Azie Taylor Morton: The First African American Treasurer of the US
“It isn’t luck, and it isn’t circumstances, and it isn’t being born a certain way that causes a person’s future to become what it becomes.”...
Author : Meserette Kentake
Richard Greener: The first Black graduate of Harvard University
Richard Theodore Greener, the African-American educator, lawyer, consular officer and reformer was the first Black graduate of Harvard University and dean of the Howard University...
Sarah Loguen Fraser: A Pioneering Pediatrician
Sarah Loguen Fraser was one of the first African American women to earn a medical degree, the first African American female physician specializing in obstetrics...
Jenny Slew: The first enslaved person to win her freedom via jury trial
Jenny Slew was a Black woman kidnapped into American slavery, who later petitioned for her freedom in court. Slew was the first ‘enslaved’ person to...
Richmond Barthé: A Distinguished American Sculptor
[dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]ichmond Barthé was an African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Barthe was one of the first sculptors to focus on Black people as...
Hilter’s Black Victims
“No, you can’t have my life; I will fight for it.” January 27, is an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims...
Hilarius Gilges: Murdered by the Nazis
Hilarius Gilges was an Afro-German amateur actor and political activist who was murdered by the Nazis at the age of 24. Gilges, known as “Lari,”...
Ten Powerful Quotes by Angela Davis
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” “We have...
7 Things You Would Have Learned If You Read ‘Blacks in Science’ by Ivan Van Sertima
Sometimes, I want to shout out to the world about the deep love I carry within me for those men and women who are bright...
The Malê Revolt of Brazil
The most outstanding Maafa (Atlantic slavery) revolutionary movement in Brazil were the series of Islamic risings in Bahia from 1808 to 1835. The Malê uprising...