Taari Coleman | Correspondent
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, this gallery includes 50 Black individuals of the past and present that serve as a source of inspiration for all.
Click each picture to learn about individuals you should show, and the accomplishments they bring to the Black community.
Huey P. Newton
Mabou Loiseau
Autum Ashante
Victor J. Glover
Dr. Patricia E. Bath
Robert L. Johnson
Lonnie G. Johnson
Lorraine Hansberry
Eugene Marino
Dr. Lawrence M. Clark
Ginger Howard
Earl Graves
Dick Gregory
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Fred Shuttlesworth
Mark Dean
Judy Smith
Andrew Koonce
Mae Jemison
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Dr. Augustus Witherspoon
Dr. Na’im Akbar
Chelsea Dock
Ed Carson, Manuel Crockett, Irwin Holmes, and Walter Holmes
Eric Holder
Kenneth J. Dunkley
Robert Clemons and Hardy Liston
Dr. Joycelyn Elder
Dorothy Dandridge
Percy Lavon Julian
Arthur Ashe
Claudette Colvin
Carl Rowan
Rochelle Ballantyne
Tony Williamson
Lena Horne
The Imafidon Family
Assata Shakur
Douglas Wilder
Lewis Latimer
Walter Francis White
Ralph Bunche
Mary McLeod Bethune
A. Philip Randolph
Bill Russell
Garrett Morgan
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
Toni Morrison
Medgar Evers
Shirley Chisholm