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Anna Deavere Smith
Actor
African-American [including Igbo Nigerian, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, and Senegal], English
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Azealia Banks
Actor · Musician
African-American, some Barbadian
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Courtney B. Vance
Actor
African-American [including ancestry from Nigeria, Ivory Coast/Ghana, Cameroon/Congo, and Senegal]
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Dave Chappelle
Actor · TV Personality
African-American [including Ivorian], one quarter African-Grenadian
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Dionne Warwick
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
African-American, with small amounts of English, Irish, and Scottish
East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, U.S.
Gloria Reuben
Actor · Musician
Jamaican [African, Ashkenazi/Sephardi Jewish, likely some English]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
TV Personality
European [Irish, English], African-American
Keyser, West Virginia, U.S.
Igor Bogdanoff and Grichka Bogdanoff
TV Personality
African-American/Ivorian [maternal grandfather], Russian, German, Austrian, Polish, Tatar, Czech
Saint-Lary, Gers, France
Jesse Williams
Actor · Model
Father: African-American · Mother: English, Swedish
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Juliann Alexander
Actor · Musician
African-American, possibly other
Los Angeles, California, United States
Kid Ink
Musician
African-American [including Ivorian, Ghanaian, Cameroonian, Congolese, Nigerian]
Los Angeles, California, United States
Langston Fishburne
Actor
Father: African-American · Mother: African-Bahamian, African-Trinidadian, possibly European
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
