WW9 / Atlas index / Black business todayBlack business today Major companies, banks and founders of our time. 352 points on the WW9 Atlas, oldest first, each with its source.
Open this layer on the map SDG Associates 1964 · Black-owned company · American architecture firm (placed at Detroit) Founded by: Howard Sims, Harold Varner. Industry: architecture, architectural engineering, project management.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDG_Associates Black Economic Union 1965 · Black-owned company · American non-profit organization (placed at Cleveland) Founded by: Jim Brown, Curtis McClinton.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Economic_Union OneUnited Bank 1968 · Black-owned company · African-American-owned bank based in Boston, Massachusetts Industry: bank.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneUnited_Bank Your Black Muslim Bakery 1968–2007 · Black-owned company · Muslim bakery chain linked to various crimes (placed at Oakland) Founded by: Yusuf Bey. Industry: bakery.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Black_Muslim_Bakery Black Arts/West (Seattle) 1969 · Black-owned company · (placed at Seattle) Industry: creative industries.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arts/West_%28Seattle%29 Billie Holiday Theatre 1972 · Black-owned company · Theater in Brooklyn, New York City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday_Theatre City National Bank (New Jersey) 1972 · Black-owned company · Defunct American bank (placed at Newark) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_National_Bank_%28New_Jersey%29 Penumbra Theatre Company 1976 · Black-owned company · African-American theatre company in Saint Paul, Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penumbra_Theatre_Company James Jones (basketball, born 1980) 1980 · Executive · American basketball executive and former player (born 1980) (placed at Miami) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jones_%28basketball%2C_born_1980%29 Urban One 1980 · Black-owned company · African American-owned media and radio broadcast company (placed at Silver Spring) Founded by: Cathy Hughes. Industry: media industry, broadcasting.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_One Lorraine Hansberry Theatre 1981 · Black-owned company · African American art institution in San Francisco, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry_Theatre 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks 1983 · Black-owned company · Spike Lee production company (placed at New York City) Founded by: Spike Lee, Monty Ross. Industry: cinematography.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Acres_and_a_Mule_Filmworks Ezell's Chicken 1984 · Black-owned company · Fast food restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezell%27s_Chicken Harpo Productions 1986 · Black-owned company · American multimedia production company (placed at Chicago) Founded by: Oprah Winfrey. Industry: mass media.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Productions The Source (magazine) 1988 · Black-owned company · American hip hop magazine (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_%28magazine%29 World Wide Technology 1990 · Black-owned company · American technology company (placed at United States) Founded by: David Steward.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Technology Death Row Records 1991–2009 · Black-owned company · American record label (placed at Beverly Hills) Founded by: Dr. Dre, The D.O.C., Suge Knight.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Row_Records Allen Media Group 1993 · Black-owned company · American media company (placed at Los Angeles) Founded by: Byron Allen. Industry: film industry, TV industry, terrestrial television.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Media_Group Sony Music Publishing 1995 · Black-owned company · American music publishing company (placed at 550 Madison Avenue) Industry: music industry.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Music_Publishing Los Angeles Sparks 1997 · Women's National Basketball Association team in Los Angeles, California (placed at Los Angeles) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks Anthony Bean Community Theater 2000 · Black-owned company · (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bean_Community_Theater EyeMail 2004 · Black-owned company · American communications technology company (placed at Atlanta) Founded by: Lisa S. Jones.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EyeMail GOOD Music 2004 · Black-owned company · American record label (placed at New York City) Founded by: Kanye West.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOOD_Music Dreamville Records 2007 · American record label (placed at New York City) Founded by: J. Cole, Ibrahim Hamad.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamville_Records Parkwood Entertainment 2008 · Black-owned company · American entertainment and management company (placed at Los Angeles) Founded by: Beyoncé. Industry: music industry, film industry, entertainment industry.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkwood_Entertainment Souley Vegan 2009 · Black-owned company · Vegan soul food restaurant group (placed at Oakland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souley_Vegan Blackout Improv 2015 · Black-owned company · Improvisational comedy troupe in Minneapolis, Minnesota (placed at Minneapolis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_Improv Akadi 2017 · Black-owned company · West African restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akadi Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ 2017 · Black-owned company · Restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Scott%27s_Whole_Hog_BBQ Black Garnet Books 2020 · Black-owned company · Bookstore in Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Garnet_Books 15 Percent Pledge Black-owned company · Non-profit organization (placed at New York City) Founded by: Aurora James.