Day 19. Ruth Simmons Shattering Ceilings in Higher Education.

Day 18. Hattie McDaniel A Star’s Legacy.

Day 17. Sidney Poitier Acting Trailblazer.

Day 16. Leontyne Price A Leader in Opera.

Day 15. Oprah Winfrey The Power of Influence.

Day 14. Duke Ellington Music Maestro.

Day 13. Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry of Place and People.

Day 12. Jean-Michel Basquiat Art as a Cultural Beacon.

Day 11. Roberta Flack Songs of Love and Liberation.

Day 10. Bessie Coleman A Flight for the Ages.