John Hanks Alexander was the second African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, following...
John Singleton is the African American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing Boyz n the...
Alvin Ailey Jr., the African American choreographer, dancer and activist is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance. His company, The Alvin Ailey American Dance...
Harry Lew is best known for becoming the first African-American professional basketball player when he joined the New...
“I had to work against all the odds to succeed, but succeed I did.” Dr. John Henrik Clarke...
John Lee Love was an African American inventor best known for patenting a portable pencil sharpener, widely known as the “Love Sharpener.” Very little is known about his early life, and...
Jean-Michel Basquiat, known for his raw gestural style of painting with graffiti-like images and scrawled text, was the...
On December 21, 1855, at 2.30pm, Celia an enslaved woman was hanged for the murder of her abusive...
Carter G. Woodson, known as The Father of Black History, was the African American historian who first opened the long-neglected field of Black studies to scholars and also popularized the field...
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., was a pioneering pilot, officer, and...
Ossie Davis was one of the most recognized and influential African American performers and activists of the late...
Maria W. Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to be the first woman in America and the first African-American woman to make public lectures. Stewart is known for four...
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…
