Most Famed Black USA actors & Celebs are known by all folks

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Esther Rolle

Esther Rolle was an American actress. Rolle is best known
for her role as Florida Evans, on the CBS television sitcom
Maude, for two seasons, and its spin-off series Good Times,
for five seasons, for which Rolle was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series
Musical or Comedy in 1976. Wikipedia

 

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John Allen Amos Jr.
is an American actor known
for his roles as James Evans, Sr.
on the CBS television series Good Times
and in the 1977 miniseries, Roots,
for which he received an Emmy nomination. Wikipedia

 

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Gregory Morris
was an American actor.
He was best known for portraying
Barney Collier on Mission: Impossible
and Lt. David Nelson on Vega$. Wikipedia

 

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Jaleel White

an American actor, voice actor, producer and writer.
In 1989, he was cast in the role of Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters.
The character, which was originally intended to be a one-time guest appearance,
was an instant hit with audiences and White became a regular cast member. Wikipedia

 

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Allen Berry
(March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003)
was an American actor and street dancer.
He was best known for the role of Fred "Rerun"
Stubbs on the 1970s television show What's Happening!!

 

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Alfonso Ribeiro

an American actor, comedian, dancer,
director and television personality.
He played Alfonso Spears on the sitcom
Silver Spoons, Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Maxwell Stanton on In the House. Wikipedia

 

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Eartha Kitt

artha Kitt was an American singer,
actress, dancer, activist, author and
songwriter, known for her highly
distinctive singing style and her 1953
recordings of "C'est si bon" and the
enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby",
which were both US Top 10 hits. Wikipedia

Eartha Kitt as Catwoman on Batman TV series (1967-1968)

 

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Josephine Baker
American-born French entertainer,
activist and French Resistance agent.
Her career was centered primarily in Europe,
mostly in her adopted France. Wikipedia
Born: June 3, 1906, St. Louis, MO
Died: April 12, 1975

 

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Sammy Davis Jr.
American singer, musician, dancer,
actor, vaudevillian and comedian,
noted for his impressions of actors,
musicians and other celebrities. Wikipedia

 

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Garrett Morris
American comedian, actor, and singer.
He was part of the original cast of the
sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live,
appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris also had
a role as Junior "Uncle Junior" King on the sitcom
The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996–2001. Wikipedia

 

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Rex Ingram
(October 20, 1895 – September 19, 1969)
was an American Doctor and stage, film, and television actor.

 

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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
American tap dancer and actor, the best known and
most highly paid African-American entertainer in the
first half of the twentieth century. His long career
mirrored changes in American entertainment tastes
and technology. Wikipedia

 

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George Washington Carver
is known for his work with peanuts
(though he did not invent peanut butter,
as some may believe). However, there's
a lot more to this scientist and inventor
than simply being "the Peanut Man."

 

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Booker T. Washington
American educator, author,
orator, and advisor to presidents
of the United States. Between 1890
and 1915, Washington was the
dominant leader in the African-American
community. Wikipedia

 

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"Dizzy" Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader,
composer, and singer. Gillespie was a
trumpet virtuoso and improviser,
building on the virtuoso style of Roy
Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic
and rhythmic complexity previously
unheard in jazz. Wikipedia

 

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Cab Calloway
American jazz singer, dancer,
and bandleader. He was associated
with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City,
where he was a regular performer. Calloway
was a master of energetic scat singing and led
one of the United States' most popular big bands
from the start of the 1930s to the late 1940s. Wikipedia

 

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"Count" Basie
American jazz pianist, organist,
bandleader, and composer.
In 1935, Basie formed his own jazz
orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra,
and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a
long engagement and their first recording. Wikipedia

 

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"Duke" Ellington
American composer, pianist,
and leader of a jazz orchestra,
which he led from 1923 until his
death over a career spanning
more than fifty years. Wikipedia

 

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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer sometimes
referred to as the First Lady of Song,
Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was
noted for her purity of tone, impeccable
diction, phrasing, intonation, and a "horn-like"
improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Wikipedia

 

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Pearl Mae Bailey
American actress and singer.
After appearing in vaudeville
she made her Broadway debut in
St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a
Tony Award for the title role in the
all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. Wikipedia