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Encyclopedia Britannica: Lisa P. Jackson
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Lisa P. Jackson, an American public official who served as commissioner of New Jersey's department of environmental protection (2006-08) and as administrator of the U.S. Environmental...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: M. Carl Holman
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features M. Carl Holman, an American civil rights leader, president of the National Urban Coalition (1971-88), who promoted the need for a mutual partnership between industry and government to...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Melville J. Herskovits
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Melville J. Herskovits, an American anthropologist noted for having opened up the study of the "New World Negro" as a new field of research. Herskovits was also known for his humanistic...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Michael S. Harper
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Michael S. Harper, an African-American poet whose sensitive, personal verse is concerned with ancestral kinship, jazz and the blues, and the separation of the races in America.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Michael S. Steele
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Michael S. Steele, an American politician, the first African-American to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC; 2009-2011).
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Encyclopedia Britannica: R. Kelly
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features R. Kelly, an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who became one of the best-selling rhythm-and-blues (R&B) artists of the 1990s and early 21st century....
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Richard D. Parsons
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Richard D. Parsons, an American businessman who was CEO (2002-07) of AOL Time Warner (now Time Warner) and later chairman (2009-12) of Citigroup.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Robert C. Weaver
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Robert C. Weaver, a noted economist who was the first African-American to serve in the U.S. cabinet.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Robert E. Park
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Robert E. Park, an American sociologist noted for his work on ethnic minority groups, particularly African Americans, and on human ecology, a term he is credited with coining. One of the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Alonzo J. Ransier
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alonzo J. Ransier, a black member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina during Reconstruction.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Bill T. Jones
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bill T. Jones, an American choreographer and dancer who, with Arnie Zane, created the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Abbey Lincoln
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Abbey Lincoln, an American vocalist, songwriter, and actress born Aug. 6, 1930, Chicago, Ill.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Adah Isaacs Menken
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Adah Isaacs Menken, an American actress and poet widely celebrated for her daring act of appearing (seemingly) naked, strapped to a running horse.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Adelaide Hall
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Adelaide Hall, an American-born jazz improviser whose wordless rhythms ushered in what became known as scat singing.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Alan Page
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alan Page, an American gridiron football player who in 1971 became the first defensive player to win the Most Valuable Player award of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Albert King
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Albert King, an American blues musician who created a unique string-bending guitar style that influenced three generations of musicians.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Al Green
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Al Green, an American singer-songwriter who was the most popular performer of soul music in the 1970s. By further transforming the essential relationship in soul music between the sacred...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Alice Childress
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alice Childress, an American playwright, novelist, and actress, known for realistic stories that posited the enduring optimism of black Americans.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Alice Dunbar Nelson
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alice Dunbar Nelson, a novelist, poet, essayist, and critic associated with the early period of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Alicia Keys
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alicia Keys, an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress, who achieved enormous success in the early 2000s with her blend of R&B and soul music.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Allen Toussaint
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Allen Toussaint, a songwriter, pianist, and producer, Toussaint was responsible for national hits by Ernie K-Doe, Chris Kenner, Jessie Hill, Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, and the Showmen,...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Allen Iverson
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Allen Iverson, an American basketball player known for both explosive play on the court and controversy away from the game. He became the first great athlete to be strongly identified with...
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Amanda Smith
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Amanda Smith, an American evangelist and missionary who opened an orphanage for African-American girls.
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Anna Deavere Smith
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Anna Deavere Smith, an American playwright, actress, author, journalist, and educator, who was best known for her one-woman plays that examined the social issues behind current events.