Billy was an enslaved African American who became a principal in a court case during the American Revolution...
David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. was an African American electrical and mechanical engineer and one of the leaders in...
Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899—February 2, 1979) was an African American painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Douglas’ distinctive style of...
William Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of...
Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was a well-known artist, cartoonist, children’s book illustrator, author,...
Oliver Lewis made history on May 17, 1875, when he rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural Kentucky Derby. The race, held at the newly opened Louisville Jockey Club track—later officially...
Laura Wheeler was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans including...
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. She became...
In 1628, the first Black person known to have lived in Canada was a native of Madagascar. He was kidnapped and sold between the ages of 6-9 years old by the...
In 1879, Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first Black graduate nurse in the United States. Mary Eliza Mahoney...
Sugar Ray Robinson is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. Robinson held the world welterweight...
Vernon Napoleon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was a brilliant, uncompromising Baptist preacher whose life helped lay the moral and intellectual groundwork for the modern civil rights movement....
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…
