[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illiam Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the...
“By any means necessary.” Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz was the greatest and most influential Black Nationalist leader...
Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was a well-known artist, cartoonist, children’s book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. From the dawn of...
Oliver Lewis became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, America’s longest continuous sporting event on May 17, 1875. His time of two minutes...
Laura Wheeler was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans including W.E.B. Du Bois and Marian Anderson. A...
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. Evans was an advocate for improved health care for...
Every people should be originators of their own destiny. Martin Robinson Delany was an African American abolitionist, author, physician, Black Nationalist, and army officer. Delany...
Born April 27, 1883, in Concordia, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, Hubert H. Harrison was a brilliant and influential writer, orator, educator, critic, and political...
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