“This story is not about what happened to him, it’s everything to do with how he chose to...
Alice Augusta Ball was an African American chemist who developed the most effective treatment of leprosy until the...
Louis Tompkins Wright was an African American surgeon, war hero and civil rights activist. Wright was “the first Black physician to be appointed to the staff of a New York municipal...
Charles L. Reason was an African American mathematician, linguist, educator, and abolitionist. In 1849 he became the first...
Richard Potter, c. 1783–1835, was a pioneering magician, ventriloquist, and humorist. Widely regarded as the first American-born professional...
“One had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap.” Ida B. Wells was a journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching...
William Harrison “Bones” Dillard was an African‑American Olympic track and field athlete. Dillard was the finest hurdler of...
William Henry Johnson emerged from his participation in the First World War as one of the most extraordinary...
Lena Horne was a trailblazing American entertainer whose career as a singer, actress, and dancer stretched across seven decades, tracing a path from Harlem’s Cotton Club chorus line to international stages...
Born into the Maafa (Atlantic trafficking and captivity) in the early 1770s, York was the only African-descended member...
On March 26 1872, Thomas J Martin, an African-American, was granted a patent for his version of the...
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…
