Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
“I write to tell the truth about the Black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to...
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On May 28, 1998, twelve-year-old Jody-Anne Maxwell made history at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C....
Regina M. Anderson was an African-American librarian, playwright, patron of the arts, and organizer whose quiet labor helped...
Marie Selika Williams (c. 1849/1850–20 May 1937) was one of the most accomplished and pathbreaking African American classical singers of the nineteenth century. Born Mary S. Price Holloway in Natchez, Mississippi,...
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry lived only 34 years, yet she reshaped American theater, sharpened the intellectual edge of the...
Catherine Flon holds a revered place in Haitian history as the woman most closely associated with the creation...
“Whatever path we seem to take, it always has one end: a racist bullet. A racist bullet murdered Malcolm X, murdered Martin Luther King, murdered Bobby Hutton. Attempted to murder Huey...
Jayne Cortez (born Sallie Jayne Richardson) was a visionary African American poet, performer, and cultural activist whose fierce,...
Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (1952–2012) was a distinguished Nigerian-British visual artist who gained international recognition for her portraiture,...
Moremi Ajasoro was a legendary Yoruba queen whose courage, intelligence, and tragic sacrifice have echoed across centuries. Remembered in Ile-Ife as “Africa’s Lady Liberty,” she stands at the crossroads of history...
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…
