“I fought all my life to bring about change, to correct the injustices and the inequities in the...
Richard “Tiger” Ihetu was one of the greatest boxers to come out of Africa. He made history in...
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]erman Russell Branson (August 14, 1914 – June 7, 1995) was an African-American physicist and chemist, who was co-inventor of the alpha helix and perhaps deserved a share of the...
Ernest Everett Just was an internationally respected African American biologist, zoologist, and physiologist whose pioneering research on fertilization,...
[dropcap size=small]E[/dropcap]va Beatrice Dykes was the first Black woman to fulfill the requirements for a doctoral degree and...
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859 – August 13, 1930) was a prominent African American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. Hopkins was one of the first writers to introduce racial and social...
Charles E. Anderson is the first African American to receive a PhD in Meteorology and to earn national...
“I wanted to change the way people of color were seen across the United States. I wanted America...
Tony Oladipo Allen is a Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter who has been described as “perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived.” As drummer and musical director of Fela Anikulapo...
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a renowned Ghanaian doctor, anthropologist, author, poet, and politician. His research into the use of...
Ronald Moody (12 August 1900–6 February 1984) was a Jamaican-born modernist sculptor, writer, broadcaster, and trained dentist. Although...
Annie Lillian Evans, who would later become the famed classical singer Lillian Evanti, was the first African American to sing grand opera professionally anywhere in the world. She was known for...
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…
