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.
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- Dr. Patricia E. Bath
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- Medgar Evers
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- Dr. Augustus Witherspoon
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- Eric Holder
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- Myrlie Evers-Williams
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- Mae Jemison
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- Douglas Wilder
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- Dr. Na’im Akbar
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- Ralph Bunche
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- Dorothy Dandridge
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- The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
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- Robert Clemons and Hardy Liston
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- Mary McLeod Bethune
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- Dr. Lawrence M. Clark
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- Dick Gregory
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- Huey P. Newton
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- Garrett Morgan
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- Toni Morrison
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- Ed Carson, Manuel Crockett, Irwin Holmes, and Walter Holmes
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- Lorraine Hansberry
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- Autum Ashante
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- Carl Rowan
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- Walter Francis White
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- Rochelle Ballantyne
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- Bill Russell
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- Lonnie G. Johnson
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- Tony Williamson
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- Mabou Loiseau
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- Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
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- Fred Shuttlesworth
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- Kenneth J. Dunkley
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- A. Philip Randolph
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- The Imafidon Family
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- Mark Dean
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- Andrew Koonce
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- Judy Smith
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- Shirley Chisholm
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- Dr. Joycelyn Elder
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- Assata Shakur
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- Victor J. Glover
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- Lena Horne
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- Lewis Latimer
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- Arthur Ashe
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- Ginger Howard
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- Earl Graves
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- Percy Lavon Julian
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- Eugene Marino
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- Chelsea Dock
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- Robert L. Johnson
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- Claudette Colvin
