Claudette Colvin was a pioneering civil rights activist in Alabama during the 1950s. On March 2, 1955, at...
[dropcap size=small]C[/dropcap]harles Hamilton Houston one of the most important civil rights attorneys in American history. Known as “The...
Andrew Jackson Smith was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America’s highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle...
Josephine Silone Yates was an African American teacher, journalist and clubwoman, who was the first African American certified...
James Forten was an African American abolitionist, businessman and Black leader in pre-Civil War Philadelphia. Forten was born...
Walter S. McAfee was an African-American scientist and astronomer, notable for participating in the world’s first lunar radar echo experiments with Project Diana. Walter McAfee, was born on September 2, 1914,...
Henry Edwin Baker, Jr. was the third African American to enter the United States Naval Academy. He later...
[dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]tis Frank Boykin was an African-American inventor and engineer. Boykin is credited with patenting twenty-eight electronic devices...
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was the best known spokesperson for African-American rights during the first half of the 20th century. In 1895, he became the first African American to earn...
1. When I was younger, like everyone else, I believe that Black people did not have any history...
“I Always Wanted to Be Somebody.” Althea Gibson was the first African American tennis player to win a...
Joseph Douglass (1871–1935) was a groundbreaking African-American concert violinist. He was the grandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglas; and was widely viewed as Douglass’s favorite grandchild. Joseph Douglass was born in the...
