1. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest...
Edward Garrison Walker, the son of David Walker, came to prominence in his own right as an attorney...
Basil Barrington Watson is Jamaica’s master painter. In 2000 he was awarded a Gold Musgrave Medal by the...
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) was a trailblazing African-American writer, anthropologist, and folklorist of the Harlem Renaissance. She is...
John Hanks Alexander was the second African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, following Henry O. Flipper; but was the first African-American officer in the United States...
Harry Lew is best known for becoming the first African-American professional basketball player when he joined the New...
“There is no mental health for Black people without understanding racism and [European] supremacy; it is the major...
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing was a third-generation physician specializing in general and child psychiatry. Her book, The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors, was the culmination of over 18 years...
On January 2, 1492, Moorish rulership of Spain came to an end when, Boabdil, the leader of the...
On January 1, 1923 a massacre was carried out in Rosewood, a town with about 150 residents. Rosewood...
“I had to work against all the odds to succeed, but succeed I did.” Dr. John Henrik Clarke was a Pan-Africanist scholar and historian and a pioneer in the creation of...
