Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
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...
Addie Mae Collins was one of the four African-American girls, murdered in a racially motivated terrorist attack perpetrated...
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga was the composer of Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika (God Bless Africa). Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika has been...
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was the only known adult passenger of African ancestry who died on the ill‑fated voyage of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. A Paris‑educated Haitian engineer, Laroche...
Lucy Craft Laney was an early African-American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children...
[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]artin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was staying at...
John Willis Menard, an African American journalist, civil rights leader, editor, and poet became the first African American elected to Congress, but was not seated after a dispute over the election...
Gil Scott-Heron was the African American poet, novelist, musician, and songwriter known primarily for his work as a...
Jeremiah “Jerry” Alvin Jones (March 30, 1858 – November 23, 1950) was an African Canadian soldier who served...
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918–August 17, 1990) was an African American singer and actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years in all forms of entertainment from Vaudeville to Broadway to...
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…
