Nominees Pages 1 | 2     To read about a nominated trailblazer, click that person's name.   •Tuskegee Airmen   •Muhammad Ali   •Danny Anderson   •Marian Anderson   •Maya Angelou   •Louis Armstrong   •Arthur Ashe   •Josephine Baker   •Erine Banks   •Guion S. Bluford   •Otis Boykin   •Ruby Bridges   •Debra Britt   •Edward Brooke   •Garth Brooks   •Gwendolyn Brooks   •Jesse Leroy Brown   •Cheryl Adrienne Browne   •Ralph Bunche   •George Carver   •George Washington Carver   •Mary Ann Shad Cary   •Tracy Chapman   •Shirley Chisholm   •Madam Cj walker   •Mike Clemons   •Rebecca Lee Crumpler   •Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.   •James Derham   •Gabby Douglas   •Marvin Douglas   •Fredrick Douglass   •Charles Dumas   •WILLARD EPPS   •Althea Gibson   •Dizzy Gillespie   •Shawn V Gonzalez   •Mal Goode   •Ernest Green   •Catrena H.   •Alex Haley   •Matthew Henson   •Billie Holiday   •Kevin Holmes   •Jessie Jackson   •Michael Jackson   •Mae Jemison   •Thomas L. Jennings   •Marion Jones   •Michael Jordan