Famous Scorpio

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. ...

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 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...

“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...

“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 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 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...

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 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 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...