BLACK HISTORY 365

---

2026 Black History Student Nominees​

• ​Martin Luther King
• Lewis Latimer
• Stephanie Tubbs Jones
• Harriet Tubman
• Richard Smallwood
• Laila Edwards
• James Ambrose
• The Five Blind Boys
• Sam Cooke
• Shirley Ann Caesar​

Previous Nominees​

• Kara Walker
• Augusta Savage
• Hank Willis Thomas
• Henry Ossawa Tanner
• Gwendolyn Garth
• Faith Ringgold
• Amy Sherald

• George "Conscious" Lee
• Bill Withers
• Fannie Lewis
• Frank Mann
• Kareem Abdul Jabar
• Spike Lee
• Beverly Loraine Greene
• Chester Higgins
• Robert P. Madison
• Topic: Violence Against the Black Church
• Topic: Integration (The Grenada Mob Attack)
• Topic: Fisk University (1st HBCU)
• Shaquille O'Neal
• Brittany Griner
• Dr. Charles Drew
• Donovan Mitchell
• Marian Rogers Croak​
• Amanda Gorman
• Patricia Bath
• James McCune Smith
• Gladys West
• Kizzmekia Corbett