Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
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“There is still a powerful tendency to deny that humanity originated in Africa and that the African peoples...
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Angelo Soliman who achieved considerable fame as a “Princely Moor” in eighteenth-century Vienna, is historically recognized by some...
Nancy Green known as the Pancake Queen, was a storyteller, cook, activist, and the first of several African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark as “Aunt Jemima.” The famous Aunt...
The Richard Pryor Show was an American comedy-variety show starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday,...
“History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is...
Mansa Musa, the ninth emperor of the Mali Empire, is among the most renowned rulers in world history. Remembered for immense wealth, expansive rule, and patronage of scholarship and architecture, he...
Ossian Sweet was an African American physician in Detroit, Michigan, noted for his armed self-defense in 1925 of...
Emmett Chappelle is an African American scientist who has made valuable contributions in several fields: medicine, philanthropy, food...
Rosa Parks, often honored as “The First Lady of Civil Rights” and “The Mother of the Freedom Movement,” occupies a central place in the history of American social justice. While four other Black women courageously...
