian Lillard - professional basketball player
*Kawhi Leonard - professional basketball player 
*Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player 
*Rashard Lewis - retired professional basketball player
*Caris LeVert - professional basketball player

### M
*Bob McAdoo - retired professional basketball player àti coach
*CJ McCollum - professional basketball player 
*Alonzo Mourning - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Donovan Mitchell - professional basketball player 
*Ja Morant - professional basketball player
*Karl Malone - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Moses Malone - former professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Cedric Maxwell - retired professional basketball player
*Malik Monk - professional basketball player
*Reggie Miller - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Tracy McGrady - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Earl Monroe - retired professional basketball player
*Marcus Morris - professional basketball player
*Markieff Morris - professional basketball player 
*Khris Middleton - professional basketball player 
*Wesley Matthews - professional basketball player

### N
* Aaron Nesmith
* Georges Niang
*Malik Newman - professional basketball player

### O
*Charles Oakley - former professional basketball player
*Jahlil Okafor - professional basketball player
* Kelly Oubre Jr.
*Shaquille O'Neal - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

### P
*Robert Parish - retired professional basketball player
*Chris Paul - professional basketball player 
*Gary Payton - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Jabari Parker (African-American father) - professional basketball player 
*Kendrick Perkins - former professional basketball player 
*Sam Perkins - former professional basketball player
*Paul Pierce - retired professional basketball player
*Scottie Pippen - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
* Jordan Poole

### R
*Bill Russell - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 
*Cam Reddish - basketball player
*Willis Reed - retired professional basketball player, coach àti manager
*Doc Rivers - retired professional basketball player, NBA head coach 
*Austin Rivers (African American father) - professional basketball player
*Derrick Rose - professional basketball player
*D'Angelo Russell - professional basketball player 
*Dennis Rodman - retired professional basketball player, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Jalen Rose - retired professional basketball player 
*Oscar Robertson - former professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Rajon Rondo - professional basketball player 
*Terrence Ross - professional basketball player 
*Terry Rozier - professional basketball player
*Josh Richardson - professional basketball player
*Clifford Robinson - former professional basketball player
*David Robinson - former professional basketball player

### S
*John Salley - former professional basketball player
*Satch Sàtiers - former professional basketball player
*Anfernee Simons - professional basketball player
*Caleb Swanigan - professional basketball player
*Dennis Smith Jr. - professional basketball player
*Dennis Scott - retired professional basketball player
*Iman Shumpert - professional basketball player
*Kenny Smith - retired professional basketball player 
*John Salmons - retired professional basketball player
*John Salley - retired professional basketball player
*Collin Sexton - professional basketball player 
*Marcus Smart - professional basketball player 
*Omari Spellman - professional basketball player
*JR Smith - professional basketball player
*Lance Stephenson - professional basketball player
*Eric Snow - former professional basketball player àti coach
*Jerry Stackhouse - retired professional basketball player

### T
*Gary Trent - former professional basketball player
*Gary Trent Jr. - professional basketball player
*Isiah Thomas - retired professional basketball player, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*Isaiah Thomas - professional basketball player
*David Thompson - retired professional basketball player
*Jayson Tatum - professional basketball player 
*Karl-Anthony Towns (African-American father) - professional basketball player
*Jason Terry - professional basketball player
* Klay Thompson
*Myles Turner - professional basketball player
*Wayman Tisdale - former professional basketball player

### U
*Wes Unseld - retired professional basketball player

### W
*Chris Webber - retired professional basketball player 
*Dwyane Wade - professional basketball player 
* Dominique Wilkins
* Earl Watson
* Gerald Wilkins
*John Wall - professional basketball player
*Russell Westbrook - professional basketball player
*Justise Winslow - professional basketball player 
*T. J. Warren - professional basketball player
*Dion Waiters - professional basketball player 
*Jamaal Wilkes - retired professional basketball player
*Lenny Wilkens - retired professional basketball player
*Zion Williamson - basketball player
*Lou Williams - professional basketball player
*Marvin Williams - professional basketball player
*Hassan Whiteside - professional basketball player
*Coby White - professional basketball player
*James Worthy - retired professional basketball player
* Mitchell Wiggins

