Queen Ranavalona lll: The Last Queen of Madagascar
Ranavalona III was the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from July 30, 1883, to February 28, 1897. During her reign,...
Category : History Makers
Angelo Soliman: Father of Pure Masonic Thought
Angelo Soliman who achieved considerable fame as a “Princely Moor” in eighteenth-century Vienna, is historically recognized by some as the “First Moorish Freemason.” Soliman was...
Nancy Green: The first living trademark
Nancy Green known as the Pancake Queen, was a storyteller, cook, activist, and the first of several African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark...
Mansa Musa: Emperor of Mali
Mansa Musa, the ninth emperor of the Mali Empire, is among the most renowned rulers in world history. Remembered for immense wealth, expansive rule, and...
Ossian Sweet: Acquitted of murder in the Sweet Trials
Ossian Sweet was an African American physician in Detroit, Michigan, noted for his armed self-defense in 1925 of his newly purchased home in a whyte...
Oliver Tambo: Holding the anti-apartheid movement together
Oliver Reginald Tambo was, as acting president of the African National Congress (ANC), a principal spokesman for the Black African opposition to apartheid in South...
Emmett Chappelle: The National Inventor’s Hall of Fame African-American Biochemist whose discovery led to a potential method of detecting life on other planet
Emmett Chappelle is an African American scientist who has made valuable contributions in several fields: medicine, philanthropy, food science, and astrochemistry. Chappelle is the recipient...
Yaa Asantewaa: Queen Mother of the Ashanti Empire
“Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well” Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921)...
Henry Blair: 2nd Black inventor issued a patent by the U.S. Patent Office
Henry Blair was the second documented African-American inventor to be issued a patent by the United States Patent Office. Born in 1807, Blair received his...
John S. Rock: Originator of “Black is Beautiful”
John Stewart Rock was the first Black person to be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United State. Rock was an...