12/7/1918 - 10/13/2021
• civil rights activist • educator • historian • author •
4/22/1921 - 8/16/2021
• civil rights activist • cafe owner/operator •
4/2/1922 - 6/5/2021
• civil rights activist •
12/19/1924 - 1/28/2021
• actress •
3/6/1928 - 2/27/2021
• aerospace engineer • fair housing activist •
4/13/1929 - 10/13/2021
• tribal leader of the Blackfeet Nation •
8/21/1932 - 9/21/2021
• actor • filmmaker • playwright • novelist • composer •
8/8/1933 - 4/4/2021
• first Black television journalists in New York •
3/9/1933 - 5/3/2021
• singer • songwriter • bandleader • entrepreneur •
2/5/1934 - 1/22/2021
• professional baseball right fielder
and record-breaking batter •
5/27/1934 - 12/22/2021
• businessman • philanthropist •
7/14/1934 - 11/28/2021
• first African American golfer to
play in the Masters Tournament •
1/23/1935 - 7/25/2021
• activist • educator •
3/25/1935 - 2/15/2021
• musician • arranger • composer • producer •
8/15/1935 - 3/1/2021
• attorney • business executive • civil rights activist •
9/5/1936 - 4/6/2021
• politician • judge •
4/5/1937 - 10/18/2021
• Army General • politician • statesman • diplomat •
8/21/1939 / 6/4/2021
• actor •
11/15/1939 - 3/15/2021
• actor •
12/22/1939 - 10/20/2021
• illustrator • writer •
2/17/1940 - 12/12/2021
• singer-songwriter • actor • film producer •
3/6/1944 - 2/8/2021
• singer • actress • author •
11/20/1946 - 5/24/2021
• actor • singer •
2/25/1947 - 5/19/2021
• Olympic sprinter •
4/10/1947 - 3/2/2021
• singer • songwriter • musician •
10/8/1951 - 8/10/2021
• businessman • “father of Sudoku” •
9/25/1952 - 12/15/2021
• author • academic • activist •
6/8/1956 - 4/10/2021
• historian • activist •
7/21/1956 - 3/19/2021
• civil rights activist •
9/30/1980 - 11/28/2021
• designer • entrepreneur • disc jockey •
