Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr., was the first African-American general for the U.S. Army. His army career dated from...
Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, Georgia on July 1, 1899, to Etta Plant Spencer and...
Robert Allen “Bob” Cole (July 1, 1868 – August 2, 1911) was an African-American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director, who influenced the development of black musical theater. In...
“I am a [Black]. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits...
Lena Horne was a trailblazing American entertainer whose career as a singer, actress, and dancer stretched across seven...
[dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]scar Marion was an enslaved African-American and Revolutionary War militiaman. Oscar Marion was the personal servant of General Francis Marion (1732–1795). The general was the legendary “Swamp Fox” from South...
Born into the Maafa (Atlantic trafficking and captivity) in the early 1770s, York was the only African-descended member...
“The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice.” Paul Leroy Robeson...
Angelina Weld Grimké was an African-American poet and playwright, an important forerunner of the Harlem Renaissance. “I oft have dreamed the bliss Of the nectar in one kiss.” Grimké was born in...
Walter Moses Burton holds the distinction of being the first Black elected sheriff in the United States. Burton...
Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who distinguished himself as a national war hero, statesman and civil-rights...
[dropcap size=small]B[/dropcap]ooker Taliaferro Washington was an African-American leader and educator. Washington came up from a background of poverty to become the most influential Black educator of the late 19th and early...
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…
