Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
Celia Cruz was a Black Cuban and Cuban American singer whose extraordinary career made her one of the...
Dizzy Gillespie was one of jazz history’s most influential trumpeters, composers, and bandleaders. In the 1940s, he and...
Peter Tosh was a founding member of the Wailers and one of reggae’s most uncompromising voices. Alongside Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he helped shape a musical movement that carried Jamaican...
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a Black Canadian-American educator, abolitionist, writer, newspaper publisher, army recruiter, suffragist, and legal...
Powhatan Beaty was a Black Union soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, actor, playwright, and civic figure whose life...
“If one can, anyone can, all you gotta do is try” Faith Ringgold was an American painter, writer, educator, sculptor, performance artist, and activist best known for her painted story quilts....
“It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land...
“One day I know the struggle will change. There’s got to be a change—not only for Mississippi, not...
Thomas Mundy Peterson—also recorded during his lifetime as Thomas Peterson, Thomas Mundy, Thomas Peterson-Mundy, and Thomas H. or Thomas Henry Peterson—was a Black New Jersey resident whose vote in Perth Amboy...
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough—known to the world as Bernie Mac—was an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer whose fearless...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom...
Nat Turner (c. 2 October 1800–11 November 1831) was a Black preacher, religious visionary, and revolutionary whose leadership of the 1831 Southampton uprising in Virginia made him one of the most...
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…
