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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

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      Charles Alston: Reclaiming identity through art

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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
African, African American, Black Firsts, Controversial Figure, History Makers
"In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveler necessarily sees what is strange and wonderful, for every thing is strange."—Paul du Chaillu Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (du...
munia

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Internationally renowned imprisoned activist

Uchenna Edeh
April 24, 2017
African American, Controversial Figure, Famous Taurus
Mumia Abu-Jamal, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 24, 1954 is a political activist, and former Lieutenant of Information and journalist for the Philadelphia Black Panther Party. Jamal was convicted a...
Guard of the Harem

Juan Garrido: The first “African American”

Meserette Kentake
February 10, 2017
African American, Afro-Latino, Black Firsts, Controversial Figure, History Makers
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Juan Garrido was an African-Spanish conquistador, who is the first documented Black person to arrive in the United States. African by birth, he went to Portugal as a young man, and in converting to Christianity...
Morocco and the Orientalist Fever

Muhammad ibn Tumart: The First Leader of the Almohads

Meserette Kentake
August 20, 2015
African, Black Firsts, Controversial Figure, History Makers
Muhammad ibn Tumart (ca. 1080-1130) was a North African religious reformer who founded the Almohad movement in North Africa. His organization of Berber warriors led to the end of Almoravid Dynasty in North Afri...
Haile Selassie

Emperor Haile Selassie I: “Might of the Trinity”

Meserette Kentake
July 23, 2015
African, Black Firsts, Controversial Figure, Famous Leo, History Makers, Kings and Queens
“Look to Africa when a Black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is near.” Emperor Haile Selassie I was Ethiopia's 225th and last emperor. Emperor Haile Selassie I traced his line back to ...
James Augustine Healy

James Augustine Healy

Meserette Kentake
April 6, 2015
African American, Black Firsts, Controversial Figure, Famous Aries
James Augustine Healy (April 6, 1830 – August 5, 1900) was the first Roman Catholic priest and the first bishop in the United States of any known African descent. He identified and was accepted as a white...

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