African-American composers

American musician (1933–2006)

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)

American blues composer and musician (1873–1958)

American writer and activist (1871–1938)

American-Jamaican jazz pianist and composer

American ragtime composer (1885–1938)

American musician and composer

American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor (1901-2000)

American composer and writer (1896–1977)

American ragtime composer and saloon-keeper (1871-1922)

American musician (born 1986)

American Methodist minister and gospel music composer (1851-1933)

American ragtime pianist (1881-1908)

American pianist and composer (1849–1908)

African American musician and composer (1792–1844)

founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

American jazz pianist

American composer and vaudeville performer (1879-1949)

American musician

American actor, composer and producer

composer

American writer, composer, and actor (1929-2021)