James Armistead [Lafayette], an enslaved African American, was the most important revolutionary war spy during the American Revolution....
Although Peter Jackson never fought for the heavyweight crown, he is generally regarded as an all-time great. Jackson...
“… for they know that they dare not face you man for man, but in a mob.” Prince Hall was an African American abolitionist, who was one of the most influential...
Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell was an African-American author, journalist, and teacher. The daughter of Charles and Emily...
Kimpa Vita, also known as Dona Beatriz, was a Kongo prophetess and the founder of Antonianism, a Christian movement...
Patrice Lumumba, was the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He became a legend in his own life time, and “wrote his name on...
Denmark Vesey (1767 – July 2, 1822) was a free black who masterminded what would have been the...
Thurgood Marshall was an African-American lawyer, civil rights activist and the first African American member of the Supreme...
Medgar Wiley Evers was a Black civil rights activist murdered in 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi for his efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. A World War II veteran...
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr., was the first African-American general for the U.S. Army. His army career dated from...
Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, Georgia on July 1, 1899, to Etta Plant Spencer and...
Robert Allen “Bob” Cole (July 1, 1868 – August 2, 1911) was an African-American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director, who influenced the development of black musical theater. In...
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…
