Henrietta Vinton Davis was a Shakespearean actor and public speaker. She was proclaimed by Marcus Garvey to be...
Bridget “Biddy” Mason was an African-American nurse and a Californian real-estate entrepreneur and notable philanthropist. Mason who was...
[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]ary Francis Hill Coley (August 15, 1900 – March 1966) was an African American lay midwife who is best known for being featured in a documentary film used to train...
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante is one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars. Asante is known for his writings...
“I fought all my life to bring about change, to correct the injustices and the inequities in the...
Richard “Tiger” Ihetu was one of the greatest boxers to come out of Africa. He made history in 1962 when he won the world middleweight title in New York. He triumphed...
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]erman Russell Branson (August 14, 1914 – June 7, 1995) was an African-American physicist and chemist, who...
Ernest Everett Just was an internationally known African-American biologist, zoologist, and physiologist who made major contributions to the...
[dropcap size=small]E[/dropcap]va Beatrice Dykes was the first Black woman to fulfill the requirements for a doctoral degree and the third African American woman to receive a Ph.D. Two other Black women,...
Charles E. Anderson is the first African American to receive a PhD in Meteorology and to earn national...
“I wanted to change the way people of color were seen across the United States. I wanted America...
Tony Oladipo Allen is a Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter who has been described as “perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived.” As drummer and musical director of Fela Anikulapo...
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…
