Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was one of the nineteenth century’s most widely read African American writers and a formidable public intellectual. A poet, novelist, essayist, lecturer, abolitionist, suffragist, temperance worker, and community...
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Dr. Umar Rashad Johnson is a Pan-Africanist scholar, certified psychologist, activist, and one of the most outspoken contemporary...
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“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to...
“The whole reason I did games was because people said, ‘You can’t do it.’ I’m one of the...
Milton Almeida dos Santos was a pioneering Black Brazilian geographer whose groundbreaking work reshaped global understandings of cities,...
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a renowned Ghanaian doctor, anthropologist, author, poet, and politician. His research into the use of...
My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed...
Abram Petrovich Hannibal, also known as Gannibal or Ganibal, was kidnapped from his parents in Africa and brought...
“It is up to the living to keep in touch with the dead. Man’s power don’t end with...
Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (July 7, 1906-June 8, 1982) was an African-American Negro league baseball and Major League...
Harry Jerome was one of the fastest men in the world for nearly a decade. He equaled and set numerous Canadian sprint records, as well as several world records. He participated...
Jayne Cortez (born Sallie Jayne Richardson) was a visionary African American poet, performer, and cultural activist whose fierce,...
George Dixon also known as “Little Chocolate,” was a Black Canadian professional boxer. He was the first black...
“No spring changes the desert. The desert remains; the spring runs dry. Not one spring, not a thousand springs will change the desert.” ~Ayi Aweh Armah I love Kwame Ture. In...
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. She became...
Oliver Wendell Harrington was a political cartoonist and originator of Dark Laughter and Jive Gray comic strips and...
Charles Ball was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive, The Life and Adventures of Charles Ball (1837). Ball also served the United States in...
James Arthur Baldwin was an African American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, who is considered to...
There is in every person an inward sea, And in that sea there is an island And on...
“I tell people in most of my presentations don’t believe a word I say. I’m not here to make you believe me, I’m here to make you think. If I can...
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…
“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,...
The Kentake Page website recently developed internal issues that prevented me from publishing new posts. After the passing...
I have been on a rampage, as we would say in Jamaica. It feels as if I am...
Ryan Coogler’s birth chart features a Yod, a rare astrological configuration often called the “finger of fate” or...