What is the Maafa?
April 19, 2026
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,...
“I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the suffering of others.” [dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]ebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, was the first African-American woman to become a physician in...
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...
Sarah Loguen Fraser was one of the first African American women to earn a medical degree, the first African American female physician specializing in obstetrics and pediatrics in the United States,...
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....
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illa B. Brown was the first African-American woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States. She was also the first Black officer of the Civil Air Patrol, and...
On December 21, 1855, at 2.30pm, Celia an enslaved woman was hanged for the murder of her abusive...
Maria W. Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to be the first woman in America and the first African-American woman to make public lectures. Stewart is known for four...
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…
