Kibonen is a young woman who created her clothing chain and has now become world famous thanks to her very colourful clothes inspired by traditional Afro-American traditions. She emigrated from Cameroon to New York where she opened a clothing shop. She now designs and sells her own brand made with toghu, the traditional African fabric.

Marcus SAMUELSSON is a great chef recognized by former President Barack Obama. He started his own chain the Red Rooster after working in different restaurants like Aquavit.

Charles Henry Alston (November 28, 1907 - April 27, 1977) was an African-American painter, sculptor, muralist, illustrator and teacher, one of the first “colored men” to be recognized as a contemporary artist in the United States in the 1950s.

Archibald John Motley, Jr. (October 7, 1891 – January 16, 1981),[1] was an American visual artist. He studied painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1910s, graduating in 1918. Motley is most famous for his colorful paintings depicting African-American experience during the 1920s and 1930s. So he is also seen as a major contributor to the Harlem Renaissance.

Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967) is an American, poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, librettist, columnist, translator, and civil rights activist.