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Ida B. Wells
American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)
Ruby Dee
American actress (1922–2014)
Ed Bradley
American journalist (1941–2006)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
American political activist, journalist, and convicted murderer of a police officer
Alice Dunbar Nelson
American writer, activist (1875-1935)
Kristen Welker
American television journalist (born 1976)
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
American publisher, journalist, African American civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor
Gwen Ifill
American journalist, television newscaster and author (1955–2016)
Carter Godwin Woodson
American historian, writer, and journalist (1875–1950)
Janet Cooke
American journalist
Lester Holt
American journalist
Fathia Absie
Somali broadcaster, writer and filmmaker
Don Lemon
Don Renaldo Lemon-Clark is an American television journalist best known for being a host on CNN from 2014 until 2023. He anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. Lemon worked as a news correspondent for NBC on its programming, such as Today and NBC Nightly News.
Nikole Hannah-Jones
American journalist
Daisy Bates
American civil rights activist (1914–1999)
Terry Carter
American actor and filmmaker (1928–2024)
Robin Roberts
American television broadcaster (born 1960)
Angelina Weld Grimké
American poet, playwright, and journalist (1880–1958)
Byron Saxton
American professional wrestling announcer
Roy Wilkins
African-American NAACP leader
A'Lelia Bundles
American author and journalist
Bryant Gumbel
American television journalist and sportscaster
Myrlie Evers-Williams
American civil rights activist
Walter White
American civil rights activist (1893-1955)
Carl Rowan
American journalist (1925–2000)
Wesley Morris
American journalist
Adaora Udoji
American journalist
Hoda Kotb
American broadcast journalist, television personality, and author
Philippa Schuyler
American pianist and composer (1931–1967)
Elle Smith
American beauty pageant contestant
Bernard Shaw
American journalist (1940–2022)
Pauline Hopkins
American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor (1859-1930)
Margo Jefferson
American writer and academic (born 1947)
Robin Givhan
American fashion editor
Maria W. Stewart
American activist, teacher, journalist, lecturer, abolitionist
Abby Phillip
American journalist and White House correspondent (born 1988)
Tavis Smiley
Talk show host, author, entrepreneur, advocate, philanthropist
Melissa Harris-Perry
American journalist and professor
Cord Jefferson
American journalist, screenwriter and director
Dina Eastwood
American news anchor
Jackie Ormes
cartoonist (1911-1985)
George Schuyler
author, journalist and social commentator
Abiola Abrams
Author, filmmaker, television personality
Eli Reed
American photographer (1946- )
Sade Baderinwa
American journalist
Melba Pattillo Beals
American journalist
Olivia Ward Bush
American writer (1869–1944)
Samuel Cornish
American Presbyterian minister (1795–1858)
Timothy Thomas Fortune
American writer, activist (1856–1928)
Dean Baquet
American journalist
Cari Champion
American television host
Jamilah Lemieux
American columnist
Howard W. French
American academic, journalist, author and photographer
Aberjhani
Aberjhani (born Jeffery J. Lloyd July 8, 1957) is an American poet, writer and columnist. He is well known for his blog articles on literature and politics, and as co-author of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance and author of The River of Winged Dreams. The encyclopedia won a Choice Academic Title Award in 2004.
Tamron Hall
American journalist, talk show host (born 1970)
Joy Reid
American political pundit (1968-)
Briahna Joy Gray
American lawyer & pundit (1985-)
Louise Meriwether
American novelist (1923–2023)
John H. Johnson
American businessman and publisher (1918–2005)
Moneta Sleet, Jr.
American journalist