Favorite Celebrations ~  African American My Soul Looks Back

"We were on top again. As always, again. We survived. The depths had been icy and dark, but now a bright sun spoke to our souls. I was no longer simply a member of the proud graduating class of 1940; I was a proud member of the wonderful, beautiful Negro race." ~ Maya Angelou

ACTORS
Pearl Bailey
Halle Berry
Bill Bojangles
Bill Cosby
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Morgan Freeman
Pam Grier

Sidney Poitier
Chris Rock
Will Smith
Denzel Washington

Vanessa Williams

ATHLETES
Hank Aaron
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Muhammad Ali
Arthur Ashe
Vince Carter
George Foreman
Florence Griffith-Joyner

Marion Jones

Marion Jones
Shaquille O'Neal
Jesse Owens

Floyd Patterson
Walter Payton
Wilma Rudolph
Bill Russell

Emmitt Smith
Sheryl Swoopes
Venus Williams
Tiger Woods

INVENTORS
George Washington Carver

LEADERS

MUSICIANS

QUOTATIONS
African Americans
Maya Angelou
Zora Neale Hurston

Martin Luther King
Nelson Mandela
Colin Powell

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14th Amendment
Juneteenth
Kwanzaa
To Kill a Mockingbird
Writer's Digest Top 100 Writers

WRITERS