Controversial Figure

"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...

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...

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...

He was born stillborn -- no heartbeat, declared dead by the family doctor, and put aside for later burial. Another doctor in the delivery room had an idea, and immersed the newborn in ice-cold water. The shock ...

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...

“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 (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...