Addie Mae Collins was one of the four African-American girls, murdered in a racially motivated terrorist attack perpetrated...
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga was the composer of Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika (God Bless Africa). Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika has been...
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was the only known adult passenger of African ancestry who died on the ill‑fated voyage of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. A Paris‑educated Haitian engineer, Laroche...
Lucy Craft Laney was an early African-American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children...
Windradyne (c.1800–1829), known as Saturday, was a prominent Indigenous Australian resistance leader from the Wiradjuri nation. He belonged...
Chloe Cooley was a young enslaved Black woman in Canada during the late 1700s. On March 14, 1793 she was sold against her will, back into the Maafa (Atlantic slavery) in...
Patrick Henry Reason was one of the earliest African-American engraver and lithographer in the United States. His artistic...
Harriet E. Wilson is considered the first female African-American novelist, as well as the first African American of...
Mme. Abomah was an international celebrity known as the Amazon Giantess and the African Giantess. In the early 1900’s, she traveled all over the world as the tallest woman in the...
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as a man named “Joe Wright.” This fifteen-year-old girl had...
My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed hardback copy in my collection. Busby opened her introduction with Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem...
