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      St. Josephine Bakhita: The only patron saint of Sudan

      Meserette Kentake
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      William DeHart Hubbard: The first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event

      Meserette Kentake
      November 25, 2017
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      Lt. Anna Mac Clarke: A Military Pioneer

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      Josiah Henson: Founder of the Black community settlement of Dawn in Ontario, Canada

      Uchenna Edeh
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      Henry Ossawa Tanner: First internationally acclaimed African American artist

      Uchenna Edeh
      June 21, 2016
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      Aaron Douglas: Major artist of the Harlem Renaissance

      Uchenna Edeh
      May 26, 2016
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Author Uchenna Edeh

Uchenna Edeh

Karriem Shabazz was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. He has worked and served in the Black community for over 20 years.

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Hiram Rhodes Revels: The First African American Senator

Uchenna Edeh
September 27, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Libra, History Makers
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. With his moderate political orientation and oratorical skills honed from years as a preacher, Revels filled a vacant seat in the...
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Serena Williams: Greatest Female Tennis Player of All

Uchenna Edeh
September 26, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Libra, Herstory
Serena Williams is the African American tennis player who has revolutionized women’s tennis with her powerful style of play, becoming one of the game’s most dominant athletes in the early 21st century. T...
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George Jackson: Soledad Brother

Uchenna Edeh
September 23, 2016
African American, Famous Libra
George Lester Jackson was an African-American political revolutionary, prisoners' rights activist, author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family while incarcerate...
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Jean Augustine: First Black woman elected to the Parliament of Canada

Uchenna Edeh
September 9, 2016
Black Canadian, Black Firsts, Famous Virgo, Herstory
Jean Augustine became the first Black woman elected to the Parliament of Canada. An energetic advocate of social justice, she worked as the principal of an elementary school before entering federal politics. Am...
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Michaelle Jean, former and 27th Governor General of Canada, poses for a portrait at her office October 29, 2014 in Ottawa, Canada.   AFP PHOTO/ Cole Burston        (Photo credit should read Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)

Michaëlle Jean: Canada’s first Black Governor-General

Uchenna Edeh
September 6, 2016
Black Canadian, Black Firsts, Famous Virgo, Herstory, History Makers
Michaëlle Jean, (born September 6, 1957, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is the African Canadian journalist and documentarian who was Canada’s 27th governor-general (2005–10) and the first person of African heritag...
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Joe Sealy: Award winning composer of the Africville Suite

Uchenna Edeh
August 16, 2016
Black Canadian, Famous Leo
Joe Sealy is a highly successful African Canadian Jazz musician, composer, recording artist and radio broadcaster. His 1997 Juno Award winning Africville Suite inspired Ron Foley MacDonald of The Halifax Daily ...
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Portia White: Internationally Renowned Canadian Operatic Singer

Uchenna Edeh
June 24, 2016
Black Canadian, Black Firsts, Famous Cancer, Herstory
Portia White (June 24, 1911-February 13, 1968) was an African Canadian contralto singer who overcame the obstacles of gender, race and the exclusive nature of the classical music world to gain international ren...
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Ed Bradley: Award winning broadcast journalist

Uchenna Edeh
June 22, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Cancer
An award-winning broadcast journalist, Ed Bradley, remains best known for his work on the weekly news program 60 Minutes. Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr. was born on June 22, 1941. His parents separated soo...
H O Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner: First internationally acclaimed African American artist

Uchenna Edeh
June 21, 2016
African American, Art & Photograpy, Black Artist, Black Firsts, Famous Gemini
“Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exter...
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Marie-Joseph Angelique: Symbol of Black resistance in Canada

Uchenna Edeh
June 21, 2016
Black Canadian, Herstory, Maafa
Marie-Joseph Angélique was an enslaved Black woman in Montréal. In 1734, she was charged with arson after a fire leveled Montréal’s merchants' quarter. It was alleged that Angélique committed the act whil...
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