Television and print
James Pickens Jr. (1954- )
James Pickens Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber in...
Roots (1977)
Roots was a television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The miniseries...
RuPaul Andre Charles (1960- )
RuPaul Andre Charles is an actor, model, singer, and drag queen, who is best known by his first name, RuPaul....
Sian Proctor (1970- )
Sian Hayley Proctor is a geology professor, motivational speaker, pilot, artist, author, and spaceflight participant most noted for her flight...
Billy Porter (1969- )
William Ellis “Billy” Porter II is an actor, singer, and author who is most recognized for his Broadway performances and...
Yvonne Denis-Rosario, (1967- )
Yvonne Denis-Rosario, columnist, librettist, narrator, novelist, poet, professor, radio/ TV host and producer, was born March 9, 1967 in San...
Cori Bush (1976- )
Cori Anika Bush is the first African America woman elected to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She...
James Golden/ Bo Snerdley (?- )
James Golden, also known as Bo Snerdley, is a successful producer and political activist engaged in changing the nation’s perception...
Ron O’Neal (1937-2004)
Ron O’Neal was a charismatic and gifted actor who never fulfilled the early promise he had shown on the New...
