Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
Windradyne (c.1800–1829), known as Saturday, was a prominent Indigenous Australian resistance leader from the Wiradjuri nation. He belonged...
Chloe Cooley was a young enslaved Black woman in Canada during the late 1700s. On March 14, 1793...
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...
Harriet E. Wilson is considered the first female African-American novelist, as well as the first African American of...
Rose Fortune (March 13, 1774-February 20, 1864), a Black Loyalist originally from the US, is best-known for her...
Mme. Abomah—also billed as the “Amazon Giantess” and the “African Giantess”—was an African American performer who became an international celebrity during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Promoters often advertised...
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as a man named “Joe Wright.” This fifteen-year-old girl had...
“First man to die for the flag we now hold high was a Black man” (a line from Stevie Wonder’s song “Black Man”).Crispus Attucks is widely regarded as the first person...
On the night of 2nd March 1795, Julien Fédon, launched a revolution against British rule in Grenada, to...
[dropcap size=small]B[/dropcap]lanche Kelso Bruce was the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate,...
“I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in...
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…
