“I Always Wanted to Be Somebody.” Althea Gibson was the first African American tennis player to win a...
Joseph Douglass (1871–1935) was a groundbreaking African-American concert violinist. He was the grandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglas; and...
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]rthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker, Jr. was an African American physicist and educator who helped develop solar telescopes used in 1987 to capture the first detailed images of the Sun’s outermost...
Charles Ball was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive, The Life...
“To know Dr. Hilliard was in some respects to know Africa.” Asa Hilliard, III was a world renowned...
On August 21, 1860, enslaved African American Eliza Winston was freed from her Mississippi enslaver in a Minneapolis court. After being granted legal freedom, however, Winston faced whyte mob violence and...
Muhammad ibn Tumart (ca. 1080–1130) was a North African religious reformer who founded the Almohad movement in North...
George Bonga was a fur trader of African-American and Native American heritage, and one of the first African...
[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]ary Ellen Pleasant was a 19th-century African American entrepreneur who used her fortune to further the abolitionist movement. She worked on the Underground Railroad across many states and then helped...
“My idea, my belief, my intention is for the United States of America to be known as a...
Archibald Henry Grimké was a leading African-American intellectual, activist, and author on racial equality in early 20th Century...
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr. (ONH) was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist who created a ‘Back to Africa’ movement in the United States. He became an inspirational figure for later civil rights activists,...
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…
