Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
In 1628, the first Black person known to have lived in Canada was a Malagasy native. He was...
Mary Lou Williams was an African‑American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional vocalist, widely regarded as one of...
In 1879, Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first Black graduate nurse in the United States. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born on May 7, 1845, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
Every people should be originators of their own destiny. Martin Robinson Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24,...
“The reuniting of African-American jazz with its African roots.” Kofi Ghanaba, also known as Guy Warren, was one...
Sugar Ray Robinson is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and by 1958, he had become the first...
Vernon Napoleon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was a brilliant, uncompromising Baptist preacher whose life...
Anna Albertine Olga Brown was a famous late 19th‑century circus performer known as Miss La La. Lala was...
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie was a ground-breaking nurse, educator, and author who championed the cause of African American nurses. She was the first Black nurse to serve as a voting member on...
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was the only known adult passenger of African ancestry who died on the ill‑fated...
Windradyne (c.1800–1829), known as Saturday, was a prominent Indigenous Australian resistance leader from the Wiradjuri nation. He belonged...
Patrick Henry Reason was one of the earliest African-American engraver and lithographer in the United States. His artistic skills were discovered when he was very young, and he rose to fame...
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…
