Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man
“The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice.” Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an...
Category : African American
Angelina Weld Grimké
Angelina Weld Grimké was an African-American poet and playwright, an important forerunner of the Harlem Renaissance. “I oft have dreamed the bliss Of the nectar in...
Walter Moses Burton: The first Black elected sheriff in the United States
Walter Moses Burton holds the distinction of being the first Black elected sheriff in the United States. Burton was also a State Senator in Texas....
Robert Smalls: Civil War Hero
Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who distinguished himself as a national war hero, statesman and civil-rights leader in the Reconstruction South, serving five terms in...
Booker T. Washington: The African-American Leader who came “Up From Slavery”
[dropcap size=small]B[/dropcap]ooker Taliaferro Washington was an African-American leader and educator. Washington came up from a background of poverty to become the most influential Black educator of the...
Gordon – “The Scourged Back”
Gordon was an enslaved African-American who became an iconic figure during the Civil War, in exposing the brutality of the Maafa ( Atlantic slavery). A...
Pearl Bailey
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia. The daughter of a preacher,...
Andrew Jackson Beard
Andrew Jackson Beard was born on March 29, 1849. He was a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, a railroad worker, a businessman and finally an inventor. He...
Ed Wilson
Born on March 28th in 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland, Ed Wilson became interested in art as a child while recovering from rheumatic fever. When he returned...
Arthur Mitchell
“The myth was that because you were black that you could not do classical dance. I proved that to be wrong.” Arthur Mitchell, born March...