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...
Category : Biographies
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
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the mother of musical legend, Fela Kuti, was also a legend, herself. Known as the Lioness of Lisabi, she was a Nigerian teacher,...
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...
Bobby Seale: Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense
Bobby Seale is an African-American political activist and co-founder and national chairman of the Black Panther Party. The son of a carpenter, Seale was born...
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...
Juanita Moore: Star of Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore was an Oscar-nominated African-American actress, best known for her starring role in the remake of Imitation of Life (1959). Moore was the fifth...
Peter Tosh: Reggae Icon
Peter Tosh was the most militant member of the world’s greatest reggae band, The Wailers (1963–1974). Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, Tosh created...
Fanny Jackson Coppin: The Matriarch of Coppin State University
Fanny Jackson Coppin was an African-American educator and missionary and a lifelong advocate for female higher education. Fanny Jackson was born enslaved in Washington D.C....