On November 2–3, 1920, a Euro-American mob attacked the African-American community of Ocoee, Florida, after they attempted to exercise their right to vote. The violence, remembered as the Ocoee massacre, left an...
Loïs Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998) was a pioneering painter, designer, and educator whose...
“We are not a people of yesterday. Do they ask how many single seasons we have flowed from...
“We need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love. Love creates...
My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed...
“Study History, Erase The Mystery.” Professor James Small has devoted his life to Pan-Africanism, bringing together historical scholarship,...
“Slavery is not an indefinable mass of flesh. It is a particular, specific enslaved woman, whose mind is...
“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to...
On the word Maafa In this cine-essay, I advance an original reading of Sinners that treats the film as a...
Anacaona (c. 1474–1503) was a distinguished Taíno poet, and composer of sacred areitos, and a leading cacica of...
Samora Moisés Machel stands as one of the twentieth century’s most inspiring and influential African leaders—a visionary guerrilla...
I am a black woman the music of my song some sweet arpeggio of tears is written in...
“Afrikans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors.” ~Haile...
Oliver Lewis made history on May 17, 1875, when he rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural Kentucky Derby. The race, held at the newly opened Louisville Jockey Club track—later officially...
Robert Nesta Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Marley...
“I have strong sympathy for all women who have struggled and suffered.” Mary Edmonia Lewis, known in childhood...
Miriam Makeba, lovingly known as Mama Africa, was a South African singer, freedom fighter, and cultural worker who turned her entire life into a testimony against apartheid and colonialism. Born Zenzile Miriam Makeba...
Henri Christophe (c. 1767–1820) was one of the commanding figures of the Haitian Revolution and the founder of...
Theodore “Tiger” Flowers was the first Black boxer to win the world middleweight championship. Flowers was born on...
“It takes more than a horrifying transatlantic voyage chained in the filthy hold of a slave ship to erase someone’s culture.” – Maya Angelou Author’s Note (February 2026) I wrote “Horrors...
“The legend of the Palmares quilombo and its greatest leader, Zumbi, are central to the history and ongoing...
Mary Lou Williams was an African‑American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional vocalist, widely regarded as one of...
Henry Sylvester Williams was a Trinidadian lawyer, writer, and activist widely regarded as a founding figure in organized Pan-Africanism, and is therefore known as the Father of Pan-Africanism. He is often...
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…
“Let us all pass on the knowledge,planting trees in the shade of whichwe ourselves may never sit.”~Margaret Busby...
Before Ten Figures in Black British History Before Windrush became an essay, it was a school presentation. In...
We shall return To the houses, to our crops,to the beaches, to our fieldswe shall return To our...
“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned,...
“We must take the unequivocal position that if the Black race is to perish, the world must perish...
I conclude this series with two istwa that some readers may consider controversial choices: the Cuban Revolution and...
“What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of...
Part 1 of My Top Ten Black History Events explored how I define Black history and where I...
A few months ago, I reflected on the meaning of Black history and the ten major events that...
Toni Morrison once wrote, “If there’s a book you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet,...
Dear Subscribers, I’m excited to announce that Kentake Page has undergone a complete transformation—our brand new website is...
People often ask where to begin learning Black history. Usually, they ask for the name of a book,...