Talk:Lilim/@comment-25882222-20150322071605/@comment-25035274-20150325133624

Since we've somehow gotten stuck on comic book heroes, I'll just point out a few more superheroes of African descent: Black Panther, Falcon(who's now Captain America), Static, Brother Voodoo, Cardiac, Bishop, Luke Cage, Black Lightning, the second Firestorm(Jason Rusch), Green Lantern John Stewart, Mister Terrific...

I could go on, but that'd wind up being a pretty damned big list, and that's just a handful of the current superheroes of color out there. All of those characters are exceptionally respectable for assorted reasons, and make for fascinating characters in their own right.

Now, if you wanted to move into real-world heroes who happen to be of African descent, there's the staples of Dr. King, Malcom X, and Nelson Mandela; Frederick Douglas; Rosa Parks; Thurgood Marshall; George Washington Carver(the man was an amazing agricultural scientist, beyond the whole peanuts thing(which was pretty impressive itself)); Maya Angelou; Langston Hughes; and many others the world over. All of these individuals are very highly respected, and would make excellent role models for ANYbody, regardless of race or nationality.