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- Ward, Val Gray (2)
- Warner, W. Lloyd (William Lloyd), 1898-1970 (2)
- Warwick, Dionne, 1940- (2)
- Washburne, E. B. -- (Elihu Benjamin) -- 1816-1887 (2)
- Washington, Harold (2)
- Washington, Harold, 1922-1987 -- Archives (2)
- Waters, Enoch P. (2)
- Watson, Cora (2)
- Watson, Johnny "Guitar", 1935-1996 (2)
- White, Leonard Dupee, 1891-1958 (2)
- Williams, J. LeVelle (2)
- Williams, Kale (2)
- Williams, Lacey Kirk, 1871-1941 (2)
- Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981 (2)
- Wilson, Mary (2)
- Wilson, Muriel (2)
- Winfrey, Oprah (2)
- Withers, Bill, 1930- (2)
- Womack, Bobby, 1944-2014 (2)
- Wonder, Stevie, 1950- (2)
- Woods, Dolores (2)
- Young, John H., 1887- (2)
- Young, Quentin, 1923- (2)
- Zora Neale Hurston (2)
- "Doc" Charles Cooke (1)