David Pitt: Founder of Britain’s first civil rights organization
David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead, was a Black British politician, general practitioner and political activist, who was the longest serving Black Parliamentarian in...
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Nat Turner: African-American Hero of the Maafa
Nathanial “Nat” Turner was the leader of a powerful Maafa (slavery) revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. Nat Turner’s Rebellion was one of the...
Alonso de Illescas: Afro-Ecuadorian Revolutionary Leader
Alonso de Illescas was an Afro‑Ecuadorian leader and an icon for people of African descent in Ecuador. A symbol of struggle, resistance, and intelligence, Illescas was...
George Robert Carruthers: Inventor of the far-ultraviolet camera and spectrograph
George Robert Carruthers was an African American space physicist and engineer, and a pioneer in ultraviolet astronomy. His invention was first flown on sounding rockets...
Harry Winston Jerome: “Never Give Up”
Harry Jerome was one of the fastest men in the world for nearly a decade. He equaled and set numerous Canadian sprint records, as well as...
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford: Architect of West African Unity
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford was a West African barrister, author, and political leader who dedicated his life to helping improve conditions for the people of...
David Walker: Fiery Anti-Maafa Activist
David Walker was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-Maafa (Atlantic slavery) activist. In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, he published An Appeal to the...
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: The Mother of African American journalism
Frances E.W. Harper was a leading African-American poet and writer. She was also an ardent activist in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Harper had...
John Coltrane: An iconic figure of 20th century jazz
“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being…When you begin to see the possibilities of music,...
Troy Anthony Davis: Lynched by the State of Georgia 11:00pm Sept 21, 2011
Troy Anthony Davis was an African American man convicted of and executed for the murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia. Davis was...