Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
Walter Daniel John Tull was a professional footballer and one of the British Army’s first Black commissioned officers. Of African-Caribbean and English heritage, he challenged racial barriers in both professional football and...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom...
George Robert Carruthers was an African American space physicist and engineer, and a pioneer in ultraviolet astronomy. His...
Alonso de Illescas was an Afro‑Ecuadorian leader and an icon for people of African descent in Ecuador. A...
Nat Turner (c. 2 October 1800–11 November 1831) was a Black preacher, religious visionary, and revolutionary whose leadership...
“It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land...
Paul Bogle is one of Jamaica’s National Heroes and a central figure in the Morant Bay Rebellion of...
Ora Mae Washington was an African-American tennis player known as the “Queen of Tennis” in her Philadelphia neighborhood....
Andrew “Rube” Foster was one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, and was elected to...
On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., for the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This monumental event placed immense pressure on President John F....
Jesse Owens achieved feats that made him one of the most celebrated track-and-field athletes of the twentieth century....
Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay, the widely acknowledged founding father of Nigerian nationalism, was instrumental in laying the foundation...
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (June 9, 1877 – 18 March 1968) was an African-American sculptor, whose career lasted more than seventy years. Fuller is considered the leading woman artist of the Harlem Renaissance; although she...
Marie Laveau is the most renowned Voodoo figure in the history of North America. For several decades she...
The Great Depression of the 1930s, threw millions of Americans out of work. During the depression years, Blacks...
John Wesley Gilbert was a classical scholar who was the first African-American archaeologist. Gilbert discovered the ancient Greek city, Eretria, and produced the first map of the ancient structure. He was...
Henrietta Vinton Davis was a Shakespearean actor and public speaker. She was proclaimed by Marcus Garvey to be...
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a renowned Ghanaian doctor, anthropologist, author, poet, and politician. His research into the use of...
Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (July 7, 1906-June 8, 1982) was an African-American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by attracting...
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…
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,...
The Kentake Page website recently developed internal issues that prevented me from publishing new posts. After the passing...