Isaac Burns Murphy was an African-American Hall of Fame jockey, who is considered one of the greatest riders...
Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist who organized a city bus boycott by African Americans in...
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie was a ground-breaking nurse, educator, and author who championed the cause of African American nurses. She was the first Black nurse to serve as a voting member on...
Addie Mae Collins was one of the four African-American girls, murdered in a racially motivated terrorist attack perpetrated...
Lucy Craft Laney was an early African-American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children...
John Willis Menard, an African American journalist, civil rights leader, editor, and poet became the first African American elected to Congress, but was not seated after a dispute over the election...
Gil Scott-Heron was the African American poet, novelist, musician, and songwriter known primarily for his work as a...
Jeremiah “Jerry” Alvin Jones (March 30, 1858 – November 23, 1950) was an African Canadian soldier who served...
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918–August 17, 1990) was an African American singer and actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years in all forms of entertainment from Vaudeville to Broadway to...
“The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice.” Paul Leroy Robeson...
Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who distinguished himself as a national war hero, statesman and civil-rights...
[dropcap size=small]B[/dropcap]ooker Taliaferro Washington was an African-American leader and educator. Washington came up from a background of poverty to become the most influential Black educator of the late 19th and early...
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…
