Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
“Yaa AsantewaaThe woman who fights before cannonsYou have accomplished great thingsYou have done well” On 17 October 1921,...
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve in the United States Congress and the first...
“Our purpose in life is to leave a legacy for our children and our children’s children. For this reason, we must correct history that at present denies our humanity and self-respect.”...
“Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it,...
In 1734, Marie-Joseph Angélique was accused of setting a fire that destroyed the city’s merchants’ quarter in Montreal....
Lena Baker, an African American maid, was executed by the State of Georgia in 1945 for the murder of her employer, Ernest Knight, the previous year. Knight, an abusive and violent...
Benjamin Rucker, better known by his stage name Black Herman, was an African American magician and one of the most...
One of the most famous American entertainers of the nineteenth century, Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins was an African...
“By any means necessary.” Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was one of the greatest and most influential Black Nationalist leaders in American history. Articulate,...
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...
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. She became a powerful advocate for improved health care for African Americans, particularly children, insisting...
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…
