“To know Dr. Hilliard was in some respects to know Africa.” Asa Hilliard, III was a world renowned...
Archibald Henry Grimké was a leading African-American intellectual, activist, and author on racial equality in early 20th Century...
Alex Haley is the celebrated author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976). By April 1977 almost two million hardcover copies of the book had been sold and 130...
Whitney Houston, singer and actress, has sold close to 100 million albums worldwide during her lifetime. Her recognitions...
Dr. Alex Quaison-Sackey (August 9, 1924– December 28, 1992) was a Ghanaian diplomat during the presidency of Kwame...
Delos Rogest Davis, teacher and lawyer (August 4, 1846- April 13, 1915) was the second Black lawyer in Canada and the first Black person appointed to the King’s Counsel in all...
Robert Purvis was a radical African American abolitionist and reformer as well as a prosperous gentleman farmer and...
“This story is not about what happened to him, it’s everything to do with how he chose to...
“My name is Assata (“she who struggles”) Olugbala ( “for the people” ) Shakur (“the thankful one”), and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was...
“History is the struggle and record of humans in the process of humanizing the world, i.e., shaping it...
Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (July 7, 1906-June 8, 1982) was an African-American Negro league baseball and Major League...
“I hope it warms the heart of those who see them and know that beauty still exists in life, we just sometimes choose not to see it. Children live a life...
