Jimmie Lee Jackson: Civil Rights Martyr
Activist Jimmie Lee Jackson is remembered for his tragic death at 26 years old at the hands of an Alabama state trooper during a small...
Author : Uchenna Edeh
Henry Armstrong: First Boxing Champion in Three Separate Divisions
Henry Armstrong was the first boxer to hold simultaneous world championship titles in three different divisions: the featherweight, welterweight and lightweight world champion in 1938....
The Art of Carl Owens
Carl Owens is one of the great African-American artists of Detroit. He is best known as an illustrator, portrait artist and fine arts painter. One...
Fred “Duke” Slater: Football Trailblazer
Fred “Duke” Slater was the greatest African American football player of the first half of the 20th century. But his pioneering influence extended beyond the...
Sammy Davis Jr: Mr. Entertainment
For a staggering 60 years, from his debut as a four year old child star in the late 1920’s to his untimely death in 1990...
Reginald F. Lewis: Billion Dollar Businessman
Reginald F. Lewis, the owner of TLC Beatrice International, a $500 million European conglomerate in food processing and distribution, was at one time the most...
Richard Pryor: Comic Genius
Richard Pryor was one of the most influential stand-up comedians of his generation, and starred in a number of hit films and comedy recordings. He...
João da Cruz e Sousa: The “Black Swan”
Poet João da Cruz e Sousa, (November 24, 1861-March 19, 1898) was the leading figure of the Symbolist movement in Brazil. Called the Cisne Negro...
The Jonestown Massacre
On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the “Jonestown Massacre,” more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died...
Ten Quotes by Professor Kaba Kamene (Booker T. Coleman)
The community is calling forward information. When the student is ready the teacher will appear. All of these times, all of these people have been...