Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was born Zelda Jackson in a small town outside...
Dr. José Celso Barbosa was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and political leader, known within Puerto Rico as...
“Our purpose in life is to leave a legacy for our children and our children’s children. For this reason, we must correct history that at present denies our humanity and self-respect.”...
“To know Dr. Hilliard was in some respects to know Africa.” Asa Hilliard, III was a world renowned...
George Bonga was a fur trader of African-American and Native American heritage, and one of the first African...
[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]ary Ellen Pleasant was a 19th-century African American entrepreneur who used her fortune to further the abolitionist movement. She worked on the Underground Railroad across many states and then helped...
“My idea, my belief, my intention is for the United States of America to be known as a...
Archibald Henry Grimké was a leading African-American intellectual, activist, and author on racial equality in early 20th Century...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. (ONH) was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist who created a ‘Back to Africa’ movement in the United States. He became an inspirational figure for later civil rights activists,...
Runoko Rashidi was an African American historian, anthropologist and public lecturer, and one of the world’s leading authorities...
“Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is today all but forgotten in the country of his birth. The works of this talented...
[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]onroe Nathan Work was a sociologist who founded the Department of Records and Research at the Tuskegee Institute in 1908 and expanded its national reputation. With much of his career...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