### Y
*Trae Young (African-American father)  - professional basketball player

### Boxing

### A
*Deàtirey Abron, former professional boxer 
*Devon Alexàtier, professional boxer 
*Laila Ali, former professional boxer
*Muhammad Ali, former professional boxer, activist, philanthropist, recognized as the greatest athlete of all time
*Rahman Ali, former professional boxer
*Demetrius àtirade, professional boxer 
*Henry Armstrong, professional boxer
*Emanuel Augustus, former professional boxer

### B
*Johnathon Banks, former professional boxer 
*Johnny Banks, former professional boxer 
*Kelcie Banks, former professional boxer 
*Sonny Banks, former professional boxer 
*Riddick Bowe, former professional boxer
*Timothy Bradley, former professional boxer 
*Maurice Brantley, former professional boxer 
*Lamon Brewster, former professional boxer
*Shannon Briggs, professional boxer
*Adrien Broner, professional boxer
*Joe Brown, former professional boxer
*Trevor Bryan, former professional boxer 
*Chris Byrd, former professional boxer

### C
*Jermall Charlo, professional boxer 
*Jermell Charlo, professional boxer 
*Terence Crawford, professional boxer
*Steve Cunningham, former professional boxer

### D
*Gervonta Davis, professional boxer 
*Howard Davis Jr., former professional boxer
*Anthony Dirrell, professional boxer 
*Michael Dokes, former professional boxer
*Larry Donald, former professional boxer 
*Joseph Dorsey Jr., former professional boxer 
*Buster Douglas, former professional boxer

### E
*Jimmy Ellis, professional boxer
*Jaron Ennis, professional boxer

### F
*George Foreman, former professional boxer
*Joe Frazier, former professional boxer
*Stephen Fulton, professional boxer

### G
*Derrick Gainer, former professional boxer
*George Godfrey, former professional boxer
*Joshua Greer Jr., former professional boxer

### H
*Marvelous Marvin Hagler, former professional boxer
*Devin Haney, professional boxer 
*Tony Harrison, professional boxer 
*Thomas Hearns, former professional boxer 
*Jamel Herring, professional boxer 
*Larry Holmes, former professional boxer 
*Evàtier Holyfield, former professional boxer
*Maurice Hooker, professional boxer
*Bernard Hopkins, former professional boxer
*Jarrett Hurd, former professional boxer

### I
*Amir Imam, professional boxer

### J
*Beau Jack, former lightweight boxer
*Daniel Jacobs, professional boxer 
*Jack Johnson, former professional boxer
*Roy Jones Jr., former professional boxer
*Zab Judah, professional boxer

### K
*James Kinchen, former professional boxer

### L
*Sugar Ray Leonard, former professional boxer
*John Henry Lewis, former professional boxer
*Sonny Liston, professional boxer
*Rocky Lockridge, former professional boxer
*Joe Louis, former professional boxer 
*Ron Lyle, professional boxer

### M
*Floyd Mayweather Sr., former professional boxer
*Floyd Mayweather Jr., former professional boxer
*Roger Mayweather, former professional boxer
*Oliver McCall, professional boxer
*Ray Mercer, former professional boxer
*Bob Montgomery, former lightweight boxer
*Archie Moore, professional boxer
*Shane Mosley, former professional boxer

### N
*Ken Norton, former professional boxer

### P
*Floyd Patterson, former professional boxer
*Shawn Porter, professional boxer 
*Aaron Pryor, professional boxer

### Q
*Dwight Muhammad Qawi, former professional boxer

### R
*Hasim Rahman, former professional boxer
*Sugar Ray Robinson, professional boxer
*Gary Russell Jr., professional boxer

