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...
Category : Herstory
Millie McCoy and Christine McCoy: The Carolina Twins
Millie McCoy and Christine McCoy (July 11, 1851 – October 8, 1912) were African American conjoined twins who went by the stage names “The Carolina...
Lucy Terry: Singer Of History
[dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]ucy Terry Prince, known as Lucy Terry, (c. 1730–1821) was brought to Rhode Island from Africa. Her future husband purchased her freedom before their...
Margaret Walker: A Literary Mother
Margaret Walker was an African American poet and writer. She began her literary career in the 1930s and emerged as a “literary mother” to writers...
Gertrude Bustill Mossell: A Renaissance Womanist
Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell was an African-American author, journalist, and teacher. The daughter of Charles and Emily Bustill, she came from a prominent family....
Black Canadian History: An Interview with Dr. Afua Cooper
“We are not there yet. Not yet Uhuru. Uhuru meaning freedom. We see it every day with our children at school. The trials and tribulation...
Queen Judith
Ethiopia was once ruled by a mighty Queen who destroyed Axum and its countryside, the churches and Christian monuments, killing thousands in the process. Her campaigns...
Pearl Bailey
“No one can figure out your worth but you.” Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia. The daughter of a preacher,...
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey known as the Songbird Supreme by Guinness World Records, rose to fame in 1990 after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her debut...
Cleopatra: The last Pharaoh of Egypt
“…the contact of her presence…was irresistible….” Plutarch on Cleopatra. “More nonsense has been written about Cleopatra than about any other African queen, mainly because it...