Juan Garrido: The first “African American”
February 10, 2017
Samuel “Sam” Sharpe was one of the principal leaders of the Baptist War, the largest uprising of captive...
On August 17, 1795, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao witnessed one of the most significant and far-reaching...
On May 28, 1998, twelve-year-old Jody-Anne Maxwell made history at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. She became the first Jamaican, the first Black person, and—as contemporaries described her—the...
William Davidson (c.1781–1 May 1820) was a Jamaican‑born, Black British radical in early nineteenth-century Britain. His execution for...
Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) was a towering Caribbean-born intellectual, agitator, and educator whose life forces us to rethink...
Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961) was a Haitian novelist, neurologist, and Marxist political activist whose life and work came to embody the intertwined struggles for culture, dignity, and freedom in 20th‑century Haiti....
Henry Sylvester Williams was a Trinidadian lawyer, writer, and activist widely regarded as a founding figure in organized...
Paul Bogle is one of Jamaica’s National Heroes and a central figure in the Morant Bay Rebellion of...
Celia Cruz was a Black Cuban and Cuban American singer whose extraordinary career made her one of the most celebrated and influential vocalists in Cuban and Latin music. Revered as La...
Peter Tosh was a founding member of the Wailers and one of reggae’s most uncompromising voices. Alongside Bob...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom...
LLearie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, Kt., was a West Indian cricket legend, barrister, author, broadcast journalist, and political activist. He served as Trinidad’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became...
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…
