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Who's Who in The Color of Water
Interested in knowing more about many of the notable civil rights activists and organizations, musicians, athletes, authors, and historical racial and religious groups mentioned in The Color of Water? If so, click on their respective pictures below for more information on their accomplishments and causes.
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| Muhammad Ali | Anita Baker | Archie Bell | Albert Ayler | James Brown | Cab Calloway | Roy Campanella |
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| Nat King Cole | John Coltrane | King Curtis | Brooklyn Dodgers | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Paul Laurence Dunbar | Billy Eckstine |
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| Nelson Eddy & Jeannette MacDonald | Duke Ellington | William Faulkner | Rachelle Ferrell | Henry Ford | Aretha Franklin | Marvin Gaye |
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| Janet Gaynor | Bob Gibson | Dexter Gordon | Roger Grimsby | Billie Holiday | Louis Jordan | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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| Gene Krupa | Ku Klux Klan | Spike Lee | Myrna Loy | Jimmie Lunceford | Curtis Mayfield | Steve McQueen |
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| James Moody | NYC Housing Authority | NY Mets | Don Newcombe | Paul Newman | Huey Newton | Charlie Parker |
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| Floyd Patterson | Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. | A. Philip Randolph | Red Hook Housing Projects | Martha Reeves | Geraldo Rivera | Paul Robeson |
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| Jackie Robinson | Eleanor Roosevelt | Jimmy Scott | Bobby Seale | Neil Simon | John Philip Sousa | The Spinners |
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| St. Louis Cardinals | Howard Stern | Tchaikovsky | The Temptations | Grover Washington, Jr. | Malcolm X | Lester Young |