| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Tony Bennett |
Singer |
3-Aug-1926 |
|
Left his heart in San Francisco |
| Julian Bond |
Activist |
14-Jan-1940 |
15-Aug-2015 |
NAACP Chairman, 1998-2010 |
| Roscoe Lee Browne |
Actor |
2-May-1925 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Character actor, 1960s to 2000s |
| Lonny Chapman |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
12-Oct-2007 |
American character actor |
| Ramsey Clark |
Government |
18-Dec-1927 |
|
US Attorney General, 1967-69 |
| Ossie Davis |
Actor |
18-Dec-1917 |
4-Feb-2005 |
Do The Right Thing |
| Cliff De Young |
Singer |
12-Feb-1946 |
|
Former lead singer, Clear Light |
| Art Evans |
Actor |
27-Mar-1942 |
|
A Soldier's Story |
| Al Freeman, Jr. |
Actor |
21-Mar-1934 |
10-Aug-2012 |
Malcolm X |
| Clu Gulager |
Actor |
16-Nov-1928 |
|
The Killers |
| Steven Hill |
Actor |
24-Feb-1922 |
23-Aug-2016 |
Adam Schiff on Law & Order |
| Martin Luther King III |
Activist |
23-Oct-1957 |
|
Former President of the SCLC |
| Kenneth McMillan |
Actor |
2-Jul-1932 |
8-Jan-1989 |
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen |
| Howard E. Rollins, Jr. |
Actor |
17-Oct-1950 |
8-Dec-1996 |
A Soldier's Story |
| Sonny Shroyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1935 |
|
Enos on The Dukes of Hazzard |
| David Spielberg |
Actor |
6-Mar-1939 |
|
Dr. David Bedford on The Practice |
| Dolph Sweet |
Actor |
18-Jul-1920 |
8-May-1985 |
Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! |
| Cicely Tyson |
Actor |
18-Dec-1924 |
|
Sounder |
| Dick Anthony Williams |
Actor |
9-Aug-1938 |
16-Feb-2012 |
What the Wine Sellers Buy |
| Paul Winfield |
Actor |
22-May-1941 |
7-Mar-2004 |
Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn |