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_Percent_Pledge 50 Cent Executive · American rapper and actor (born 1975) (placed at South Jamaica) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent A'Lelia Bundles Executive · American journalist (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27Lelia_Bundles A'Lelia Walker Executive · American businesswoman (placed at Vicksburg) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27Lelia_Walker A. Maceo Walker Executive · American businessman (placed at Indianola) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Maceo_Walker Aaron James (basketball) Executive · American basketball player and coach (born 1952) (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_James_%28basketball%29 Abe Manley Executive · Baseball player (placed at Hertford) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Manley Ace Mumford Executive · American football coach (placed at Buckhannon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Mumford Adrian Wilson (American football) Executive · American football player and executive (born 1979) (placed at High Point) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Wilson_%28American_football%29 Al Attles Executive · American basketball player and coach (1936–2024) (placed at Newark) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Attles Al Haymon Executive · American businessman and boxing manager (born 1955) (placed at Cleveland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Haymon Alan Haller Executive · American football player (born 1970) (placed at Lansing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Haller Albert W. Dent Executive · Academic leader and community leader in New Orleans, Louisiana USA (placed at Atlanta) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_W._Dent Alex Karp Billionaire · American businessman (born 1967) (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Karp Alexander Durley Executive · (placed at Texas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Durley Allen Greene Executive · American athletics director (placed at Seattle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Greene Amalfi's Italian Restaurant Black-owned company · Italian-American restaurant in Portland, Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalfi%27s_Italian_Restaurant Angelica Ross Executive · American actor and businesswoman (born 1980) (placed at Kenosha) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Ross Anne Williams-Isom Executive · American politician (placed at Queens) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Williams-Isom Arlan Hamilton Executive · American investment fund founder (placed at California) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlan_Hamilton Assembly Brewing Black-owned company · Defunct brewery and restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_Brewing Atlas Pizza Black-owned company · Pizzeria in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Pizza Barbara Jacket Executive · American track and field coach (1934–2022) (placed at Port Arthur) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jacket Ben Whaley Executive · American football player, sports coach (1926–2001) (placed at Richmond) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Whaley Bernard Muir Executive · American college athletics administrator (born 1968) (placed at Gainesville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Muir Bernard Tyson Executive · American health executive (1959–2019) (placed at Vallejo) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Tyson Bernie Bickerstaff Executive · American basketball coach and executive (born 1944) (placed at Benham) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff Berry Gordy Executive · American record executive (born 1929) (placed at Detroit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Gordy Bert Piggott Executive · American football player and coach (1920–1999) (placed at Virginia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Piggott Bertha's Kitchen Black-owned company · Restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha%27s_Kitchen Beyoncé Billionaire · American singer and songwriter (born 1981) (placed at Houston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9 Bill Burghardt Executive · American sports coach, athletics administrator, educator (1912–1981) (placed at Greenfield) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Burghardt Bill Davis (coach) Executive · American football player and coach (1941–2002) (placed at Union) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Davis_%28coach%29 Bill Hayes (American football) Executive · American football player, coach, and administrator (born 1943) (placed at Durham) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hayes_%28American_football%29 Bill Russell Executive · American basketball player and coach (1934–2022) (placed at Monroe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell Bill White (first baseman) Executive · American baseball player (born 1934) (placed at Lakewood) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_White_%28first_baseman%29 Billy Hunter (basketball) Executive · American football player and basketball executive (born 1942) (placed at Camden) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Hunter_%28basketball%29 Billy King (basketball) Executive · American basketball executive (born 1966) (placed at Sterling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_King_%28basketball%29 Billy Knight Executive · American basketball player and executive (born 1952) (placed at Braddock) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight Billy McKinney (basketball) Executive · American basketball player and broadcaster (placed at Waukegan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_McKinney_%28basketball%29 Billy Nicks Executive · American football player and coach (1905–1999) (placed at Griffin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Nicks Bird Pizzeria Black-owned company · Pizzeria in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_Pizzeria Black Leaf Vegan Black-owned company · Restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Leaf_Vegan Blanche Burton-Lyles Executive · American pianist, music educator, and historian (placed at Philadelphia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Burton-Lyles Bob Douglas Executive · American basketball player (placed at Saint Kitts and Nevis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Douglas Bomb Biscuits Black-owned company · Restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_Biscuits Bozoma Saint John Executive · American business woman and marketing executive (placed at Middletown) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozoma_Saint_John Brad Holmes Executive · American football executive (born 1979) (placed at Tampa) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Holmes Brian Davis (basketball) Executive · American basketball player and businessman (born 1970) (placed at Atlantic City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Davis_%28basketball%29 Bruce S. Gordon Executive · American businessperson (placed at Camden) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_S._Gordon Buck Hunt Executive · American football coach, educator (1891–1927) (placed at Annapolis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Hunt Byrd D. Crudup Executive · American sports coach, athletics administrator (1897–1960) (placed at Warren County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrd_D._Crudup Byron Allen Billionaire · American businessman and comedian (born 1961) (placed at Detroit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Allen C. C. Dejoie Executive · African-American businessman (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._C._Dejoie C. J. Wallace (actor) Executive · American actor (born 1996) (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._J._Wallace_%28actor%29 Caesar Felton Gayles Executive · American football and basketball coach (1900–1986) (placed at Mississippi) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Felton_Gayles Cafe Campagne Black-owned company · Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe_Campagne Cal Irvin Executive · American baseball player and basketball coach (1924–2017) (placed at Haleburg) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Irvin Cathy Hughes Executive · American radio entrepreneur and personality (placed at Omaha) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Hughes Charles "Chuck" Harrison Executive · American industrial designer (placed at Shreveport) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%22Chuck%22_Harrison Charles Elmore Executive · American historian (placed at Savannah) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Elmore Charles R. Drew Executive · American surgeon and medical researcher (1904–1950) (placed at Washington, D.C.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_R._Drew Chaz Ebert Executive · American businesswoman (born 1952) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Ebert Chris Grier Executive · American football executive (born 1970) (placed at Detroit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Grier Chris Roulhac Jr. Executive · American sports coach, athletics administrator (1917–1997) (placed at Memphis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Roulhac_Jr. ChòpnBlọk Black-owned company · West African restaurant in Houston, Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%B2pnBl%E1%BB%8Dk Clifton Gilliard Executive · American football player, coach, and administrator (1938–2017) (placed at Shreveport) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Gilliard Communion Restaurant and Bar Black-owned company · Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion_Restaurant_and_Bar Crossroads Theatre Black-owned company · Theater company based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_Theatre Cumberland Posey Executive · American baseball player (1890–1946) (placed at Homestead) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Posey Damon Evans (athletic director) Executive · American football player (born 1970) (placed at Nebraska) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Evans_%28athletic_director%29 Dana A. Dorsey Executive · African-American businessman, banker, and philanthropist (placed at Quitman) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_A._Dorsey Daniel L. Burrows Executive · American politician (1908–1990) (placed at Cape Charles) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_L._Burrows David Drummond (businessman) Executive · American business executive and lawyer (placed at Carmel-by-the-Sea) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Drummond_%28businessman%29 David M. Waters Executive · American football coach and educator (1897–1981) (placed at Savannah) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Waters David Steward Executive · American businessman (born 1951) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Steward Deadstock Coffee Black-owned company · American coffee company based in Portland, Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadstock_Coffee Debra L. Lee Executive · American lawyer (placed at Fort Jackson) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_L._Lee Dell Demps Executive · American professional basketball executive and former player (placed at Long Beach) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Demps Demmette Guidry Executive · American music industry executive (placed at Los Angeles) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demmette_Guidry Denver D. Ferguson Executive · American businessman and nightclub owner (1895–1957) (placed at Brownsville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_D._Ferguson Derrick Gragg Executive · American college athletics administrator (born 1969) (placed at Huntsville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Gragg Dia Simms Executive · American business executive (placed at Monterey) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_Simms Dirty Lettuce Black-owned company · Vegan restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Lettuce Dominique Wilkins Executive · American basketball player (born 1960) (placed at Paris) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins Don King Executive · American boxing promoter (born 1931) (placed at Cleveland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_King Don Thompson (executive) Executive · American engineer and business executive (born 1963) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Thompson_%28executive%29 Doug Porter Executive · American football coach (1929–2024) (placed at Memphis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Porter Doug Williams (quarterback) Executive · American football player, coach, and executive (born 1955) (placed at Zachary) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Williams_%28quarterback%29 Dr. Dre Billionaire · American rapper (born 1965) (placed at Compton) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre Dwight L. Bush Sr. Executive · American businessman (placed at East St. Louis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_L._Bush_Sr. Earl G. Graves Sr. Executive · American businessman (1935–2020) (placed at Brooklyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_G._Graves_Sr. Ed Bolden Executive · American baseball executive (1881–1950) (placed at Concordville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Bolden Ed Tapscott Executive · American sports executive (born 1953) (placed at Washington, D.C.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Tapscott Eddie McGirt Executive · American football coach (1920–1999) (placed at Camden) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_McGirt Edward L. Jackson (American football) Executive · American football coach (placed at Springfield) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_L._Jackson_%28American_football%29 Elgin Baylor Executive · American basketball player (1934–2021) (placed at Washington, D.C.