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      George McJunkin: The African American cowboy who discovered the Folsom Site in 1908

      Meserette Kentake
      January 21, 2016
      African American, History Makers
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      Richard Egües: La Flauta Mágica

      Meserette Kentake
      October 26, 2018
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      Cudjoe Kossula Lewis: The “last African-American ancestor”

      Meserette Kentake
      July 26, 2018
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      Abram Petrovich Hannibal: A Nobleman of Russia

      Meserette Kentake
      May 14, 2018
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      Paul Belloni Du Chaillu: The “African” Zoologist who became known as the first modern European to confirm the existence of gorillas

      Meserette Kentake
      April 29, 2018
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      Isaac Burns Murphy: One of the Greatest American Jockeys of All Time

      Meserette Kentake
      April 16, 2018
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      Walter Tull: Black British War Hero

      Meserette Kentake
      March 25, 2018
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      Nancy Green: The first living trademark

      Meserette Kentake
      November 17, 2016
      African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, Herstory, History Makers
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      Ayiti: An Interview with Professor Bayyinah Bello

      Uchenna Edeh
      January 1, 2019
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      Jackie Ormes: The first professional African American woman cartoonist

      Uchenna Edeh
      August 1, 2017
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      Lt. Anna Mac Clarke: A Military Pioneer

      Meserette Kentake
      June 20, 2017
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      Elizabeth Jennings Graham: A 19th Century Rosa Parks

      Meserette Kentake
      June 5, 2017
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      Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song

      Meserette Kentake
      April 25, 2017
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      Jo Ann Robinson: Organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott

      Meserette Kentake
      April 17, 2017
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      Ten Visionary Quotes on African Filmmaking by Djibril Diop Mambety

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      July 23, 2015
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      Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes from “The Mis-Education of the Negro”

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      April 3, 2018
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      Ten Powerful Quotes by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

      Meserette Kentake
      April 2, 2018
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      The best line from the Black Panther Movie

      Meserette Kentake
      March 1, 2018
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      Ten Inspirational Quotes by Wilma Rudolph

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      June 23, 2017
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      Ten Revolutionary Quotes by Eldridge Cleaver

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      May 1, 2017
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      Harriet E. Wilson: The first female African-American novelist

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      A Black Wedding Song

      Meserette Kentake
      December 1, 2018
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      Meserette Kentake
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      For Freckled-Faced Gerald by Etheridge Knight

      Meserette Kentake
      April 19, 2018
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      Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes from “The Mis-Education of the Negro”

      Meserette Kentake
      April 3, 2018
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      Sterling Allen Brown: Harlem Renaissance Poet

      Meserette Kentake
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      10 Iconic Poems by Maya Angelou Every Black Person Should Know

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      Legend of the Crown: The Art of African Kings and Queens

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      February 10, 2016
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      The Orisha Art of Erik Olivera Rubio

      Meserette Kentake
      December 9, 2017
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      Jackie Ormes: The first professional African American woman cartoonist

      Uchenna Edeh
      August 1, 2017
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      Charles Alston: Reclaiming identity through art

      Uchenna Edeh
      November 28, 2016
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      Henry Ossawa Tanner: First internationally acclaimed African American artist

      Uchenna Edeh
      June 21, 2016
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      The Art of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

      Meserette Kentake
      June 9, 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.

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...
Marie Josep Angelique

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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Muhammad Ali: A Life in Pictures

Uchenna Edeh
June 11, 2016
African American
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.

David Nelson Crosthwait Jr.: Inventor and leader in electrical and mechanical engineering

Uchenna Edeh
May 27, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Gemini
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 KP

Aaron Douglas: Major artist of the Harlem Renaissance

Uchenna Edeh
May 26, 2016
African American, Black Artist, Famous Gemini
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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...
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Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins: Autistic savant and musical genius

Uchenna Edeh
May 25, 2016
African American, Famous Gemini, History Makers, Maafa
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...
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The Lincoln Motion Picture Company: First Black American Movie Company

Uchenna Edeh
May 24, 2016
African American history, Black Firsts, Black History
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...
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William H. Carney: First Black American to merit the Medal of Honor

Uchenna Edeh
May 23, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Pisces, History Makers
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...
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The Black Panther: Warrior King of Wakanda

Uchenna Edeh
May 20, 2016
Mythology, Superheroe
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...
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Tom Feelings: Visual storyteller with an African perspective

Uchenna Edeh
May 19, 2016
African American, Art & Photograpy, Black Artist, Famous Taurus
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...
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