Joseph Lee: The Bread Maker Inventor
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...
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Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar Nelson: An African American Diarist
Alice Ruth Moore, educator, author and social activist, was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. An...
Nelson Mandela: The Father of a Nation.
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered...
Lemuel Haynes: Religious leader and anti-Maafa activist
“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...
Alexander H. Johnson: The first drummer boy
Alexander H. Johnson enlisted at the age of 16 as a drummer boy in the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. He was the first Black musician to...
Anthony Burns: The Bostonian Fugitive
Anthony Burns (31 May 1834 – 17 July 1862) was a central figure in one of the most famous freedom‑seeker cases of the Maafa in...
Ida B Wells Barnett: A Crusader for Justice
“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...
Assata Shakur: Political activist, author and fugitive
“My name is Assata (“she who struggles”) Olugbala ( “for the people” ) Shakur (“the thankful one”), and I am a 20th century escaped slave....
Maggie Lena Walker: First Woman Bank President
In 1903, Maggie Lena Walker became the first woman bank president in the United States when she founded the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank in...
Vivian Malone: Civil rights hero who defied racial segregation
Vivian Juanita Malone Jones was one of the first two African American students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and the university’s...