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...
Author : Uchenna Edeh
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...
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...
Alvin Ailey: Cultural Ambassador to the World
Alvin Ailey Jr., the African American choreographer, dancer and activist is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance. His company, The Alvin...
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Neo Expressionist Pop Icon
Jean-Michel Basquiat, known for his raw gestural style of painting with graffiti-like images and scrawled text, was the African American artist who emerged from the...
Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History
Carter G. Woodson, known as The Father of Black History, was the African American historian who first opened the long-neglected field of Black studies to...
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr: The First African American General in the U.S. Air Force
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., was a pioneering pilot, officer, and administrator who broke barriers as the first...
Ossie Davis: The Distinguished Actor and Activist
Ossie Davis was one of the most recognized and influential African American performers and activists of the late twentieth century. The acclaimed actor, director, producer,...
Maria W. Stewart: Powerful Public Orator for Black Women’s Rights
Maria W. Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to be the first woman in America and the first African-American woman to make public...