Benedict Wallet Vilakazi (6 January 1906 – 26 October 1947) was a South African novelist, linguist, a descendant of the Zulu royal family, and a radically innovative poet who created a combination of traditional and Romantic poetry in the Zulu language

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The Richard Pryor Show | The First Black President | 1977 | Richard Pryor President

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"Until now, the first [Black] voter in [britain] was thought to be the composer Charles Ignatius Sancho. But a chance discovery at the [british] Library by Dr Gillian Williamson, a historian researching lodgers in Georgian London, reveals a [Black Man] voted in an election 25 years earlier."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/24/britains-first-black-voter-was-in-1749-25-years-earlier-than-thought-and-ran-a-pub

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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 18 September 1976), mononymously known as Ronaldo, is [an Afro] Brazilian

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Elgin Gay Baylor (September 16, 1934 – March 22, 2021) was [a Black] American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward

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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by becoming the first track and

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Michaela Mabinty DePrince (born Mabinty Bangura; January 6, 1995 –

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Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950) was [a Black] American lawyer. He was the dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP first special counsel.

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