7 Things You Would Have Learned If You Read ‘From The Browder File’ by Anthony T. Browder
“It is the responsibility of every adult to know their history and culture, to preserve it and then pass it on to the next generation…”...
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7 Things You Would Have Learned If You Read “Stokely Speaks” by Kwame Ture
“No spring changes the desert. The desert remains; the spring runs dry. Not one spring, not a thousand springs will change the desert.” ~Ayi Aweh...
Salem Poor: African American Soldier at Bunker Hill
Salem Poor was a distinguished military hero during the American Revolutionary War. He is best remembered today for his actions during the Battle of Bunker...
Billy: The enslaved African American charged with treason!
Billy was an enslaved African American who became a principal in a court case during the American Revolution (1775–1783). In 1781, the Prince William County...
The Art of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (June 9, 1877 – 18 March 1968) was an African-American sculptor, whose career lasted more than seventy years. Fuller is considered the leading woman artist...
The Lena Baker Story
Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight...
Benjamin Rucker aka Black Herman: The Militant African-American Magician
Benjamin Rucker was an African American magician, better known by his stage name Black Herman. Rucker, who was the most prominent African-American magician of his...
Barbara Ross-Lee: The first African-American woman to become a medical school dean
Barbara Ross-Lee, the sister of singer Diana Ross, was the first African American woman to be appointed dean of an American medical school. She is...
Malcolm X
“By any means necessary.” Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz was the greatest and most influential Black Nationalist leader...
Matilda Evans: Medical Pioneer of South Carolina
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. Evans was an advocate for improved health care for...