Joseph Lee: The Bread Maker Inventor
Joseph Lee was an African American restaurateur and caterer who invented the use of breadcrumbs and the automatic bread maker. Joseph Lee was born on...
Author : Meserette Kentake
Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar Nelson: An African American Diarist
Alice Ruth Moore, educator, author and social activist, was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. An...
Nelson Mandela: The Father of a Nation.
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered...
Lemuel Haynes: Religious leader and anti-Maafa activist
“An African…has an undeniable right to his Liberty.” Lemuel Haynes was an influential African-American religious leader who argued against the Maafa (slavery). Haynes was the...
Alexander H. Johnson: The first drummer boy
Alexander H. Johnson enlisted at the age of 16 as a drummer boy in the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. He was the first Black musician to...
“Spirit of Freedom” monument by Ed Hamilton
In 1993, The District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities commissioned a new memorial to African-American soldiers and sailors who fought in the...
The Massachusetts 54th Regiment: The Glory Regiment
The United States Colored Troops (USCT) were regiments in the United States Army composed of African-American (colored) soldiers; they were first recruited during the American...
The Thinker II
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~Martin Luther King “You can’t let your failures define you. You...
The Colored Soldiers by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
If the muse were mine to tempt it And my feeble voice were strong, If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a...
The Art of Nelson Mandela
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of...