Five Inspirational Poems for Black Women
March 8, 2016
Shirley Chisholm was a pioneering African-American politician, who became the first Black woman to serve in the United...
“It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship...
Poet João da Cruz e Sousa, (November 24, 1861-March 19, 1898) was the leading figure of the Symbolist movement in Brazil. Called the Cisne Negro (“Black Swan”) by his contemporaries, his...
“The legend of the Palmares quilombo and its greatest leader, Zumbi, are central to the history and ongoing...
Savion Glover, born November 19, 1973, in Newark, New Jersey, is an American tap dancer, choreographer, and actor...
“There have been many outstanding leaders and generals in the African continent, but none captures the imagination as Shaka of Senzangakhona. From a small volunteer army of approximately 200 and a...
Cathay Williams (1844 – 1892), a.k.a. William Cathay, was the first known African American woman to enlist in...
Sarah Jane Woodson Early was an African American educator, author and temperance activist. For 30 years Early was...
“Don’t let our history die.” ~Edward Scobie Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie, author of Black Britannia: The History of Blacks in Britain, distinguished himself as a leading authority on the history of Black...
Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay, the widely acknowledged founding father of Nigerian nationalism, was instrumental in laying the foundation...
“America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner.” ~Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy...
George Coleman Poage was the first African-American athlete to represent the United States in the Olympic Games, winning two bronze medals at the 1904 games in St. Louis. Poage was born...
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…
