PROFESSION: Actor
Surrounded by four dazzling Southern-styled ladies on the hit sitcom "Designing Women" (1986), genial African-American Meshach Taylor made a name for himself as the beleaguered male foil consistently at the mercy of the ladies' a ...
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PROFESSION: Military Figure
"In the Air Force, served as Deputy Chief of Staff and was instrumental in the establishment of the Defense Race Relations Institute, currently known as the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI)."
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PROFESSION: Actor
Hosted HBO's Def Comedy Jam. Starred in film "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, and Regina King.
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PROFESSION: Educator
Born in 1856 to a white father and black mother. Founded Tuskegee University in Alabama. Became the recognized leader for Black people when Frederick Douglass died.
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PROFESSION: Doctor
First African American to hold positions of Associate Dean of John Hopkins University School of Medicine and Professor of Cardiac Surgery. Performed world's first implementation of the automatic implantable defibrillator. Member o ...
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PROFESSION: Actor
Played in the comedy TV show, "In Living Color". Starred in movies such as "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and "A Low Down Dirty Shame"
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PROFESSION: Actress
Starred in such movies as "Head Of State" with Chris Rock, "Eve's Bayou", "The Slugger's Wife", "Jaws:The Revenge", and "A Thin Line Between Love And Hate".
Attended: Howard University
Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
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PROFESSION: Actress
"Played in the popular TV show, ""Sparks"". Also starred in such movies as ""Next Friday"", ""Nutty Professor II: The Klumps"", ""Baby Boy"", and ""Deliver Us From Eva"". Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority."
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PROFESSION: College Sports Coach
Coach of the first HBCU to ever go to the NCAA tournament and win a game. The winningest coach in Alcorn State U history.Replaced Ernie Banks at shortstop in the Negro League when Ernie went the the Majors.
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PROFESSION: Journalist
Was anchor of BET Nightly News. Also anchored the morning show on CNN headline news.
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PROFESSION: Actor
Starred in TV shows such as "WKRP in Cincinnati", "Simon and Simon", and "Sister, Sister".
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PROFESSION: Professional Sports Player
Future Hall of Famer. Played with San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks.
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PROFESSION: Professional Sports Player
All Pro cornerback. Played quarterback while at FAMU. Played for the Cincinnati Bengals. Finished career with 65 interceptions.
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PROFESSION: Musical Artist
Grammy award winner. Member and lead singer of the Commodores. Co-wrote the song, "We Are The World" with Michael Jackson.
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PROFESSION: College Sports Coach
Winningest coach in college football history at the time. Won 8 national black football college titles.
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