Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
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“Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.” Marian...
Ann Cole Lowe was the first African American to become a noted fashion designer. Lowe’s one-of-a-kind designs were...
St. Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born woman who was enslaved before becoming a Canossian Religious Sister in Italy, living and working there for 45 years. In 2000 she was declared a...
“I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the suffering of others.” [dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]ebecca...
Lear Green was an enslaved African American young woman who escaped from Baltimore slaveholder James Noble by hiding...
“It isn’t luck, and it isn’t circumstances, and it isn’t being born a certain way that causes a person’s future to become what it becomes.” Azie Taylor Morton is distinguished as...
Sarah Loguen Fraser was one of the first African American women to earn a medical degree, the first...
Jenny Slew was a Black woman kidnapped into American slavery, who later petitioned for her freedom in court....
Ora Mae Washington was an African-American tennis player known as the “Queen of Tennis” in her Philadelphia neighborhood. Washington was an accomplished all-around athlete, excelling in both tennis and basketball. In...
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…