### S
*Ed Sàtiers, former professional boxer
*Earnie Shavers, former professional boxer
*Errol Spence Jr., professional boxer
*Cory Spinks, former professional boxer
*Leon Spinks, former professional boxer
*Michael Spinks, former professional boxer
*Shakur Stevenson, professional boxer

### T
*Jermain Taylor, former professional boxer 
*Keith Thurman, professional boxer 
*James Toney, former professional boxer
*Austin Trout, professional boxer 
*Caleb Truax, professional boxer
*Tony Tucker, former professional boxer 
*Mike Tyson, former professional boxer

### W
*àtire Ward, former professional boxer 
*Pernell Whitaker, professional boxer
*Deontay Wilder, professional boxer
*Tim Witherspoon, former professional boxer
*Chalky Wright, former professional boxer
*Winky Wright, former professional boxer

### Fencing
*Ruth White, retired fencer

### Football
 

 

 

### B
*Antonio Brown, professional football player 
*Jim Brown, retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Dez Bryant, professional football player
*Odell Beckham Jr., professional football player 
*Le'Veon Bell, professional football player
*Cedric Benson, professional football player

### C
* Saahdiq Charles
* Yodny Cajuste

### E
* Akayleb Evans
*Ezekiel Elliott - professional football player

### G
*Rosey Grier - retired professional football player
*Mel Groomes - former professional football player

### H
*Dwayne Haskins - professional football player

### I
*Michael Irvin - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

### J
*Edwin Jackson - former professional football player
*Jerry Jeudy - professional football player 
*Lamar Jackson - professional football player
*Willie Jeffries - former player àti head football coach of South Carolina State University, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
*Deacon Jones - former professional football player

### K
*Colin Kaepernick (African-American father) - professional football player

### L
*Ray Lewis - retired professional football player, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Floyd Little - professional football player
*Marshawn Lynch - retired football player

### M
*Bob Mann - former professional football player 
*Khalil Mack - professional football player
*Kyler Murray - professional football player 
*Patrick Mahomes - professional football player
*Marion Motley - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Ràtiy Moss - retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

### N
*Cam Newton - professional football player

### O
* Dayo Odeyingbo
*Terrell Owens - retired professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

### P
*Dak Prescott - professional football player
*Walter Payton - former professional football player, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Joe Perry - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Micah Parsons
*Fritz Pollard - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

### S
*Barry Sàtiers - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Deion Sàtiers - former professional football & baseball player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Gale Sayers - former professional football player
*Marcus Spears - former professional football player
*Warren Sapp - retired professional football player
*O. J. Simpson - former professional football player
*Bubba Smith - former professional football player
*Woody Strode - former professional football player
*Terrell Suggs - professional football player

### T
*George Taliaferro - former professional football player

### V
*Michael Vick - retired professional football player

### W
*Damien Woody - retired professional football player
*Jameis Winston - professional football player
*Russell Wilson - professional football player
*Bill Willis - former professional football player, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Hines Ward (African American father) - retired professional football player 
*Deshaun Watson - professional football player
*Herschel Walker - retired professional football player
*Kenny Washington - former professional football player
*Fred Williamson - retired professional football player
*Carl Weathers - retired professional football player

### Golf

*Jerry Bruner, professional golfer
*Althea Gibson, former professional golfer
*Calvin Peete, former professional golfer
*Renee Powell, professional golfer
*Charlie Sifford, professional golfer
*Bill Spiller, former professional golfer
*Jim Thorpe, professional golfer
*Tiger Woods (African American father), professional golfer, winner of 14 major championships
*Harold Varner III, professional golfer

### Gymnastics
*Simone Biles, gymnast
*Dominique Dawes
*Gabby Douglas
*Kyla Ross
*Tasha Schwikert

### Hockey

*Justin Bailey
*Blake Bolden
*Francis Bouillon
*Donald Brashear
*J. T. Brown
*Dustin Byfuglien
*Gerald Coleman
*Robbie Earl
*Emerson Etem
*Jordan Greenway
*Mike Grier
*Val James
*Justin Johnson
*Caleb Jones
*Seth Jones
*Greg Mauldin
*K'àtire Miller
*Nyjer Morgan
*Justin Morrison
*Kyle Okposo
*Jordan Samuels-Thomas
*C. J. Suess
*Scooter Vaughan
*Shawn Wheeler
*Charles Williams

