Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Mathias de Sousa, possibly of African and Portuguese ancestry, is considered the first known Portuguese immigrant on record...
James Weldon Johnson was an African-American writer, who distinguished himself in civil rights, diplomacy, education, journalism, law, literature,...
“We must restore the historical consciousness of the African people. The reawakened Africans would then create a new African reality and be a major factor in rescuing the world from the...
“A people who don’t make provision for their own sick and suffering are not worthy of civilization.” –Daniel...
“In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveler necessarily sees...
Isaac Burns Murphy was an African-American Hall of Fame jockey, who is considered one of the greatest riders in American Thoroughbred horse racing history. Murphy rode in the Kentucky Derby 11...
Walter Tull was the British Army’s first ever Black officer. Tull, who was a professional footballer at the...
Henry Sylvester Williams was a Trinidadian lawyer, writer, and activist widely regarded as a founding figure in organized...
“Out under the moon and the stars, alone with his son…he walked to the edge of the village, lifted his baby up with his face to the heavens, and said softly,...
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illiam DeHart Hubbard was the first African American in Olympic history to win an individual gold medal,...
Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was born Zelda Jackson in a small town outside...
Anna Mac Clarke was the first African American woman in the U.S. Army to command an otherwise all‑white unit while the military was still formally segregated. She joined the Women’s Army...
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…
