Category: 100 Greatest African Americans

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This category contains profiles of the 100 Greatest African Americans according to Asante's list.

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Asante's 100 Greatest African-Americans

A

Henry Aaron 05 Feb 1934 Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States - 22 Jan 2021

Ira Aldridge 24 Jul 1807 New York City, New York, United States - 07 Aug 1867

Richard Allen 14 Feb 1760 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 26 Mar 1831

Marian Anderson 27 Feb 1897 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 08 Apr 1993

Arthur Ashe 10 Jul 1943 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 06 Feb 1993

Crispus Attucks bef 1723 Framingham, Massachusetts Bay - 05 Mar 1770

Claudette (Austin) Colvin 1930s

B

Frederick (Bailey) Douglass Feb 1818 Talbot, Maryland, United States - 20 Feb 1895

James Baldwin 02 Aug 1924 Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 01 Dec 1987

Benjamin Banneker 09 Nov 1731 Baltimore County, Maryland - 09 Oct 1806

Joseph Barrow 13 May 1914 Lafayette, Chambers, Alabama, United States - 12 Apr 1981

Isabella (Baumfree) Truth abt 1797 Ulster County, New York, United States - 26 Nov 1883

Romare Bearden abt 02 Sep 1911 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States - 12 Mar 1988

Guion Bluford 1940s

Arnaud Bontemps 13 Oct 1902 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States - 04 Jun 1973

Sarah (Breedlove) Walker 23 Dec 1867 Delta, Madison, Louisiana, United States - 25 May 1919

Edward Brooke 26 Oct 1919 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 03 Jan 2015

Gwendolyn Brooks 07 Jun 1917 Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States - 03 Dec 2000

Blanche Bruce 01 Mar 1841 Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States - 17 Mar 1898

Ralph Bunche 07 Aug 1904 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 09 Dec 1971

Jesse (Burns) Jackson 1940s

C

Stokely (Carmichael) Ture 29 Jun 1941 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - 15 Nov 1998

George Carver abt 12 Jul 1864 Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States - 05 Jan 1943

Mary (Church) Terrell 23 Sep 1863 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States - 24 Jul 1954

John (Clark) Clarke 01 Jan 1915 Union Springs, Alabama, United States - 12 Jul 1998

Kenneth Clark 14 Jul 1914 Panama Canal Zone - 01 May 2005

Cassius (Clay) Ali 17 Jan 1942 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 03 Jun 2016

John Coltrane 23 Sep 1926 Hamlet, Richmond, North Carolina, United States - 17 Jul 1967

Alexander Crummell 03 Mar 1819 New York City, New York, United States - 10 Sep 1898

D

Benjamin Davis 18 Dec 1912 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 04 Jul 2002

Martin Delany abt 06 May 1812 Charles Town, Jefferson, Virginia, United States - 24 Jan 1885

Charles Drew 03 Jun 1904 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 01 Apr 1950

William (DuBois) Du Bois 23 Feb 1868 Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA - 27 Aug 1963

Paul Dunbar 27 Jun 1872 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States - 09 Feb 1906

D cont.

Katherine Dunham 22 Jun 1909 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States - 21 May 2006

E

Edward Ellington 29 Apr 1899 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 24 May 1974

Living Everett

F

James Forten 02 Sep 1766 Delaware Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 04 Mar 1842

John Franklin 02 Jan 1915 Rentiesville, Oklahoma, United States - 25 Mar 2009

G

Henry Garnet 23 Dec 1815 New Market, Maryland - 13 Feb 1882

Marcus Garvey 17 Aug 1887 Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica - 10 Jun 1940

H

Prince Hall abt 1735 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 04 Dec 1807

Lorraine Hansberry 19 May 1930 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 12 Jan 1965

Dorothy Height 24 Mar 1912 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America - 20 Apr 2010

Matthew Henson 08 Aug 1866 Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland, United States of America - 09 Mar 1955

Charles Houston abt 03 Sep 1895 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 22 Apr 1950

James Hughes 01 Feb 1901 Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States - 22 May 1967

Zora Hurston 07 Jan 1891 Notasulga, Macon Co., Alabama, United States - 28 Jan 1960

J

Mae Jemison 1950s

James Johnson abt 17 Jul 1871 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States - 26 Jun 1938

John Johnson 31 Mar 1878 Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States - 10 Jun 1946

John Johnson 19 Jan 1918 Arkansas City, Desha, Arkansas, United States of America - 08 Aug 2005

