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One of raps hugest stars. 50's flows and voice make every one of his songs memorable.

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Other than Tupac probably the most influential rapper of all time. From New York he helped define the genre of Hip-Hop and his songs are still heard everywhere. Sadly killled in 1997.

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Blues guitarist who helped define the genre and inspired countless blues and rock musicians.

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Young rapper NLE Choppa rose to fame extremely fast as a teenager in the last few years. Shortly after he became huge, he made a complete lifestyle change with the goal to be healthy and motivate others by spreading positivity. He started rapping about positivity instead of violence and lives a health concious, sober, spiritual life while being one of the top artists in the world that inspires a lot of people.

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Author in the 60s and 70s era. He wrote essays, novels, plays and films and his writings and wisdom is highly respected.

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Filmmaker, Author Activist.

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She organized and was the president of the National Association Of Colored Women in the very early 1900s, she fought for black women's rights for her whole 100 years life.

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He was one of the first commercially successful blues musicians, playing a 6 string banjo and recording music as early as the 1920's and 1930's, decades before more widely known artists like Muddy Waters and Little Richard were playing.

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Tupac is one of the most influential rappers of all time. Rising to fame in the mid 90s, his music spoke on the struggles he went through and witnessed his community go through and used his platform as one of the top artists as far as popularity goes, he spread a lot of wisdom, positivity, and activism to the rap scene. He was tragically shot in 1996.

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Organized the 1963 March on Washington, was one of MLK's closest advisors.

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She was the only female student at Howard University Law School and the first black person to receive a JSD from Yale. She has been a lawyer, author, priest and activist throughout her life.

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One of the pioneers and legends of early blues and rock music. He innovated blues guitar playing with his style and skill and many rock guitarists in decades after cite him as an influence. Picture above is of his performance at the Harlem Cultural Festival.

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Bill Hilliard was a journalist for the Oregonian. His career started when the company rejected his application as a paperboy because he was black. He proceeded to get a degree in journalism and came back years later and became one of their top promoters.

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Founded and led the Vancouver Baptist Church for 50 years. He worked all his life bringing the Black Portland community together in his church.

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Organizer of the Harlem Cultural Festival.

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Speaker and activist from the 60's/70s. Spoke about similar things as MLK but took a more firm approach which led him to be (wrongfully )on the radar of the FBI.

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Writer from Portland. Writes novels inspired by her life growing up in Portland. We've read several books by her in school.

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Long time employee at Jeff, has made connections and been a part of the school in various jobs for decades.

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back-Public Enemy

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back-Public Enemy

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2nd LP by hip-hop group Public Enemy. Features politically charged lyrics by Chuck D. They were one of the first artists of the early rap era to be bluntly angry, political and rebellious in their music and visuals.

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This is an album by the psych rock band from Zambia, The Peace. Released in 1975, to me it strikes me as a bold and powerful move to have a direct, literal representation of Black power in their title (and song of the same name) and cover art.

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Angela Davis is a professor, activist, feminist who was a big part of the civil rights movement in the late 60s and 70s. Her ideas, which may seem obviously right nowadays, were taken as a huge threat by the US government. The FBI listed her as most wanted and sought to imprison or kill her, she was eventually aquited because she didn't actually commit a crime. Authorities just wanted to silence her. She writes books, teaches and speaks to this day.