Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illa B. Brown was the first African-American woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States....
Leonard Roy Harmon was an African American sailor who died in action during World War II and was...
Edward Garrison Walker, the son of David Walker, came to prominence in his own right as an attorney in 1861; he was one of the first Black men to pass the...
John Hanks Alexander was the second African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, following...
John Singleton is the African American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing Boyz n the...
Harry Haskell “Bucky” Lew is best known as the first Black professional basketball player in the United States. In 1902, at age 18, he joined Lowell’s Pawtucketville Athletic Club in the...
Carter G. Woodson, known as The Father of Black History, was the African American historian who first opened...
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., was a pioneering pilot, officer, and...
Maria W. Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to be the first woman in America and the first African-American woman to make public lectures. Stewart is known for four...
Henry Armstrong was the first boxer to hold simultaneous world championship titles in three different divisions: the featherweight,...
“Compassion, my dear Brothers, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean...
Lewis Hayden was an African-American leader who escaped with his family from the Maafa (slavery) in Kentucky to Boston, where he became an abolitionist and lecturer, businessman, and politician. Lewis Hayden...
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…
