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The Black Names Project celebrates African-American names and the people behind the names by including mini-biographies of historical and famous people. We regularly add new bios. Learn more about the people....
- Abby Fisher
- Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher
- Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith
- Africa Burk
- Ahmad Rashad
- Al Joyner
- Albert McClellan
- Alex Collins
- Alex Haley
- Alexander Murray Palmer Haley
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Alfrederick Alphonzo Joyner
- Alphonso Michael Espy
- Alyce Faye Wattleton
- Amanda S.C. Gorman
- Amina Baraka
- Anna Mae Bullock
- Anna Pauline Murray
- Annette Jones
- Anthony Levine
- Antoine Domino, Jr.
- AOC
- Araminta Ross
- Arna Bontemps
- Arnaud Wendell Bontemps
- Arthur Lee Smith, Jr.
- Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.
- Asa Bundy Sheffey
- Austin Howard
- Ayanna Soyini Pressley
- Ayanna Pressley