[dropcap size=small]C[/dropcap]harles Hamilton Houston one of the most important civil rights attorneys in American history. Known as “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow”, he played...
Romare Howard Bearden (September 2, 1911- March 12, 1988) was an African-American artist and writer renowned primarily for his collages. In subject matter, Bearden’s brightly-colored...
James Forten was an African American abolitionist, businessman and Black leader in pre-Civil War Philadelphia. Forten was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 2nd, 1776,...
Walter S. McAfee was an African-American scientist and astronomer, notable for participating in the world’s first lunar radar echo experiments with Project Diana. Walter McAfee,...
Eldridge Cleaver was one of the best-known and most recognizable symbols of African-American rebellion in the 1960s as a leader of the Black Panther Party....
[dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]tis Frank Boykin was an African-American inventor and engineer. Boykin is credited with patenting twenty-eight electronic devices and inventing an improved electrical resistor model...