“Our purpose in life is to leave a legacy for our children and our children’s children. For this...
“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. Authorities claimed that Angélique started the blaze in an attempt to escape captivity....
Salem Poor was a distinguished military hero during the American Revolutionary War. He is best remembered today for...
Billy was an enslaved African American who became a principal in a court case during the American Revolution...
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...
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...
One of the most famous American entertainers of the nineteenth century, Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins was an African...
William Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of...
“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,...
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…
