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      Blanche Kelso Bruce: African American Senator during the 19th Century

      Meserette Kentake
      March 1, 2016
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      Richard Egües: La Flauta Mágica

      Meserette Kentake
      October 26, 2018
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      Cudjoe Kossula Lewis: The “last African-American ancestor”

      Meserette Kentake
      July 26, 2018
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      Abram Petrovich Hannibal: A Nobleman of Russia

      Meserette Kentake
      May 14, 2018
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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
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      Isaac Burns Murphy: One of the Greatest American Jockeys of All Time

      Meserette Kentake
      April 16, 2018
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      Walter Tull: Black British War Hero

      Meserette Kentake
      March 25, 2018
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      Henrietta Lacks: The birth of the Hela Cells

      Meserette Kentake
      August 1, 2015
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      Ayiti: An Interview with Professor Bayyinah Bello

      Uchenna Edeh
      January 1, 2019
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      Jackie Ormes: The first professional African American woman cartoonist

      Uchenna Edeh
      August 1, 2017
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      Lt. Anna Mac Clarke: A Military Pioneer

      Meserette Kentake
      June 20, 2017
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      Elizabeth Jennings Graham: A 19th Century Rosa Parks

      Meserette Kentake
      June 5, 2017
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      Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song

      Meserette Kentake
      April 25, 2017
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      Jo Ann Robinson: Organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott

      Meserette Kentake
      April 17, 2017
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      Ten Powerful Quotes by Muhammad Ali

      Meserette Kentake
      January 17, 2016
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      Ten ‘Black Body’ Quotes from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between The World And Me”

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      Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes from “The Mis-Education of the Negro”

      Meserette Kentake
      April 3, 2018
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      Ten Powerful Quotes by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

      Meserette Kentake
      April 2, 2018
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      The best line from the Black Panther Movie

      Meserette Kentake
      March 1, 2018
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      Ten Inspirational Quotes by Wilma Rudolph

      Meserette Kentake
      June 23, 2017
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      Ten Revolutionary Quotes by Eldridge Cleaver

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      July 9, 2015
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      A Black Wedding Song

      Meserette Kentake
      December 1, 2018
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      Ten ‘Black Body’ Quotes from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between The World And Me”

      Meserette Kentake
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      For Freckled-Faced Gerald by Etheridge Knight

      Meserette Kentake
      April 19, 2018
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      Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes from “The Mis-Education of the Negro”

      Meserette Kentake
      April 3, 2018
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      Sterling Allen Brown: Harlem Renaissance Poet

      Meserette Kentake
      May 1, 2017
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      10 Iconic Poems by Maya Angelou Every Black Person Should Know

      Meserette Kentake
      April 3, 2017
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      Gordon Parks: Renaissance Man

      Meserette Kentake
      November 30, 2015
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      The Orisha Art of Erik Olivera Rubio

      Meserette Kentake
      December 9, 2017
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      Jackie Ormes: The first professional African American woman cartoonist

      Uchenna Edeh
      August 1, 2017
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      Charles Alston: Reclaiming identity through art

      Uchenna Edeh
      November 28, 2016
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      Henry Ossawa Tanner: First internationally acclaimed African American artist

      Uchenna Edeh
      June 21, 2016
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      The Art of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

      Meserette Kentake
      June 9, 2016
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      Aaron Douglas: Major artist of the Harlem Renaissance

      Uchenna Edeh
      May 26, 2016
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Mabel Fairbanks: Pioneer African American Figure Skater

Uchenna Edeh
November 14, 2015
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, Herstory
Mabel Fairbanks was an African American figure skater and coach. She was inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame, as the first African-American, and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. ...
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Dr. Edward Scobie: Authority on the African presence in early Western Europe

Uchenna Edeh
November 14, 2015
Black British History, Black History, Famous Scorpio, Icons, Scholar
Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie, author of Britannia; The History of Blacks in Britain distinguished himself as an authority in tracing the history of Black people as they made their way to Western Europe. Dr. Scob...
Herbert S. McCaulay

Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay: Founding Father of Nigerian Nationalism

Uchenna Edeh
November 14, 2015
African, Famous Scorpio
Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay, the widely acknowledged founding father of Nigerian nationalism, was instrumental in laying the foundation of modern Nigeria. He was also a pan-Africanist who championed the his...
Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones

Dorothy Dandridge: The Iconic Leading Actress

Meserette Kentake
November 9, 2015
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, Herstory
“America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner.” ~Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress...
Alexa Canady

Alexa Canady: The first African-American female neurosurgeon

Meserette Kentake
November 7, 2015
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, Herstory, History Makers
“The greatest challenge I faced in becoming a neurosurgeon was believing it was possible.” Dr. Alexa Canady is a medical doctor specialising in pediatric neurosurgery. Her areas of expertise include spin...
George Poage

George Poage: The first African-American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games

Meserette Kentake
November 6, 2015
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, History Makers, Icons, Pioneer, Sports Personality
George Coleman Poage was the first African-American athlete to represent the United States in the Olympic Games, winning two bronze medals at the 1904 games in St. Louis. Poage was born in Hannibal, Missouri...
Patricia Bath

Patricia E. Bath: World-famous Ophthalmologist

Meserette Kentake
November 4, 2015
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, Herstory
Patricia E Bath discovered and invented laserphaco, a new device for cataract surgery. Bath is also the first Black woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose. An ophthalmologist and laser scientist...
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Fredrick L. McGhee: One of the founders of the Niagara Movement

Meserette Kentake
October 28, 2015
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, History Makers
Fredrick L. McGhee was a Black civil rights activist and one of America’s first African American lawyers. McGhee was born on October 28, 1861 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Abraham McGhee and Sarah Walker, ...
Mahalia-Jackson

Mahalia Jackson: Queen of Gospel

Meserette Kentake
October 26, 2015
African American, Famous Scorpio, Herstory, History Makers, Icons, Singer
Mahalia Jackson was gospel music's first superstar and is considered the greatest gospel singer ever to live. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful Black woman in the Uni...
funmilayo

Funmilayo Ransome Kuti: The Lioness of Lisabi

Meserette Kentake
October 25, 2015
African, Famous Scorpio, History Makers, Shero
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the mother of musical legend, Fela Kuti, was also a legend, herself. Known as the Lioness of Lisabi, she was a Nigerian teacher, political campaigner, and women's rights activist, who wa...
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