AfricanBlack FirstsControversial FigureFamous LeoHistory MakersKings and QueensEmperor Haile Selassie I: “Might of the Trinity”Meserette KentakeJuly 23, 2015April 21, 2018 by Meserette KentakeJuly 23, 2015April 21, 20180 “Look to Africa when a Black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is near.” Emperor Haile Selassie I was Ethiopia’s 225th and...
African AmericanBlack FirstsFamous LeoWalter Moses Burton: The first Black elected sheriff in the United StatesMeserette KentakeApril 12, 2015August 16, 2020 by Meserette KentakeApril 12, 2015August 16, 20200 Walter Moses Burton holds the distinction of being the first Black elected sheriff in the United States. Burton was also a State Senator in Texas....
Afro-LatinoBlack FirstsFamous LeoHistory MakersVicente Guerrero: The First Black President in North AmericaMeserette KentakeApril 1, 2015June 10, 2020 by Meserette KentakeApril 1, 2015June 10, 20200 Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña ( August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831), the Mexican national hero was the first Black president in North America, when...
Famous LeoInterviewsScholarThe Black Scholar SeriesThe Prince of Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Dr. Umar JohnsonUchenna EdehJuly 13, 2014April 8, 2018 by Uchenna EdehJuly 13, 2014April 8, 20182 Dr. Umar Johnson is considered a national expert on learning disabilities and their effect on Black children, as well as being an expert on helping...
Famous LeoInterviewsScholarThe Black Scholar SeriesKnowledge of Self: An Interview with Runoko RashidiUchenna EdehFebruary 27, 2014April 8, 2018 by Uchenna EdehFebruary 27, 2014April 8, 20180 “I have a sense of passion about Black, about African people, so I want to use any vehicles we have to uplift Black people and...