Black Women’s History
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as a man named “Joe Wright.” This fifteen-year-old girl had...
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In...
Patricia E. Bath discovered and invented the Laserphaco Probe, a new device for cataract surgery. Bath is also...
Mahalia Jackson was gospel music’s first superstar and is widely regarded as the greatest gospel singer ever. Entertainer Harry Belafonte described her as “the single most powerful Black woman in the...
Celia Cruz was a Black Cuban and Cuban American singer whose extraordinary career made her one of the...
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a Black Canadian-American educator, abolitionist, writer, newspaper publisher, army recruiter, suffragist, and legal...
“If one can, anyone can, all you gotta do is try” Faith Ringgold was an American painter, writer, educator, sculptor, performance artist, and activist best known for her painted story quilts....
“One day I know the struggle will change. There’s got to be a change—not only for Mississippi, not...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom...
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was one of the nineteenth century’s most widely read African American writers and a formidable public intellectual. A poet, novelist, essayist, lecturer, abolitionist, suffragist, temperance worker, and...
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…
