Angelina Weld Grimké was an African-American poet and playwright, an important forerunner of the Harlem Renaissance. “I oft have...
Walter Moses Burton holds the distinction of being the first Black elected sheriff in the United States. Burton...
Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who distinguished himself as a national war hero, statesman and civil-rights leader in the Reconstruction South, serving five terms in the United States House...
[dropcap size=small]B[/dropcap]ooker Taliaferro Washington was an African-American leader and educator. Washington came up from a background of poverty...
Gordon was an enslaved African-American who became an iconic figure during the Civil War, in exposing the brutality...
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña ( August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831), the Mexican national hero was the first Black president in North America, when he became the second president of...
Olaudah Equiano was born an Igbo around 1745, in what is now eastern Nigeria. He came from a...
“We are not there yet. Not yet Uhuru. Uhuru meaning freedom. We see it every day with our...
Ahmed Baba was one of the greatest African scholars. Amongst the Songhai, he was known as “The Unique Pearl of His Time”. According to John Henrik Clarke, “his life [was] a...
Ethiopia was once ruled by a mighty Queen who destroyed Axum and its countryside, the churches and Christian...
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918, in...
Andrew Jackson Beard was born on March 29, 1849. He was a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, a railroad worker, a businessman and finally an inventor. He was inducted into the National Inventors...
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…
