Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, composer, and poet,...
Marie-Madeleine Lachenais, known as Joute, was called “the President of two Presidents” and is regarded as the most...
Charles L. Reason was an African American mathematician, linguist, educator, and abolitionist. In 1849 he became the first African American to hold a regular professorship at a predominantly Euro-American college in...
“A normal black child, having grown up in a normal family, will become abnormal at the slightest...
Richard Potter, c. 1783–1835, was a pioneering magician, ventriloquist, and humorist. Widely regarded as the first American-born professional...
Joseph Lee was an African American restaurateur and caterer who invented the use of breadcrumbs and the automatic bread maker. Joseph Lee was born on July 19, 1849, in Boston, Massachusetts....
Alice Ruth Moore, educator, author and social activist, was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the...
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps...
“An African…has an undeniable right to his Liberty.” Lemuel Haynes was an influential African-American religious leader who argued against the Maafa (slavery). Haynes was the abandoned child of an African father...
Alexander H. Johnson enlisted at the age of 16 as a drummer boy in the Massachusetts 54th Regiment....
Anthony Burns (31 May 1834 – 17 July 1862) was a central figure in one of the most...
“One had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap.” Ida B. Wells was a journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching...
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…
