The Ocoee Massacre
The Ocoee massacre, considered the “single bloodiest day in modern American political history,” was a violent race riot that broke out on November 2, 1920....
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Ten Inspirational Quotes by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the 24th President of Liberia. She was the world’s first elected Black female president and the first woman ever elected head...
Fredrick L. McGhee: One of the founders of the Niagara Movement
Fredrick L. McGhee was a Black civil rights activist and one of America’s first African American lawyers. McGhee was born on October 28, 1861 in...
Ten Soulful Quotes by Ruby Dee
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 27, 1922, Ruby Dee was a successful film and stage actress, playwright, screenwriter, activist, poet and journalist, perhaps best...
Mahalia Jackson: Queen of Gospel
Mahalia Jackson was gospel music’s first superstar and is considered the greatest gospel singer ever to live. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as...
Funmilayo Ransome Kuti: The Lioness of Lisabi
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Paul Bogle: Leader of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion
Paul Bogle is one of Jamaica’s National Heroes, and leader of the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion, an event that transformed the political system of the...
James A. Bland: Composer of the great minstrel show tunes
James Alan Bland was an African-American musician and composer who was known as The World’s Greatest Minstrel Man. Bland wrote songs about the American South...
George Junius Stinney, Jr.: The youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century.
George Junius Stinney, Jr. was the youngest person to be executed in the US in the 20th century when he was sent to the electric...
Ten Powerful Quotes by Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta was the first President of Kenya. His date of birth, sometime in the early to mid-1890s, is unclear, and was unclear even to him,...