Quotes from Goree: Point of Departure by Angela Barry Meserette Kentake April 10, 2013 Literary Quotes "The African family was like a city, vast and embracing to all of like mind, but full of perils for those who were not. ...
Understanding who you are! Meserette Kentake December 21, 2014 Soul & Spirit "Understanding who you are is the clear light. Without it, you are walking in the dark, the unknown." ~from, "First W...
Quotable Bessie Head Meserette Kentake July 6, 2015 Famous Quotes "Love is a torrential storm of feeling; it thrives only in partnership with laughing generosity and truthfulness.” "T...
I see a queen Meserette Kentake December 21, 2014 Soul & Spirit "Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change." ~Iyanla Vanzant Painting: "I see a Que...
Ten Revolutionary Quotes by Thomas Sankara Meserette Kentake December 21, 2016 Famous Quotes “While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas”. "I think the most important t...
Quotes from Roots by Alex Haley Meserette Kentake August 11, 2013 Literary Quotes "Out under the moon and stars, alone with his son...he walked to the edge of the village, lifted his baby up with his fa...
Ten Soulful Quotes by Nina Simone Meserette Kentake February 21, 2016 Famous Quotes "...to me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense, outside...
Ten Poetic Quotes by Langston Hughes Meserette Kentake February 1, 2020 Quotes Langston Hughes was an African-American poet and social activist who became the leader of the Harlem Renaissance in the ...
Ten Revolutionary Quotes by Eldridge Cleaver Meserette Kentake May 1, 2017 Famous Quotes The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less. I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and tha...
Ten Thought Provoking Quotes by W.E.B. Du Bois Meserette Kentake August 27, 2016 Famous Quotes "But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up throug...
Purple Rain: Quotes by Prince Meserette Kentake April 24, 2016 Blog, Famous Quotes The Purple Reign has ended. Prince, the legendary music icon, died suddenly at 57. Prince was my first and only pin-...
Ten Powerful Quotes by Dr. John Henrik Clarke Meserette Kentake July 12, 2015 Famous Quotes "History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find t...
Venture Smith: The son of a prince who was abducted into slavery Meserette Kentake September 19, 2016 African American, History Makers, Maafa Venture Smith, was the son of a royal family, who was kidnapped from his homeland in Africa as a boy and sold into the M...
A date to remember – 22 August 1791: The Haitian Revolution Meserette Kentake August 22, 2015 African Caribbean History, Black History, Maafa, Resistance, Uprising/Revolt 4 Comments "Revolution moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform." --C.L.R. James "It was the first time in human histor...
Fanny Jackson Coppin: The Matriarch of Coppin State University Meserette Kentake October 15, 2015 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Libra, Herstory, History Makers, Maafa Fanny Jackson Coppin was an African-American educator and missionary and a lifelong advocate for female higher education...
Mary Ellen Pleasant : The Mother of California’s early civil rights movement Meserette Kentake August 19, 2015 African American, Famous Leo, History Makers, Maafa, Shero 1 Comment Mary Ellen Pleasant was a 19th-century African American entrepreneur who used her fortune to further the abolitionist mo...
Ayiti: An Interview with Professor Bayyinah Bello Uchenna Edeh January 1, 2019 African Caribbean History, African creation stories, African-Caribbean, Black History, Herstory, Interviews, Maafa, Sistory, The Black Scholar Series 1 Comment "Ayiti has been blessed to be a country where we have created all the essentials of the identity of a human. We have...
Sylvester Magee: The last living former enslaved African American Meserette Kentake October 15, 2015 African American, History Makers, Maafa Sylvester Magee was an African American who may have been the last living former enslaved American. Although Magee's cla...
Thomas Fuller: The Virginia Calculator Meserette Kentake February 23, 2020 African American, Maafa T homas Fuller was an enslaved man who became known as the Virginia Calculator. Although illiterate he was able to per...
Billy: The enslaved African American charged with treason! Meserette Kentake June 14, 2016 African American, Maafa Billy was an enslaved African American who became a principal in a court case during the American Revolution (1775–178...
Louis Delgrès: Resistance leader against the Maafa in Guadeloupe Uchenna Edeh August 2, 2015 African-Caribbean, Heroes of the Maafa, Maafa, Resistance Louis Delgrès was an African-Caribbean leader of the anti-slavery movement in Guadeloupe resisting reoccupation and thu...
Lear Green: Escaped to freedom in a small sailor’s chest Meserette Kentake February 3, 2016 African American, Escape from the Maafa, Herstory, History Makers, Maafa Lear Green was an enslaved African American young woman who escaped from Baltimore slaveholder James Noble by hiding in ...
