- Jackson, Jesse, 1941-2
- Jackson, Travis A.1
- Jacobs, Bruce A.1
- Jacobs, Phoebe1
- James, Hulbert1
- James, Leroy1
- John Kirby Band1
- Johnson, Joyce1
- Johnson, Leo4
- Johnson, Mary Joyce1
- Jonson, Lad1
- Joyce, Joyce Ann, 1949-1
- Joyner, Irving1
- Juarbe, Vicente1
- Kanzler, Owen1
- Katibo, S.1
- Katz, William Loren1
- Keene, Christopher, 1946-19951
- Kelley, Robin D. G.1
- Kenyatta, Kwame, 1956-20191
- Khaliq, Abiodun1
- Kimako's Blues People (Nightclub)2
- Kisselgoff, Anna1
- Klipstatter, Kurt1
- Kudelka, James1
- Kugichagulia, Pravia1
- Kuumba Baraza1
- Lacourse, Danièle2
- Ladies' Choice (Musical group)1
- Lane, Pinkie Gordon1
- Last Poets (Group)2
- Leak, Lillian A.1
- Leo Johnson Quartet1
- Leo Johnson Trio1
- Lewis, J. Tarika1
- Locke, Dawolu Gene3
- Lynn, Stephen (Stephen Seed)1
- Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942-1
- Malone, Jackie1
- Many Voices of Soulspeak (Group)1
- Marley, Bob1
- Massiah, Louis1
- McAdoo, Bill3
- McGee, John (Bus driver)1
- Meriwether, Louise1
- Messer, Thomas M.1
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)1
- Milladoiro (Musical group)1
- Mitchell, Parren J.1
- Modeste, Leon1
- Monroe, Evelyn1
- Monson, Ingrid T. (Ingrid Tolia)1
- Moore, Audley, 1898-19971
- Moreno, Soni1
- Morris, Tracie1
- Mosley, Walter1
- Mtetezi, Kaimu1
- Muhammad, Saludin1
- Mumford, Jeffrey, 1955-1
- Murray, James Briggs1