June Millicent Jordan: Caribbean-American Poet and Activist
June Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002), the Caribbean-American poet, activist, journalist, essayist and teacher, was known for her fierce commitment to human...
Author : Meserette Kentake
Jean-Pierre Boyer: President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843
Jean-Pierre Boyer (born 1776—died July 9, 1850) was one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution and President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843. He...
Rei Amador: General Captain of War
Rei Amador, known as also “General Captain of War” and “King Amador” is a major figure in the history of Sao Tome and Principe, and...
William Harrison “Bones” Dillard: Olympic Hurdler
William Harrison “Bones” Dillard was an African-American Olympic track and field athlete. Dillard was the best hurdler of his time, and one of three male...
Margaret Walker: A Literary Mother
Margaret Walker was an African American poet and writer. She began her literary career in the 1930s and emerged as a “literary mother” to writers...
For My People by Margaret Walker
For my people everywhere singing their slave songs repeatedly: their dirges and their ditties and their blues and jubilees, praying their prayers nightly to an...
John Wesley Gilbert: The first African-American Archaeologist
John Wesley Gilbert was a classical scholar who was the first African-American archaeologist. Gilbert discovered the ancient Greek city, Eretria, and produced the first map...
Viola Desmond: Black Canadian Civil Rights Pioneer
Civil rights pioneer, Viola Desmond, was a Black-Canadian businesswoman who was jailed and fined in 1946 for refusing to give up her seat in the...
Quotable Bessie Head
“Love is a torrential storm of feeling; it thrives only in partnership with laughing generosity and truthfulness.” “The contradictions were apparent to Makhaya, and perhaps...
Rafael Cordero: The Father of Public Education in Puerto Rico
Rafael Cordero, known as “The Father of Public Education in Puerto Rico”, was a self-educated Puerto Rican who provided free schooling to children regardless of...