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Baylor Elton Brand Executive · American basketball player (born 1979) (placed at Cortlandt Manor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_Brand Emory Hines Executive · American sports coach and college athletics administrator (placed at Texas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Hines Eric Stokes (American football executive) Executive · American football scout and executive (born 1973) (placed at Hebron) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stokes_%28American_football_executive%29 Ernesta G. Procope Executive · American investment banker (1923–2021) (placed at Brooklyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesta_G._Procope Eso Won Books Black-owned company · Independent Black-Owned Bookshop in Los Angeles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eso_Won_Books Eugene Winslow Executive · American businessman and artist (1919–2001) (placed at Dayton) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Winslow Everybody Eats PDX Black-owned company · Defunct restaurant in Portland, Oregon, US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Eats_PDX F. Blair Wimbush Executive · American railroad executive (born 1955) (placed at Halifax County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Blair_Wimbush Fat Cupcake Black-owned company · Cupcake shop in the U.S. state of Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Cupcake Fat's Chicken and Waffles Black-owned company · Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat%27s_Chicken_and_Waffles Florence's Restaurant Black-owned company · Restaurant in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence%27s_Restaurant Floyd Mayweather Jr. Billionaire · American boxer and boxing promoter (born 1977) (placed at Grand Rapids) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Mayweather_Jr. Francisco L. Borges Executive · American politician (placed at Cape Verde) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_L._Borges Frank Ocean Executive · American singer (born 1987) (placed at Long Beach) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ocean Franklin Raines Executive · American businessman (born 1949) (placed at Seattle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Raines Fred Perpall Executive · American business executive (placed at Nassau) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perpall Fred T. Long Executive · American professional baseball player (placed at Decatur) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_T._Long Fredo Santana Executive · American rapper (1990–2018) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredo_Santana Frenchy's Chicken Black-owned company · Restaurant chain in Houston, Texas, United States (placed at Houston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchy%27s_Chicken Friday Saturday Sunday Black-owned company · Restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Saturday_Sunday Gale Sayers Executive · American football player (1943–2020) (placed at Wichita) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Sayers George W. Jackson (developer) Executive · American real estate developer (placed at Detroit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Jackson_%28developer%29 Giles O. Wright Executive · American sports coach, athletics administrator, educator (1899–1974) (placed at Kansas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_O._Wright Grits n' Gravy Black-owned company · Defunct restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits_n%27_Gravy Gucci Mane Executive · American rapper and music executive (born 1980) (placed at Bessemer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gucci_Mane Gus Greenlee Executive · American businessman (placed at Marion) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Greenlee Halle Berry Executive · American actress (born 1966) (placed at Cleveland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Berry Harold D. Martin Executive · American football coach and baseball player (1899–1945) (placed at Boston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_D._Martin Harry Pace Executive · American music executive (placed at Covington) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Pace Harry R. Jefferson Executive · American sports coach and administrator (1899–1966) (placed at Parkersburg) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_R._Jefferson Harvey C. Russell Jr. Executive · American businessmen (1918–1998) (placed at Louisville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_C._Russell_Jr. Henry B. Hucles Executive · American sports coach and college athletics administrator (placed at Petersburg) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_B._Hucles Henry Kean Executive · American sports coach (1894–1955) (placed at Kentucky) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kean Herman J. Russell Executive · African American entrepreneur and philanthropist (placed at Atlanta) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_J._Russell Hilda Pinnix-Ragland Executive · American business executive (born 1955) (placed at Hillsborough) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Pinnix-Ragland Howard C. Gentry Executive · American football player and coach (1921–1995) (placed at Columbus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_C._Gentry Inez Y. Kaiser Executive · American educator, public relations expert, and entrepreneur (placed at Kansas City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inez_Y._Kaiser Isiah Thomas Executive · American basketball player (born 1961) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isiah_Thomas J. Gary Cooper Executive · American politician (1936–2024) (placed at Lafayette) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Gary_Cooper Jabir Herbert Muhammad Executive · American sports executive (1929–2008) (placed at Detroit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabir_Herbert_Muhammad Jackson's Catfish Corner Black-owned company · Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson%27s_Catfish_Corner Jada Pinkett Smith Executive · American actress (born 1971) (placed at Baltimore) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jada_Pinkett_Smith Jake Gaither Executive · American football coach, athletics administrator (1903–1994) (placed at Dayton) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Gaither James "Shack" Harris Executive · American football player and administrator (born 1947) (placed at Monroe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22Shack%22_Harris James H. Law Executive · American sports coach, athletics administrator, educator (1899–1966) (placed at