Taari Coleman | Correspondent
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, this gallery includes 50 Black individuals of the past and present that serve as a source of inspiration for all.
Click each picture to learn about individuals you should show, and the accomplishments they bring to the Black community.
- Myrlie Evers-Williams
- Toni Morrison
- Huey P. Newton
- Mae Jemison
- Arthur Ashe
- Fred Shuttlesworth
- Ralph Bunche
- Judy Smith
- Eugene Marino
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Earl Graves
- Robert Clemons and Hardy Liston
- Walter Francis White
- Bill Russell
- Dr. Patricia E. Bath
- Garrett Morgan
- Lonnie G. Johnson
- Andrew Koonce
- Eric Holder
- Dick Gregory
- Percy Lavon Julian
- Assata Shakur
- Robert L. Johnson
- Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
- Ed Carson, Manuel Crockett, Irwin Holmes, and Walter Holmes
- Dr. Joycelyn Elder
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Dr. Na’im Akbar
- Medgar Evers
- Tony Williamson
- Claudette Colvin
- Lewis Latimer
- A. Philip Randolph
- Ginger Howard
- The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
- The Imafidon Family
- Dr. Lawrence M. Clark
- Rochelle Ballantyne
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Mark Dean
- Mabou Loiseau
- Victor J. Glover
- Lena Horne
- Douglas Wilder
- Chelsea Dock
- Shirley Chisholm
- Dr. Augustus Witherspoon
- Carl Rowan
- Autum Ashante
- Kenneth J. Dunkley