“I had to work against all the odds to succeed, but succeed I did.” Dr. John Henrik Clarke...
John Lee Love was an African American inventor best known for patenting a portable pencil sharpener, widely known...
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., was a pioneering pilot, officer, and administrator who broke barriers as the first African American general in the U.S....
“The whole reason I did games was because people said, ‘You can’t do it.’ I’m one of the...
Gordon Parks (born Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks) was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas....
Savion Glover, born November 19, 1973, in Newark, New Jersey, is an American tap dancer, choreographer, and actor whose forceful, densely rhythmic style has helped redefine tap for modern audiences. Often...
Mahalia Jackson was gospel music’s first superstar and is widely regarded as the greatest gospel singer ever. Entertainer...
Dizzy Gillespie was one of jazz history’s most influential trumpeters, composers, and bandleaders. In the 1940s, he and...
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a Black Canadian-American educator, abolitionist, writer, newspaper publisher, army recruiter, suffragist, and legal scholar. In 1853, she founded The Provincial Freeman, making her the first Black...
Powhatan Beaty was a Black Union soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, actor, playwright, and civic figure whose life...
“If one can, anyone can, all you gotta do is try” Faith Ringgold was an American painter, writer,...
“One day I know the struggle will change. There’s got to be a change—not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over 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…