Stonega) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Law James Lytle (coach) Executive · American football coach (placed at Union County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lytle_%28coach%29 James McKinley (American football) Executive · American football player and coach (1945–2012) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McKinley_%28American_football%29 James R. Ford Executive · American politician (1925–2017) (placed at Leon County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Ford Janee Michelle Executive · American actress and model (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janee_Michelle Janet Emerson Bashen Executive · American businesswoman (placed at Mansfield) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Emerson_Bashen Janice Bryant Howroyd Executive · American businesswoman (born 1952) (placed at Tarboro) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_Bryant_Howroyd Jason Wright Executive · American business consultant (born 1982) (placed at Upland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Wright Jay-Z Executive · American rapper and businessman (born 1969) (placed at Brooklyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z Jazz Byrd Executive · American football player and coach (1905–1994) (placed at Rochester) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Byrd Jerry Reese Executive · American football player and coach (born 1963) (placed at Tiptonville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Reese Jesse Thomas (American football) Executive · American football player (1928–2012) (placed at Guthrie) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Thomas_%28American_football%29 Jewel Lafontant Executive · American lawyer (1922–1997) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Lafontant Jimmie Lee Solomon Executive · American lawyer and baseball executive (1956–2020) (placed at Thompson) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Lee_Solomon Joe Brown's Carmel Corn Black-owned company · Caramel corn shop in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brown%27s_Carmel_Corn Joe Dumars Executive · American basketball player and executive (born 1963) (placed at Shreveport) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dumars Joe Taylor (American football coach) Executive · American football coach and college athletics administrator (placed at Washington, D.C.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Taylor_%28American_football_coach%29 John A. Shelburne Executive · American football player and coach (1894–1978) (placed at Boston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Shelburne John Dolphin (music producer) Executive · Musical artist (placed at Beatrice) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dolphin_%28music_producer%29 John James (Michigan politician) Executive · American politician and businessman (born 1981) (placed at Southfield) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_%28Michigan_politician%29 John W. Thompson Executive · American technology executive (born 1949) (placed at Fort Dix) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Thompson Johnson Products Company Black-owned company · American manufacturer of hair care and cosmetic products (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Products_Company Jones Bar-B-Q Diner Black-owned company · Barbecue restaurant in Arkansas, US Industry: restaurant.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Bar-B-Q_Diner Jonny Shipes Executive · American music entrepreneur and producer (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Shipes Jordan Peele Executive · American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1979) (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele Joseph B. Anderson Executive · American businessman (placed at Topeka) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_B._Anderson Joseph Simmons (guitarist) Executive · American guitarist (placed at Houston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Simmons_%28guitarist%29 Jubie Bragg Executive · American football coach and college athletic administrator (1876–1947) (placed at Macon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubie_Bragg Junior Bridgeman Executive · American basketball player and businessman (1953–2025) (placed at East Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Bridgeman Kanye West Executive · American rapper and producer (born 1977) (placed at Atlanta) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West Kareem Daniel Executive · Walt Disney Company executive from 2020 to 2022 (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Daniel Katrina Adams Executive · American tennis player (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_Adams Kee's Loaded Kitchen Black-owned company · Soul food restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee%27s_Loaded_Kitchen Kellen Winslow Executive · American football player (born 1957) (placed at St. Louis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellen_Winslow Ken Riley Executive · American football player (1947–2020) (placed at Bartow) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Riley Kenneth Frazier Executive · American business executive (born 1954) (placed at Philadelphia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Frazier Kenny Williams (baseball) Executive · American baseball player and executive (born 1964) (placed at Berkeley) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Williams_%28baseball%29 Kevin Anderson (athletic director) Executive · American college athletics administrator (born 1955) (placed at San Francisco) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Anderson_%28athletic_director%29 Kevin Cohee Executive · American business executive (placed at Kansas City metropolitan area) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cohee Kimora Lee Simmons Executive · American model and fashion designer (born 1975) (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimora_Lee_Simmons Koby Altman Executive · American basketball executive (born 1982) (placed at Brooklyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koby_Altman Kuntu Repertory Theatre Black-owned company · African American theatre (placed at Pittsburgh) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuntu_Repertory_Theatre Kylar Broadus Executive · American attorney, entrepreneur, and transgender rights activist (placed at Fayette) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylar_Broadus Kyle Kuzma Executive · American basketball player (born 1995) (placed at Flint) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Kuzma L.A. Reid Executive · American record executive (born 1956) (placed