Maybe you can take a look at Nameberry’s lists Black Hero Names[name_f][/name_f] and Black History Names
[name_f][/name_f]A little peak from both lists:
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Audre[/name_f] or [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] (Audre Lorde)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Betty[/name_f] (Betty Davis)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ella[/name_f] (Ella Fitzgerald)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Harriet[/name_f] (Harriet Tubman)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Hazel[/name_f] (Hazel Scott)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ida[/name_f] (Ida B. Well)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (Josephine Baker)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Octavia[/name_f] (Octavia Butler)
[name_m]Booker[/name_m] (Booker T. Washington)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cassius[/name_m] (Cassius [name_m]Clay[/name_m] aka [name_m]Muhammad[/name_m] Ali)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Hendrix[/name_m] (Jimi Hendrix)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Hugh[/name_m] or [name_m]Langston[/name_m] (Langston Hughes)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Malcolm[/name_m] (Malcolm X)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Martin[/name_m] (Martin [name_m]Luther[/name_m] King)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Miles[/name_m] (Miles Davis)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Otis[/name_m] (Otis Redding)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Solomon[/name_m] (Solomon Northup)