Marguerite (Johnson) Angelou 04 Apr 1928 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 28 May 2014

Everett (Jones) Baraka 07 Oct 1934 Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States - 09 Jan 2014

Percy Julian 11 Apr 1899 Alabama, United States - 19 Apr 1975

Ernest Just 14 Aug 1883 Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 27 Oct 1941

K

Martin King 15 Jan 1929 501 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States - 04 Apr 1968

Frederick (Kittel) Wilson 27 Apr 1945 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States - 02 Oct 2005

L

Mary Lewis abt 04 Jul 1844 East Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York, United States - 17 Sep 1907

Malcolm (Little) X 19 May 1925 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States - 21 Feb 1965

Arthur Locke 13 Sep 1886 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 09 Jun 1954

M

Thoroughgood Marshall 02 Jul 1908 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 24 Jan 1993

Benjamin Mays 01 Aug 1894 Greenwood, South Carolina, United States - 28 Mar 1984

Rosa (McCauley) Parks 04 Feb 1913 Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States - 24 Oct 2005

Elijah McCoy abt 27 Mar 1843 Colchester, Canada West - 10 Oct 1929

Festus McKay 15 Sep 1889 Mears, Clarendon, Jamaica - 22 May 1948

Mary (McLeod) Bethune 10 Jul 1875 Mayesville, Sumter, South Carolina, United States - 18 May 1955

M cont.

Oscar (Michaux) Micheaux 02 Jan 1884 Illinois, United States - 25 Mar 1951

Doris Miller 12 Oct 1919 Waco, McLennan County, Texas, United States - 24 Nov 1943

Garrett Morgan 04 Mar 1877 Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States - 27 Aug 1963

O

James Owens 12 Sep 1913 Oakville, Lawrence, Alabama, United States - 31 Mar 1980

P

Elijah (Poole) Muhammad 07 Oct 1897 Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, United States - 25 Feb 1975

Countee (Porter) Cullen abt 30 May 1903 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 09 Jan 1946

Adam Powell 29 Nov 1908 New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 04 Apr 1972

Colin Powell 05 Apr 1937 Harlem, New York County, New York, USA - 18 Oct 2021

R

Asa Philip Randolph 15 Apr 1889 Crescent City, Putnam County, Florida, United States - 16 May 1979

Hiram Revels 27 Sep 1827 Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States - 16 Jan 1901

Paul Robeson 09 Apr 1898 Princeton, New Jersey, United States - 23 Jan 1976

Jack Robinson 31 Jan 1919 Cairo, Grady, Georgia, United States - 24 Oct 1972

Harriet (Ross) Tubman 06 Mar 1822 Bucktown, Dorchester, Maryland, United States - 10 Mar 1913

John Russwurm 01 Oct 1799 Jamaica - 09 Jun 1851

S

Arturo Schomburg 24 Jan 1874 San Juan, Puerto Rico - 10 Jun 1938

Benjamin Singleton abt 1809 Davidson, Tennessee, United States - 17 Feb 1892

Shirley (St. Hill) Chisholm 30 Nov 1924 Brooklyn, New York, United States - 01 Jan 2005

T

Fannie (Townsend) Hamer 06 Oct 1917 Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States - 14 Mar 1977

William Trotter 07 Apr 1872 Chillicothe, Ohio, United States - 07 Apr 1934

Henry Turner 01 Feb 1834 Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States - 08 May 1915

Nathaniel Turner 02 Oct 1800 Southampton County, Virginia, United States - 11 Nov 1831

W

David Walker 28 Sep 1796 Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States - 06 Aug 1830

Booker Washington abt 05 Apr 1856 Hales Ford, Franklin, Virginia, United States - 14 Nov 1915

Ida (Wells) Barnett 16 Jul 1862 Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi, United States - 25 Apr 1931

Phillis (Wheatley) Peters abt 1753 Africa - 05 Dec 1784

Walter White 01 Jul 1893 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America - 21 Mar 1955

Roy Wilkins 30 Aug 1901 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 08 Sep 1981

Daniel Williams 18 Jan 1856 Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania - 04 Aug 1931

Oprah Winfrey 1950s

Chloe (Wofford) Morrison 18 Feb 1931 Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, United States - 05 Aug 2019

Tiger Woods 1970s

Carter Woodson 19 Dec 1875 New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia, United States - 03 Apr 1950

Richard Wright 04 Sep 1908 Rucker's Plantation, Roxie, Mississippi, United States - 28 Nov 1960

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