Phillip A. Randolph - 7316 S. Hoyne Ave.
          Randolph (1889-1979) is considered to be the father of the labor movement for
          African Americans. He became the first Black  vice president of the AFL-CIO
          and organized the porters of the railroad industury and the  first March on
          Washington in 1941.

Paul Robeson - 6835 S. Normal Ave.
          Robeson (1896-1976) was a lawyer, Shakespearean actor and singer, all for which
          he was internationally acclaimed. He was fluent in nine languages.

Joseph Robichaux - 9130 S. Vincennes
          Robichaux (1916-19710) attended elementary and high school in Chicago and studied
          at Columbia University. He was an assistant to the president of Wanzer's Dairy and
          went on to operate the still successful Baldwin Ice Cream Company.

Jackie Robinson - 4225 S. Lake Park Ave.
          Robinson (1919-1972) broke the color barrier in professional baseball, becoming the
          first African American to play in the majors in 1947. He played with the Brooklyn
          Dodgers, now the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Neal F. Simeon - 8235 S. Vincennes Ave.
          Simeon (1916-1963) a resident of Chicago, attended IIT and Northwestern
          University. He was an esteemed teacher at Dunbar High School,  and
          represented the U.S. at the 1962 International Trade Fair in Nigeria.

Wendell Smith - 744 E. 103rd St.
          Smith (1914-1972) was a city editor for the Pittsburgh Courier and a sports columnist
          for the Chicago Sun Times. He co-authored a book with Jackie Robinson.

Sojourner Truth - 1443 N. Ogden Ave., 1409 N. Ogden Ave.
          Truth (1797-1883) was an anti-slavery and women's rights orator, who renounced her
           slave name, Isabelle Baumfree, and was motivated by her religious beliefs.

Harriet Tubman - 4607 S. Greenwood
          Tubman (1826-1913) led nineteen journeys on the Underground Railroad, helping to
           free hundreds from slavery.