Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
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[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]artin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was staying at the Lorraine Motel in Room 306. Around 6PM, he stepped out on the...
John Willis Menard, an African American journalist, civil rights leader, editor, and poet became the first African American...
Gil Scott-Heron was the African American poet, novelist, musician, and songwriter known primarily for his work as a...
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918–August 17, 1990) was an African American singer and actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years in all forms of entertainment from Vaudeville to Broadway to...
Patrick Henry Reason was one of the earliest African-American engraver and lithographer in the United States. His artistic...
Harriet E. Wilson is considered the first female African-American novelist, as well as the first African American of...
Mme. Abomah—also billed as the “Amazon Giantess” and the “African Giantess”—was an African American performer who became an international celebrity during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Promoters often advertised...
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as a man named “Joe Wright.” This fifteen-year-old girl had...
“First man to die for the flag we now hold high was a Black man” (a line from Stevie Wonder’s song “Black Man”).Crispus Attucks is widely regarded as the first person...
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…
