| Term | Definition |
| Scott Joplin | ragtime musician, The Entertainer |
| Mance Lipscomb | Texas blues musician |
| Doris Miller | awarded Navy Cross for actions during attack at Pearl Harbor |
| Bessie Coleman | first African American pilot |
| George T. Ruby | state senator, president of Union League |
| Norris Wright Cuney | Republican Party leader in Texas |
| Christia Adair | civil rights advocate and suffragist |
| 80 John Wallace | successful rancher |
| Matt Gaines | Texas state senator accused of bigamy |
| Henry O. Flipper | West Point graduate charged with misconduct |