Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856–1915) made education the foundation of a far-reaching campaign for Black advancement. An educator, institution-builder, writer, and political strategist, he developed Tuskegee Institute in Alabama into an internationally recognized...
Ranavalona III was the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She became queen in 1883, as French...
“The Island of Gorée is an exceptional testimony to one of the greatest tragedies in the history of...
Sarah Jane Woodson Early was an African American educator, author, and temperance organizer whose career connected the classroom...
William Christopher Handy was an African American composer, bandleader, music publisher, and author whose work helped carry the...
“We are not there yet. Not yet Uhuru. Uhuru meaning freedom. We see it every day with our...
On November 2–3, 1920, a Euro-American mob attacked the African-American community of Ocoee, Florida, after they attempted to...
“No spring changes the desert. The desert remains; the spring runs dry. Not one spring, not a thousand...
Loïs Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998) was a pioneering painter, designer, and educator whose...
“Don’t let our history die.” ~Edward Scobie Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie, author of Black Britannia: The History of Blacks...
Marie Laveau is the most renowned Voodoo figure in the history of North America. For several decades she...
What matters is the renewing and long running kinship. Seeking common mission, willing work, memory, melody, song Marriage is an art Created by the serious, enjoyed by the mature Watered with...
Harold Arundel Moody was a Jamaican-born physician whose work in London joined medical care, Christian service, and the...
“Revolution moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform.” –C.L.R. James “It was the first time in...
Viola Desmond was a Black Nova Scotian businesswoman and civil-rights pioneer whose 1946 challenge to segregation at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow became one of the most significant early legal...
David Walker was a Black abolitionist, writer, and political activist whose uncompromising attack on the Maafa made him...
“The Worse Sight,” by Kevin A. William, who is also known as WAK, is a series of six...
The Battle of Mbororé was a major victory in which Guaraní warriors defeated Portuguese raiders (bandeirantes) and their Indigenous allies. On 11 March 1641, on a twisting stretch of the upper...
Maurice Rupert Bishop (1944–1983) was a charismatic revolutionary who served as Prime Minister of Grenada from 1979 until...
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a pivotal military leader during the Haitian Revolution and is recognized as the founding father...
In the final days of 1831, western Jamaica erupted into the largest uprising of captive people (Xaymacans) in the history of the Caribbean held under British oppression. Known variously as the...
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,...