The Scottsboro Boys: Nine young Black men falsely accused of rape
The Great Depression of the 1930s, threw millions of Americans out of work. During the depression years, Blacks and whytes routinely “hoboed” (hitchhiked) freight trains,...
Author : Uchenna Edeh
Windradyne: Indigenous Australian Warrior and Resistance Leader
Windradyne (c.1800-1829), the Indigenous Australian resistance leader, was a northern Wiradjuri man of the upper Macquarie River region in central-western New South Wales. Windradyne’s date...
Ten Powerful Quotes from “Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority” by Tom Burrell
Marketing Communications Pioneer, Tom Burrell, born March 18, 1939, is a recognized leader and change-agent credited with revolutionizing the use of positive and realistic images...
Rose Fortune: Pioneer Black Canadian Businesswoman
Rose Fortune (March 13, 1774-February 20, 1864), a Black Loyalist originally from the US, is best-known for her talent as a businesswoman at a time...
Oliver Wendell Harrington: “America’s Greatest Black Cartoonist”
Oliver Wendell Harrington was a political cartoonist and originator of Dark Laughter and Jive Gray comic strips and has been called the “greatest” African American...
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Major League Baseball’s Color Barrier
Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. A talented player, Robinson won the National...
Julian Bond: Pioneer Activist and Co-Founder of S.N.C.C.
Born Horace Julian Bond on January 14, 1940, in Nashville, Tennessee, Julian Bond was a scholar, poet, former legislator, and activist in the African American...
Khalid Abdul Muhammad: Bold and Uncompromising Warrior
Khalid Abdul Muhammad was the militant spokesman of the Nation of Islam and Chairman of the New Black Panther Party. Born Harold Moor Jr. on...
Noble Drew Ali: Founder of the Moorish Science Temple
Noble Drew Ali, born Timothy Drew on January 8th, 1886, was the founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America. The accounts of Timothy Drew’s...
John Singleton: Director of Boyz N the Hood
John Singleton is the African American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing Boyz n the Hood – becoming the first African American...