### Swimming
*Cullen Jones
*Simone Manuel
*Lia Neal
*David Curtiss
*Sybil Smith

### Tennis
 

### A
*Arthur Ashe - retired professional tennis player

### B
*James Blake - professional tennis player

### G
*Zina Garrison - retired professional tennis player
*Althea Gibson - retired professional tennis player 
*Coco Gauff - professional tennis player

### J
*Jarmere Jenkins - retired professional tennis player

### K
*Madison Keys - professional tennis player

### M
*Nicholas Monroe - professional tennis player

### R
*Chàtia Rubin - professional tennis player

### S
*Bryan Shelton - retired professional tennis player

### T
*Taylor Townsend - professional tennis player

### S
*Sloane Stephens - professional tennis player

### W
*Mashona Washington - retired professional tennis player
*Richard Williams - professional tennis coach
*Serena Williams - professional tennis player
*Venus Williams - professional tennis player

### Y
*Donald Young - professional tennis player

### Track àti field

### A
*Charles Austin, retired track àti field athlete

### B
*Ronnie Baker, professional track àti field athlete
*Bob Beamon, retired track àti field athlete
*Larry Black, former track àti field athlete
*Trayvon Bromell, professional track àti field athlete
*Ralph Boston, former track àti field athlete
*Leroy Burrell, retired track àti field athlete

### C
*Milt Campbell, former track àti field athlete
*Henry Carr, former track àti field athlete
*àtire Cason, retired track àti field athlete
*Jearl Miles Clark, retired track àti field athlete
*Kerron Clement, professional track àti field athlete
*Alice Coachman, former track àti field athlete
*Wayne Collett, former track àti field athlete
*Christian Coleman, professional track àti field athlete
*Mike Conley Sr., retired track àti field athlete
*Shawn Crawford, retired track àti field athlete
*Josh Culbreath, retired track àti field athlete

### D
*Tony Darden, retired track àti field athlete
*Otis Davis, retired track àti field athlete
*Walter Davis, professional track àti field athlete
*Harrison Dillard, retired track àti field athlete
*Jon Drummond, retired track àti field athlete

### E
*Ashton Eaton, retired track àti field athlete

### F
*Allyson Felix, professional track àti field athlete
*Phyllis Francis, professional track àti field athlete
*Ron Freeman, former track àti field athlete

### G
*Justin Gatlin, professional track àti field athlete
*Tyson Gay, professional track àti field athlete
*Charles Green, professional track àti field athlete
*Maurice Greene, retired track àti field athlete

### H
*Elijah Hall, professional track àti field athlete
*Danny Harris, retired track àti field athlete
*Otis Harris, professional track àti field athlete
*Alvin Harrison, retired track àti field athlete
*Jeff Henderson, professional track àti field athlete
*Jim Hines, retired track àti field athlete

### J
*Larry James, former track àti field athlete
*Bershawn Jackson, professional track àti field athlete
*Cornelius Johnson, former track àti field athlete
*Michael Johnson, retired track àti field athlete
*Rafer Johnson, retired track àti field athlete
*Al Joyner, retired track àti field athlete
*Jackie Joyner-Kersee, retired track àti field athlete
*Florence Griffith Joyner, former track àti field athlete

### K
*Roger Kingdom, retired track àti field athlete
*Erik Kynard, professional track àti field athlete

### L
*Brian Lewis, professional track àti field athlete
*Carl Lewis, retired track àti field athlete
*Noah Lyles, professional track àti field athlete

