W.C. Handy - Known as the "Father of the Blues", Halle Berry - First Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress, Mahalia Jackson - Known as the "Queen of Gospel Music", Aretha Franklin - Known as the "Queen of Soul", Louis Armstrong - Famous jazz musician known for playing his trumpet and scat singing, Duke Ellington - Jazz Musician known for the song, "Take the A Train" and has a high school in DC named after him, Hattie McDaniel - First Black woman to ever win an Academy Award, Bessie Smith - Known as the "Empress of the Blues", Diahann Carroll - First Black actress to have a leading role on TV, Marian Anderson - First Black woman to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House, Misty Copeland - First Black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, Don Cornelius - The creator of Soul Train, Ella Fitzgerald - First Black woman to win a Grammy Award, Dorothy Dandridge - First Black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award, James Weldon Johnson - The author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing", Sidney Poitier - First Black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, Vanessa Williams - First Black woman to be crowned Miss America, Thomas Dorsey - Known as the "Father of Gospel", Oprah Winfrey - Known as the "Queen of All Media", Bob Marley - Considered one of the pioneers of Reggae Music,

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