Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
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...
Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was a well-known artist, cartoonist, children’s book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. From the dawn of the U.S. civil rights era, when...
Oliver Lewis made history on May 17, 1875, when he rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural Kentucky...
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 a powerful advocate for improved health care for African Americans, particularly children, insisting...
In 1628, the first Black person known to have lived in Canada was a native of Madagascar. He...
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...
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…
