Name	Known for
Jane Ailes Self Self See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
Pamela Arkin Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
Ira Berlin Self Self See fewer	A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982)
Joel Buchanan Self Self See fewer	Endure (2010)
Ben Carson Self (as Benjamin Carson Sr.) Self (as Benjamin Carson Sr.) See fewer	Stuck on You (2003)
Sonya Copeland Self Self See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self (as Henry Louis Gates) Self (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Henry Louis Gates Sr. Self Self See fewer	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Helen Gates Stephens Self Self See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
John Gates Self Self See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
Whoopi Goldberg Self Self See fewer	Ghost (1990)
James Horton Self Self See fewer	Our World (1986)
Hoover Jakes Self Self See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
T.D. Jakes Self Self See fewer	Jumping the Broom (2011)
Mae C. Jemison Self Self See fewer	Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Quincy Jones Self Self See fewer	The Color Purple (1985)
Susan O'Donovan Self Self See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Jim Powell Jr. Self Self See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
Leslie Rowland Self Self See fewer	Lovers and Liars (1998)
Chris Tucker Self Self See fewer	Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Mike Wiley Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
Oprah Winfrey Self Self See fewer	The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)