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Maggie Lena Walker

1903: Industriousness: Maggie Lena Walker

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1903: Purposefulness: W.E.B. DuBois

1903: Purposefulness: W.E.B. DuBois

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1904: Faith: Mary McLeod Bethune

1904: Faith: Mary McLeod Bethune

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1905: Civility: Niagara Movement Founders:

1905: Civility: Niagara Movement Founders:

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William Handy

1905: Perseverance: William Handy

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1906: Faith: Lucy Farrow

1906: Faith: Lucy Farrow

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Matthew Henson

1906: Optimism: Matthew Henson

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Nannie Helen Burroughs

1909: Compassion: Nannie Helen Burroughs

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1911: Purposefulness: Arturo Schomburg

1911: Purposefulness: Arturo Schomburg

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Madam C.J. Walker

1913: Industriousness: Madam C.J. Walker

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1916: Courage: Garrett Morgan

1916: Courage: Garrett Morgan

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Georgia Douglas Johnson

1918: Optimism: Georgia Douglas Johnson:

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Horace Pippin

1918: Self-Discipline: Horace Pippin

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Harlem Hellfighters

1918: Teamwork: Harlem Hellfighters

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Oscar Micheaux

1919: Self-Reliance: Oscar Micheaux:

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1921: Courage: Ida B. Wells

1921: Courage: Ida B. Wells

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1922: Perseverance: Bessie Coleman

1922: Perseverance: Bessie Coleman

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A.G. Gaston

1923: Industriousness: A.G. Gaston

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1924: Integrity: Duke Ellington

1924: Integrity: Duke Ellington

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Alain Locke

1925: Compassion: Alain Locke

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1925: Faith: Howard Thurman

1925: Faith: Howard Thurman

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Langston Hughes

1926:: Optimism: Langston Hughes

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1929: Self-Reliance: Nella Larsen:

1929: Self-Reliance: Nella Larsen:

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1935: Compassion: Frederick Douglass Patterson

1935: Compassion: Frederick Douglass Patterson

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1935: Courage: Eunice Carter

1935: Courage: Eunice Carter

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Willa Brown

1937: Optimism: Willa Brown

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Jerome Holland

1938: Self-Discipline: Jerome Holland

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1940: Industriousness: Frederick McKinley Jones

1940: Industriousness: Frederick McKinley Jones

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Ella Baker

1943: Compassion: Ella Baker

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1945: Integrity: Lena Horne

1945: Integrity: Lena Horne

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1946: Integrity: Jackie Ormes

1946: Integrity: Jackie Ormes

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Jean Blackwell Hutson

1948: Optimism: Jean Blackwell Hutson

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Rosetta Tharpe

1950: Industriousness: Rosetta Tharpe

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1951: Self-Reliance: Bessie Blount Griffin

1951: Self-Reliance: Bessie Blount Griffin

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Lucy Miller Mitchell

1953: Compassion: Lucy Miller Mitchell

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Althea Gibson

1956: Self-Discipline: Althea Gibson

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1957: Civility: Elizabeth Eckford

1957: Civility: Elizabeth Eckford

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Wilma Rudolph

1960: Optimism: Wilma Rudolph

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Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole

1960: Teamwork: Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole

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1961: Purposefulness: Katherine Johnson

1961: Purposefulness: Katherine Johnson

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1962: Faith: Prathia Hall

1962: Faith: Prathia Hall

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1963: Civility: Amelia Boynton

1963: Civility: Amelia Boynton

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1964: Civility: Frankie Freeman

1964: Civility: Frankie Freeman

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1964: Integrity: Emma Amos

1964: Integrity: Emma Amos

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1967: Purposefulness: Raye Montague

1967: Purposefulness: Raye Montague

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1969; Integrity: Maya Angelou

1969; Integrity: Maya Angelou

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Gordon Parks

1969: Self-Reliance: Gordon Parks

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Diana Ross

1970: Compassion: Diana Ross

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1971: Integrity: Marvin Gaye

1971: Integrity: Marvin Gaye

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1972: Purposefulness: June Bacon-Bercey

1972: Purposefulness: June Bacon-Bercey

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1972: Self-Reliance: Shirley Chisholm

1972: Self-Reliance: Shirley Chisholm

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1975: Purposefulness: Septima Poinsette Clark

1975: Purposefulness: Septima Poinsette Clark

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Hazel Johnson-Brown

1979: Optimism: Hazel Johnson-Brown

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Patricia Bath

1986: Compassion: Patricia Bath

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