Vivian Juanita Malone Jones was one of the first two African American students to enroll at the University...
“History is the struggle and record of humans in the process of humanizing the world, i.e., shaping it...
Gideon Edward Smith sometimes referred to as G. E. Smith, was an American football player and coach. Smith was the first African-American varsity athlete in any sport at at Michigan Agricultural...
Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka, born 13 July 1934, is a Nigerian playwright and poet. He was the...
William T. Shorey was a late 19th-century Caribbean-American whaling ship captain affectionately known to his crew as the...
“A free black mind is a concealed weapon!” Samuel Greenlee, Jr. was an African-American novelist, poet, screenwriter, journalist, teacher, and talk show host, best known for his novel The Spook Who...
Gullah Jack, also known as Couter Jack and sometimes referred to as “Gullah” Jack Pritchard, was an African...
[dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]ucy Terry Prince, known as Lucy Terry, (c. 1730–1821) was brought to Rhode Island from Africa. Her...
Herbert Henry “Herb” McKenley OM was a Jamaican sprinter and the only athlete to reach an Olympic track final in all three of the classic sprint events: 100, 200, and 400...
Rafael Cepeda Atiles is known as “The Patriarch of the Bomba and Plena.” He was the patriarch of...
Arthur Ashe is the first African American, and is still the only, African-American male player to win the...
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was an American educator, known as “The First Lady of The Struggle” because of her commitment to giving African Americans a better life. Bethune was appointed a...
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…