at Cincinnati) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Reid Laphonza Butler Executive · American politician and official (born 1979) (placed at Magnolia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laphonza_Butler Larry Sharpe (political activist) Executive · American libertarian political activist (born 1968) (placed at Manhattan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sharpe_%28political_activist%29 Larry Thompson (lawyer) Executive · American lawyer (born 1945) (placed at Hannibal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Thompson_%28lawyer%29 Lassis Inn Black-owned company · Restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassis_Inn Lauren W. Wilson Executive · American entrepreneur and communicator (placed at Chesterfield) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_W._Wilson LeBron James Executive · American basketball player (born 1984) (placed at Akron) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James LeRoy T. Walker Executive · American track and field coach, sports executive (1918–2012) (placed at Atlanta) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy_T._Walker Lemuel L. Foster Executive · American civil servant, community leader (1891–1981) (placed at Meridian) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel_L._Foster Leo Lewis (running back) Executive · American gridiron football player (1933–2013) (placed at Des Moines) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lewis_%28running_back%29 Leonidas Epps Executive · American sports coach and athletics administrator (1918–1997) (placed at Hope) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Epps Lil Red Takeout and Catering Black-owned company · Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Red_Takeout_and_Catering Lil Wayne Executive · American rapper (born 1982) (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Wayne Lloyd Austin Executive · American U.S. Army general (born 1953) (placed at Mobile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin LoRell's Chicken Shack Black-owned company · Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. (placed at Portland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRell%27s_Chicken_Shack Lois Rice Executive · Education policy scholar (placed at Portland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Rice Louis L. Watson Executive · American football coach, athletics administrator (1895–1952) (placed at Alexandria) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_L._Watson Lynn Swann Executive · American football player and politician (born 1952) (placed at Alcoa) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Swann Madam C. J. Walker Executive · American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist (1867–1919) (placed at Delta) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker Magic Johnson Executive · American basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959) (placed at Lansing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson MahoganyBooks Black-owned company · American independent bookstore Industry: bookselling.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MahoganyBooks Marino Casem Executive · American football coach (1934–2020) (placed at Memphis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marino_Casem Marjorie (restaurant) Black-owned company · Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_%28restaurant%29 Marjorie Joyner Executive · American businesswoman, activist and philanthropist and entrepreneur (placed at Monterey) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Joyner Marshawn Lynch Executive · American football player and actor (born 1986) (placed at Oakland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshawn_Lynch Martin Jarmond Executive · American college athletics administrator (placed at Fayetteville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Jarmond Martin Mayhew Executive · American football player and executive (born 1965) (placed at Daytona Beach) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mayhew Mary Ann Shadd Executive · American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, lawyer (placed at Wilmington) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Shadd Mary L. Bell Executive · President and chairperson of Bell Broadcasting Corporation (placed at Nashville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_L._Bell Maverick Carter Executive · American businessman and media personality (born 1981) (placed at Akron) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maverick_Carter Mellody Hobson Executive · American businesswoman (born 1969) (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellody_Hobson Michael Grant (basketball) Executive · American basketball player and coach (placed at Cleveland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grant_%28basketball%29 Michael Jordan Executive · American basketball player and businessman (born 1963) (placed at Brooklyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan Mikaila Ulmer Executive · American entrepreneur (born 2004) (placed at Austin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikaila_Ulmer Miles Aiken Executive · American basketball player (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Aiken Misa Hylton Executive · American stylist and fashion designer (born 1973) (placed at Mount Vernon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misa_Hylton Monty Ross Executive · American filmmaker (born 1957) (placed at United States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Ross Moo & Oink Black-owned company · Meat company and wholesaler based in Chicago, Illinois (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moo_%26_Oink Morgan DeBaun Executive · American entrepreneur and corporate advisor (placed at St. Louis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_DeBaun Nacheaux Black-owned company · Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacheaux Neil Smith (American football) Executive · American football player (born 1966) (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Smith_%28American_football%29 Nelly Executive · American rapper (born 1974) (placed at Austin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly Nelson Townsend Executive · American college athletics administrator (placed at Horntown) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Townsend New Federal Theatre Black-owned company · Theatre company in New York City (placed at Manhattan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Federal_Theatre New Heritage Theatre Group Black-owned company · Theater and film production company (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Heritage_Theatre_Group