James Arthur Baldwin was an African American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, who is considered to...
“All I have tried to do is to tell their story. Sometimes, moved deeply by such damnable acts...
Henrietta Lacks, known as the Mother of Modern Science, is an African-American woman whose cancer cells became the world’s first immortal human cells. Lacks was born on August 18, 1920, in...
Augustus Nathaniel Lushington was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), earning the...
“We desire to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. But in the past we’ve had no straps, and...
George “Buddy” Guy is an African American blues guitarist and singer, described by Eric Clapton as “the best guitar player alive”. Buddy Guy is an exponent of Chicago blues and has...
George Dixon also known as “Little Chocolate,” was a Black Canadian professional boxer. He was the first black...
“This story is not about what happened to him, it’s everything to do with how he chose to...
Johnson Gideon Beharry is Britain’s highest decorated serving soldier. He became a national hero after risking his life to save a group of wounded soldiers in Iraq. On 18 March 2005,...
Perhaps best known as the widow of reggae legend Bob Marley and often called the “Queen of Reggae,”...
Emmett Louis Till was an African-American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14, after...
Adele Addison is an African-American lyric soprano who was an acclaimed figure in the classical music world during the 1950s and 1960s. She is best remembered today as the singing voice...
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…