Mme. Abomah: The African Giantess who was once the tallest woman in the world Meserette Kentake March 11, 2016 African American, Herstory, History Makers Mme. Abomah was an international celebrity known as the Amazon Giantess and the African Giantess. In the early 1900’s,...
Yaa Asantewaa: Queen Mother of the Ashanti Empire Meserette Kentake October 17, 2016 African, History Makers, Shero "Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well" Yaa Asantewa...
Archibald Henry Grimké: Early 20th century champion of equal rights Uchenna Edeh August 17, 2015 African American, Famous Leo, History Makers Archibald Henry Grimké was a leading African-American intellectual, activist, and author on racial equality in early 20...
John S. Rock: Originator of “Black is Beautiful” Meserette Kentake October 13, 2016 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Libra, History Makers 1 Comment John Stewart Rock was the first Black person to be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United State. Rock wa...
Juan Garrido: The first “African American” Meserette Kentake February 10, 2017 African American, Afro-Latino, Black Firsts, Controversial Figure, History Makers 3 Comments Juan Garrido was an African-Spanish conquistador, who is the first documented Black person to arrive in the United State...
Lewis Latimer: Prolific African American Inventor Uchenna Edeh September 4, 2015 African American, Famous Virgo, History Makers Lewis H. Latimer is considered one of the most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of i...
Jenny Slew: The first enslaved person to win her freedom via jury trial Meserette Kentake January 29, 2016 African American, Black Firsts, Court Case, Herstory, History Makers, Maafa, Resistance Jenny Slew was a Black woman kidnapped into American slavery, who later petitioned for her freedom in court. Slew was th...
St. Josephine Bakhita: The only patron saint of Sudan Meserette Kentake February 8, 2016 African, Herstory, History Makers St. Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born woman who was enslaved before becoming a Canossian Religious Sister in Italy, ...
Augustus Nathaniel Lushington: The first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Meserette Kentake August 1, 2015 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Leo, History Makers Augustus Nathaniel Lushington was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), earning t...
Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler: The first Black woman awarded a medical degree in the United States Meserette Kentake February 8, 2016 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Aquarius, Herstory, History Makers 1 Comment "I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the suffering of others." Rebecca Davis Lee ...
Ruby Bridges: The six year old heroine Meserette Kentake September 8, 2015 African American, Famous Virgo, History Makers, Shero Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all-whyte public elementary school in the American South....
Willa B. Brown: Trailblazing Aviatrix who accomplished many historical firsts Meserette Kentake January 22, 2016 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Aquarius, Herstory, History Makers Willa B. Brown was the first African-American woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States. She was also the fi...
Peter Hill: The First African-American Clockmaker Meserette Kentake February 2, 2016 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Cancer, History Makers, Maafa
William Manuel “Bill” Johnson: The father of the “slap” style of Double bass playing Meserette Kentake August 10, 2015 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Leo
Patrice Lumumba: The Best Son of Africa Meserette Kentake July 2, 2015 African, Black Firsts, Famous Cancer, History Makers
Sarah Jane Woodson Early: The first African American woman professor Uchenna Edeh November 15, 2015 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, Herstory, History Makers
Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa Meserette Kentake October 21, 2015 Afro-Latino, Famous Libra, Herstory Musical legend, Celia Cruz, was the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban music. Cruz pe...
Alice Augusta Ball: The African-American chemist who developed an effective treatment of leprosy Meserette Kentake July 24, 2015 African American, Famous Leo, Herstory, History Makers
Mabel Fairbanks: Pioneer African American Figure Skater Uchenna Edeh November 14, 2015 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Scorpio, Herstory
Bridget “Biddy” Mason: From Bondage to Wealth Meserette Kentake August 15, 2015 African American, Black Firsts, Famous Leo, Herstory, History Makers, Maafa 1
Black Canadian History: An Interview with Dr. Afua Cooper Uchenna Edeh April 27, 2014 Black Canadian, Herstory, Interviews, Scholar, The Black Scholar Series "We are not there yet. Not yet Uhuru. Uhuru meaning freedom. We see it every day with our children at school. The trials and tribulation that they go through…...
Ancient Future: An Interview with Wayne B. Chandler Uchenna Edeh September 28, 2014 Interviews, Scholar, The Black Scholar Series 1
Interview with Wilbert Smith, author of Hole in the Head, the story of Vertus Hardiman Uchenna Edeh July 26, 2015 African American, Interviews 1
PowerNomics: Interview with Dr. Claud Anderson Uchenna Edeh May 21, 2014 Interviews, Scholar, The Black Scholar Series 4
Ayiti: An Interview with Professor Bayyinah Bello Uchenna Edeh January 1, 2019 African Caribbean History, African creation stories, African-Caribbean, Black History, Herstory, Interviews, Maafa, Sistory, The Black Scholar Series 1
