Controversial Figure

Josiah Henson, was a spiritual leader, author and founder of the Black community settlement at Dawn in Ontario, Canada. He is widely believed to be the model for "Uncle Tom" in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Unc...

Mumia Abu-Jamal, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 24, 195 is the political activist, former Lieutenant of Information and journalist for the Philadelphia Black Panther Party. Jamal was convicted and sen...

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...