Walter S. McAfee was an African-American scientist and astronomer, notable for participating in the world’s first lunar radar...
Henry Edwin Baker, Jr. was the third African American to enter the United States Naval Academy. He later...
Eldridge Cleaver was one of the best-known and most recognizable symbols of African-American rebellion in the 1960s as a leader of the Black Panther Party. Cleaver was born on August 31,...
“You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution. You can jail a liberation fighter, but...
[dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]tis Frank Boykin was an African-American inventor and engineer. Boykin is credited with patenting twenty-eight electronic devices...
“I Always Wanted to Be Somebody.” Althea Gibson was the first African American tennis player to win a Grand Slam title (the French Open). In 1957, she also won both Wimbledon...
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]rthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker, Jr. was an African American physicist and educator who helped develop solar telescopes...
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…
