Regina M. Anderson: Harlem’s Librarian of the Renaissance
Regina M. Anderson was an African-American librarian, playwright, patron of the arts, and organizer whose quiet labor helped shape Black literary and theatrical modernity. Born...
Category : Gemini Born
Anna Mac Clarke: A Military Pioneer
Anna Mac Clarke was the first African American woman in the U.S. Army to command an otherwise all‑white unit while the military was still formally...
Josiah Henson: Founder of the Black community settlement of Dawn in Ontario, Canada
Josiah Henson, was a spiritual leader, author and founder of the Black community settlement at Dawn in Ontario, Canada. He is widely believed to be...
Henry Johnson: Buffalo Soldier
After the civil war, regiments of African-American soldiers served on the western frontier, battling Native-Americans and protecting European settlers. They became known as Buffalo Soldiers....
Henry Ossawa Tanner: First internationally acclaimed African American artist
“Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation...
The Lena Baker Story
Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight...
Benjamin Rucker aka Black Herman: The Militant African-American Magician
Benjamin Rucker, better known by his stage name Black Herman, was an African American magician and one of the most prominent Black magicians of the early twentieth...
David Nelson Crosthwait Jr.: Inventor and leader in electrical and mechanical engineering
David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. was an African American electrical and mechanical engineer and one of the leaders in the United States in the field of...
Aaron Douglas: Major artist of the Harlem Renaissance
Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899—February 2, 1979) was an African American painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of...
Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins: Autistic savant and musical genius
One of the most famous American entertainers of the nineteenth century, Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins was an African American musician and composer. Blind from birth...