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Notable Honorees	Duke Ellington • Rosa Parks • Paul Robeson • Henry Louis Gates, Jr. • Langston Hughes • John Lewis • Paul R. Williams • Richard Wright • Hank Aaron • Ruby Dee • Medgar Evers • Walter White • Willie Brown • Benjamin Mays

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