Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Louis Tompkins Wright was an African American surgeon, war hero and civil rights activist. Wright was “the first...
“Look to Africa when a Black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is near.” Emperor...
Quincy Thomas Troupe, Jr. is an awarding-winning African-American author of ten volumes of poetry, three children’s books, and six non-fiction works. Troupe was California’s first official poet laureate. In 2010 Troupe...
Charles L. Reason was an African American mathematician, linguist, educator, and abolitionist. In 1849 he became the first...
“A normal black child, having grown up in a normal family, will become abnormal at the slightest...
Richard Potter, c. 1783–1835, was a pioneering magician, ventriloquist, and humorist. Widely regarded as the first American-born professional magician to achieve national fame, later historians have also described him as America’s...
Joseph Lee was an African American restaurateur and caterer who invented the use of breadcrumbs and the automatic...
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps...
“An African…has an undeniable right to his Liberty.” Lemuel Haynes was an influential African-American religious leader who argued against the Maafa (slavery). Haynes was the abandoned child of an African father...
Alexander H. Johnson enlisted at the age of 16 as a drummer boy in the Massachusetts 54th Regiment....
The United States Colored Troops (USCT) were regiments in the United States Army composed of African-American (colored) soldiers;...
In 1903, Maggie Lena Walker became the first woman bank president in the United States when she founded the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virginia. A daughter of a...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