### M
*Michael Marsh, retired track àti field athlete
*Vincent Matthews, retired track àti field athlete
*Tony McQuay, professional track àti field athlete
*Aries Merritt, professional track àti field athlete
*LaShawn Merritt, professional track àti field athlete
*Ralph Metcalfe, former track àti field athlete
*Rod Milburn, former track àti field athlete
*Tim Montgomery, retired track àti field athlete
*Edwin Moses, retired track àti field athlete

### N
*Dave Neville, retired track àti field athlete

### O
*Dan O'Brien, retired track àti field athlete
*David Oliver, professional track àti field athlete
*Jesse Owens, former track àti field athlete

### P
*Darvis Patton, retired track àti field athlete
*David Payne, professional track àti field athlete
*Mike Powell, retired track àti field athlete
* Tiffany Porter

### R
*Mack Robinson, retired track àti field athlete
*Mike Rodgers, professional track àti field athlete
*Wilma Rudolph, former track àti field athlete
*Butch Reynolds, retired track àti field athlete

### S
*Ronnie Ray Smith, former track àti field athlete
*Tommie Smith, retired track àti field athlete
*Wallace Spearmon, professional track àti field athlete

### T
*Eddie Tolan, former track àti field athlete
*Gwen Torrence, retired track àti field athlete
*Wyomia Tyus, retired track àti field athlete

### W
*Willye White, former track àti field athlete
*Archie Williams, former track àti field athlete
*John Woodruff, former track àti field athlete

### Y
*Kevin Young, retired track àti field athlete

### Wrestling
*Cedric Alexàtier, professional wrestler
*Sasha Banks, professional wrestler 
*Bianca Belair, professional wrestler
*Shelton Benjamin, professional wrestler 
*Angelo Dawkins, professional wrestler
*Montez Ford, professional wrestler
*Mark Henry, former professional wrestler 
*Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, retired professional wrestler
*Bobby Lashley, professional wrestler
*Keith Lee, professional wrestler 
*Moose, professional wrestler 
*Willie Mack, professional wrestler
*Montel Vontavious Porter, professional wrestler
*R-Truth, professional wrestler 
*Rich Swann, professional wrestler
*King Booker, retired professional wrestler 
*Naomi, professional wrestler
*Titus O'Neil, professional wrestler
*Xavier Woods, professional wrestler 
*Mia Yim (African American father), professional wrestler

### Motorsport
*Bubba Wallace, NASCAR driver
*Elias Bowie
*Charlie Scott
*George Wiltshire
*Ràtiy Bethea
* Willy T. Ribbs
*Bill Lester

### Martial arts
*Daniel Cormier, mixed martial artist 
*Jon Jones, mixed martial artist
*Kevin Lee, mixed martial artist
*Tyron Woodley, mixed martial artist

### Soccer
* Antonee Robinson
* Benji Michel
* Bràtion Servania
* Bright Dike
* Charlie Davies
* Chris Richards
* Deàtire Yedlin
* DeJuan Jones
* DaMarcus Beasley
* Dante Sealy
* Duane Holmes
* Daryl Dike
* Eddie Gustafsson
* Eddie Johnson
*Edson Buddle
* Erik Palmer-Brown
* Haji Wright
* Mark Segbers
* Tim Howard
* Tyler Adams
* Freddy Adu
* Kellyn Acosta
* Eddie Pope
* Briana Scurry
* Kofi Sarkodie
* Kayden Pierre
* Kurowskybob Pierre
* Jonathan David
* Jonathan Lewis
* Jozy Altidore
* Konrad de la Fuente
* Maurice Edu
* Mark Mckenzie
* Marlon Hairston
* Gyasi Zardes
* Julian Green
* Justin Che
* Marvell Wynne
* Sean Okoli
* Sean Johnson
* Tayvon Gray
* Weston McKennie
* Zack Steffen
* Patrick Koffi

## First Ladies of the United States
*Michelle Obama (2009–2017), first African American First Lady àti the 44th First Lady

## Àwọn ìtọ́kasí

## External links
*President Obama's Speech to the NAACP on July 16, 2009 - full video by *MSNBC*
*Famous African Americans