Nicole LaPointe Jameson Executive · American businesswoman (born 1994) (placed at Connecticut) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_LaPointe_Jameson Norman O. Houston Executive · American businessman (1893–1981) (placed at San Jose) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_O._Houston Obie O'Neal Executive · American football coach (1925–1994) (placed at Union County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obie_O%27Neal Olive or Twist Black-owned company · Cocktail bar in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_or_Twist Oprah Winfrey Executive · American actress and media mogul (born 1954) (placed at Kosciusko) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey Osteria la Spiga Black-owned company · Italian restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteria_la_Spiga Otis Smith (basketball) Executive · American basketball player (born 1964) (placed at Jacksonville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Smith_%28basketball%29 Ozzie Newsome Executive · American football player and executive (born 1956) (placed at Muscle Shoals) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Newsome P.W. Chavers Executive · (placed at Columbus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.W._Chavers Patti Webster Executive · American entertainment publicist (1964–2013) (placed at Somerville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Webster Paul "Tank" Younger Executive · American football player (1928–2001) (placed at Grambling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_%22Tank%22_Younger Peter Bynoe Executive · American lawyer and businessman (born 1951) (placed at Boston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bynoe Pettis Norman Executive · American football player (1939–2025) (placed at Lincolnton) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pettis_Norman Pinball Clemons Executive · American-Canadian sports executive (born 1965) (placed at Dunedin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Clemons Plum Bistro Black-owned company · Defunct restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Bistro Pomo Afro Homos Black-owned company · African-American gay theater troupe (placed at San Francisco) Founded by: Djola Branner. Industry: creative industries.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomo_Afro_Homos Queen of Sheba (restaurant) Black-owned company · Ethiopian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Sheba_%28restaurant%29 Quentin Harris (American football) Executive · American football player and executive (born 1977) (placed at Wilkes-Barre) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Harris_%28American_football%29 Quick Pack Food Mart Black-owned company · Convenience store and restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Pack_Food_Mart Ray Kemp Executive · American football player (1907–2002) (placed at Cecil) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kemp Ray Nagin Executive · American politician and businessman (born 1956) (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nagin Raymond McGuire Executive · American businessman (born 1957) (placed at Dayton) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_McGuire Renetta McCann Executive · American advertising executive (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renetta_McCann Reo's Ribs Black-owned company · Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reo%27s_Ribs Rich Paul Executive · American sports agent (born 1980) (placed at Cleveland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Paul Richard Parsons (businessman) Executive · American business executive (1948–2024) (placed at Brooklyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Parsons_%28businessman%29 Richard Twine (photographer) Executive · American photographer (1896–1974) (placed at St. Augustine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Twine_%28photographer%29 Robert F. Smith (investor) Billionaire · American businessman and philanthropist (born 1962) (placed at Denver) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Smith_%28investor%29 Robert L. Johnson Executive · American businessman (born 1946) (placed at Hickory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Johnson Rod Graves Executive · American football executive (placed at Houston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Graves Rod Higgins Executive · American basketball player (born 1960) (placed at Monroe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Higgins Rosalind Brewer Executive · American business executive and chemist (placed at Detroit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Brewer Rose Morgan Executive · Beauty parlor owner and operator (1912–2008) (placed at Edwards) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Morgan Roy Davage Hudson Executive · American university president and educator (1930–2024) (placed at Chattanooga) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Davage_Hudson Rube Foster Executive · American baseball player (1879–1930) (placed at Calvert) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Foster Russell Blunt Executive · American sports coach, athletics administrator (1908–2004) (placed at Andover) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Blunt Ryan Williams (entrepreneur) Executive · Real estate technology entrepreneur (placed at Baton Rouge) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Williams_%28entrepreneur%29 Saltbox Seafood Joint Black-owned company · Seafood restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltbox_Seafood_Joint Santé Bar Black-owned company · Bar in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%C3%A9_Bar Sara Spencer Washington Executive · American entrepreneur, philanthropist (1889–1953) (placed at Beckley) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Spencer_Washington Sarah Bond (executive) Executive · American business executive (born 1978) (placed at Morristown) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Bond_%28executive%29 Sashi Brown Executive · American football executive (born 1976) (placed at Boston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashi_Brown Scott Winfield Bond Executive · (placed at Livingston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Winfield_Bond Sheila Johnson Executive · American businesswoman (born 1949) (placed at McKeesport) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Johnson Shikorina Black-owned company · Bakery in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikorina Snoop Dogg Executive · American rapper (born 1971) (placed at Long Beach) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoop_Dogg Spike