Àwọn Ọmọ Áfíríkà Amẹ́ríkà

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

 

 

• 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

• 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

• Virgil Abloh
• Kanye West
• Rasheeda
• Mychael Knight
• Pepper LaBeija
• Willi Smith
• Kimora Lee Simmons
• Stephen Burrows

• Edna Lewis
• B. Smith
• Hercules Posey
• Mashama Bailey

 

• 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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

• 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.

• List of African-American abolitionists
• List of African-American officeholders during Reconstruction

 

 

 

 

 

• 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.
• 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 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

• List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients

 

• 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

 

 

 

 

 

• 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

• 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

• 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

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

• Michelle Obama (2009–2017), first African American First Lady àti the 44th First Lady

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

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