Author Uchenna Edeh

“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...

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...

Childhood and youth: "On an October afternoon in 1954, a 12-year-old Clay, had his bike stolen. A tearful Clay was directed to the basement of the auditorium where a policeman was manning the boxing gym. Jo...

David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. was an African American electrical and mechanical engineer and one of the leaders in the United States in the field of heat transfer, ventilation and air conditioning. His achievemen...

Aaron Douglas, (May 26, 1899—February 2, 1979) was an African American painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Douglas’ distinctive style of geometric...

One of the most famous American entertainers of the nineteenth century, Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins was an African American musician and composer. Blind from birth and born into the Maafa (slavery), Wiggins beca...

The Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company organized by Black filmmakers, and developed a solid reputation for producing films that, according to one Black observer, “ . . . proved a reve...

William Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Fort Wagner. His actions at Fort Wagner preceded those...

The Black Panther is descended from a long line of same named warriors who have led Wakanda a technologically advanced African state with a monarchy older than recorded time. T’challa was born to king T’cha...

Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was a well-known artist, cartoonist, children's book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. From the dawn of the U.S. civil rights era, when he came of age a...