Controversial Figure

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...

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...