Lee Executive · American filmmaker (born 1957) (placed at Atlanta) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee Stacy Spikes Executive · American film producer (placed at Houston) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Spikes Stanley O'Neal Executive · American business executive (placed at Roanoke) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_O%27Neal Steve Mills (sports executive) Executive · American sports executive (born 1959) (placed at Roosevelt) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mills_%28sports_executive%29 Stoopid Burger Black-owned company · Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoopid_Burger Stu Jackson Executive · American basketball player, coach, executive (placed at Reading) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Jackson Sunshine Records (United States) Black-owned company · (placed at California) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Records_%28United_States%29 Suzanne de Passe Executive · American film producer (born 1946) (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_de_Passe Ted A. Wright Executive · American sports coach and athletics administrator (1901–1974) (placed at Baldwin City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_A._Wright Ted Chambers Executive · American football and soccer coach (1900–1992) (placed at Union) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Chambers Ted Savage Executive · American baseball player (1937–2023) (placed at Venice) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Savage Terdema Ussery Executive · American sports executive (placed at Los Angeles) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terdema_Ussery The Ensemble Theatre Black-owned company · African-American theatre company in Houston, Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ensemble_Theatre The Lit. Bar Black-owned company · Book store in Mott Haven, the Bronx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lit._Bar The Original Philly's Black-owned company · Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Original_Philly%27s Tiger Woods Billionaire · American professional golfer (born 1975) (placed at Cypress) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods Tim Crisp Executive · American football player and coach (1907–2004) (placed at Ardmore) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Crisp Tom Burrell Executive · Founder of one of the first African American ad agencies (placed at Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Burrell Tom Conrad Executive · American athlete, sports coach, athletics administrator (c. 1910 – 1986) (placed at Roselle Park) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Conrad Tony Wyllie Executive · American sports executive (placed at Brooklyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Wyllie Tyler Perry Executive · American actor and filmmaker (born 1969) (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Perry Tyra Banks Executive · American entertainer (born 1973) (placed at Inglewood) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyra_Banks Ulysses S. Washington Executive · American football player, coach, and educator (1920–2018) (placed at Dillwyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Washington Usher (musician) Executive · American singer (born 1978) (placed at Dallas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_%28musician%29 Vannette W. Johnson Executive · American football and track coach (1930–2022) (placed at Little Rock) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannette_W._Johnson Vaucresson's Creole Cafe & Deli Black-owned company · New Orleans restaurant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaucresson%27s_Creole_Cafe_%26_Deli Viking Soul Food Black-owned company · Scandinavian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Soul_Food Villa Lewaro Executive · Historic house in Irvington, New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Lewaro Vy Higginsen Executive · American dramatist (placed at New York City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vy_Higginsen Walter Bell (businessman) Executive · American businessman and former government official (placed at Vredenburgh) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bell_%28businessman%29 Wanda Denson-Low Executive · American business executive (placed at St. Albans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Denson-Low Warde Manuel Executive · American football player and college athletics administrator (born 1968) (placed at New Orleans) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warde_Manuel Wayne Embry Executive · American basketball player and team executive (born 1937) (placed at Springfield) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Embry Wendell Dabney Executive · American journalist (placed at Richmond) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Dabney Wes Unseld Executive · American basketball player and coach (1946–2020) (placed at Louisville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Unseld Will Smith Executive · American actor and rapper (born 1968) (placed at Philadelphia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith Willard Bailey Executive · American football coach and college athletics administrator (placed at Suffolk) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Bailey William E. Benson Executive · American businessman and educator (1873–1915) (placed at Kowaliga) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Benson William H. J. Beckett Executive · American football coach (placed at Philadelphia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._J._Beckett William H. Lee (publisher) Executive · African-American newspaper publisher (1936–2019) (placed at Austin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Lee_%28publisher%29 William M. Bell Executive · (placed at Polk County) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Bell William O. Walker Executive · African-American publisher (1896–1981) (placed at Selma) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O._Walker Willie Burden Executive · American gridiron football player (1951–2015) (placed at Raleigh) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Burden Willie Wilson (businessman) Executive · American businessman (born 1948) (placed at Gilbert) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Wilson_%28businessman%29 Willis Reed Executive · American basketball player (1942–2023) (placed at Dubach) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Reed Yusuf Bey Executive · African-American activist and religious leader (1935–2003) (placed at Greenville) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Bey