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(born February 17, 1936) is a former American football player, sports analyst, and actor. Number 32, he was a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National football League (NFL) from 1957 through 1965. Considered to be one of the greatest running backs of all time, as well as one of the greatest players in NFL history. He has remained active in the African American community by helping build life skills and donating his time towards anti-gang campaigns.

(born March 2, 1957) in Jefferson City, TN is an inventor and computer engineer. He was part of the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer processing chip. He holds three of nine PC patents for being the co-creator of the IBM personal computer released in 1981.

Dean holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

(born May 29, 1990 - December 30, 2017) was an American activist who advocated for police reform, particularly in the use of force during arrests. Garner became involved in activism following the 2014 death of her father, Eric Garner, after a New York City police officer placed him in a chokehold during an arrest. Garner led twice-weekly marches visiting the scene of her father’s death, visits which the media labeled a “die-in”. She also marched in Black Lives Matter demonstrations and other protest events, and set up a foundation in her father’s name.

(born August 16, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was the most recognized of the African American “human computers” – female mathematicians who worked at NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), from the 1930s until the 1980s. Johnson was most proud of the calculations that she contributed to the Apollo 1 mission to place the first human on the moon. But it was her role producing and checking the trajectory equations for astronaut John Glenn’s pioneering Project Mercury orbital space flight in 1962 that established her professional reputation.

(born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, talk show host and politician. Sharpton is the founder of the National Action Network. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election. He hosts his own radio talk show, Keepin’ It Real, and he makes regular guest appearances on cable news television.

(born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 – November 26, 1883). She was an American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. Truth is best known for her speech on racial inequalities, “Ain’t I a Woman?” delivered at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851.

(born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King, Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, United States Ambassador to the United Nations and was 55^th Mayor of Atlanta.