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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and performer. Her work ranges from vocal group beginnings to solo albums and large-scale visual projects.

Stevie Wonder is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. As a Motown artist, he became known for his expressive voice and inventive use of keyboards and synthesizers.

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, performer, and teacher. Her autobiographical writing brought her childhood and life experiences to readers with candour and artistry.

Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. In 1992 she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, becoming the first Black woman in space.

Chadwick Boseman was an American actor, writer, and producer. He portrayed Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall, and T’Challa in Black Panther.

Naomi Campbell is a British fashion model who began working as a teenager and became one of the most recognisable models of her generation.

Iman is a Somali-American model and entrepreneur. She became one of fashion’s most recognisable figures and later founded a cosmetics company designed with women of colour in mind.

Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and political activist, professor, and founder of the Green Belt Movement.

Bayard Rustin was a civil rights organiser, strategist, and advocate for nonviolent protest. He helped organise the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid leader and South Africa’s first democratically elected president. He received the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a minister and civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent protest against racial segregation.

Rosa Parks was a lifelong civil rights activist who worked with the Montgomery NAACP before her 1955 arrest.