Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the earliest African-American female poets to gain widespread recognition. As part of...
Marie Laveau is the most renowned Voodoo figure in the history of North America. For several decades she...
Otis Redding is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in Soul and R&B. Known as the King of Soul, Redding...
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]orace King was an African American architect, engineer, and bridge builder. King built the biggest American bridges...
Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all Euro-American public elementary school in the American...
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or “Miss Lou” was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, activist, radio and television personality and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois, she was instrumental in...
Jacob Lawrence was one of the most important artists of the 20th century, widely renowned for his modernist...
Claudette Colvin was a pioneering civil rights activist in Alabama during the 1950s. On March 2, 1955, at...
Lewis H. Latimer is considered one of the most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the...
[dropcap size=small]C[/dropcap]harles Hamilton Houston one of the most important civil rights attorneys in American history. Known as “The...
Romare Howard Bearden (September 2, 1911- March 12, 1988) was an African-American artist and writer renowned primarily for...
James Forten was an African American abolitionist, businessman and Black leader in pre-Civil War Philadelphia. Forten was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 2nd, 1776, one of two children of Thomas...
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…
