Maria W. Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to be the first woman in America and...
Activist Jimmie Lee Jackson is remembered for his tragic death at 26 years old at the hands of...
Henry Armstrong was the first boxer to hold simultaneous world championship titles in three different divisions: the featherweight, welterweight and lightweight world champion in 1938. Born on December 12, 1912, in...
Carl Owens is one of the great African-American artists of Detroit. He is best known as an illustrator,...
“Compassion, my dear Brothers, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean...
Fred “Duke” Slater was the greatest African American football player of the first half of the 20th century. But his pioneering influence extended beyond the gridiron. After retirement, he broke ground...
For a staggering 60 years, from his debut as a four year old child star in the late...
Reginald F. Lewis, the owner of TLC Beatrice International, a $500 million European conglomerate in food processing and...
Ralph Gardner-Chavis, who was a pioneer in plastic chemistry, owns the distinction of being one of the scientists and technicians who worked on the Manhattan Project which developed the atomic bomb....
Lewis Hayden was an African-American leader who escaped with his family from the Maafa (slavery) in Kentucky to...
Richard Pryor was one of the most influential stand-up comedians of his generation, and starred in a number...
“The whole reason I did games was because people said, ‘You can’t do it.’ I’m one of the guys, if you tell me I can’t do something, I’ll turn around 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…
