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Notable
African American Icons
 .: REFLECT AND BE PROUD :.
 
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Jacob Lawrence
Artist & Instructor

 Charlie Parker
Jazz Music Great

Dexter 'LTD' Gordon
Only musician ever nominated for an Oscar
Edmonia Lewis
The first professional African-American sculptor

Scott Joplin
Ragtime Musician/Writer

Madam C. J. Walker
First Female Millionaire

Nkosi Johnson
11-yr.-old spoke on behalf of kids with AIDS

Bob Marley
Jamaican Singer/Musian

Phillis Wheatly
First published African-American poet

Venus & Serena Williams
Tennis Champ Sisters

Mary McLeod Bethune
Educator

Clara McBride Hale
Self-help Guru

Wilma Rudolph
Track Star & 3 Golds

Oseola McCarty
USM's Greatest Benefactor

Ruby Bridges Hall
6-yr. old Desegregates School
 
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