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