“The real story of the scramble for Africa is presented…as having started some time around 1830 AD when...
Born Horace Julian Bond on January 14, 1940, in Nashville, Tennessee, Julian Bond was a scholar, poet, former...
Noble Drew Ali, born Timothy Drew on January 8th, 1886, was the founder of the Moorish Science Temple...
John Hanks Alexander was the second African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, following...
Alvin Ailey Jr., the African American choreographer, dancer and activist is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance. His company, The Alvin Ailey American Dance...
Harry Haskell “Bucky” Lew is best known as the first Black professional basketball player in the United States....
“I had to work against all the odds to succeed, but succeed I did.” Dr. John Henrik Clarke...
John Lee Love was an African American inventor best known for patenting a portable pencil sharpener, widely known as the “Love Sharpener.” Very little is known about his early life, 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…
