Black history makers born under the sign of Taurus
In the early twentieth century, when almost the entire African continent had been carved up under European oppression,...
Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) was a towering Caribbean-born intellectual, agitator, and educator whose life forces us to rethink...
No Black history library or book collection is complete without a work by Dr. Na’im Akbar. In addition to being a critical, insightful, and authoritative writer, he is a commanding orator...
José Leonardo Chirino (25 April 1754 – 10 December 1796) stands as one of the most significant anti-Maafa...
Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961) was a Haitian novelist, neurologist, and Marxist political activist whose life and work came...
Rosalie Gicanda (1928–1994) was the last Queen of Rwanda, remembered as a “People’s Queen” whose life of quiet dignity ended in martyrdom during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Rosalie Gicanda was born...
“I wanted to understand my people. I wanted to understand what it meant to be a [Black]. What...
Ella Fitzgerald, known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella was an extraordinary...
“By any means necessary.” Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was one of the greatest and most influential Black Nationalist leaders in American history. Articulate,...
Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was a well-known artist, cartoonist, children’s book illustrator, author,...
Laura Wheeler was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans including...
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. She became a powerful advocate for improved health care for African Americans, particularly children, insisting...
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…
