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51 Black actors who made entertainment history


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51 Black actors who made entertainment history



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Cicely Tyson



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Hattie McDaniel



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Angela Bassett



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Spike Lee



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Sidney Poitier



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Chadwick Boseman



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Denzel Washington



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Ethel Waters



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Whoopi Goldberg



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Halle Berry



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Eddie Murphy



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Debbie Allen



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Dwayne Johnson



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Daniel Kaluuya



Desilu Productions

Gail Fisher



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Tyler Perry



Embassy Television

Roxie Roker



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Laverne Cox



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Oprah Winfrey



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Lena Horne



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Kerry Washington



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Chiwetel Ejiofor



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Will Smith



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Pearl Bailey



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Lena Waithe



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Arsenio Hall



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Martin Lawrence



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Diahann Carroll



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Ossie Davis



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Bernie Mac



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Wesley Snipes



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Richard Pryor



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Viola Davis



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Ice Cube



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John Witherspoon



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Dorothy Dandridge



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Dave Chappelle



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Lupita Nyong’o



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Kevin Hart



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Harry Belafonte



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Phylicia Rashad



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Donald Glover



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Anika Noni Rose



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John Legend



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Audra McDonald



Eon Productions

Gloria Hendry



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Keke Palmer



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Vanessa Williams



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Quvenzhané Wallis



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Jordan Peele



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Zendaya



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Jennifer Hudson


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