Marshall “Major” Taylor: The Black Cyclone
“It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship are foundation stones without which a championship...
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João da Cruz e Sousa: The “Black Swan”
Poet João da Cruz e Sousa, (November 24, 1861-March 19, 1898) was the leading figure of the Symbolist movement in Brazil. Called the Cisne Negro...
Ten Quotes by Professor Kaba Kamene (Booker T. Coleman)
The community is calling forward information. When the student is ready the teacher will appear. All of these times, all of these people have been...
Sarah Jane Woodson Early: The first African American woman professor
Sarah Jane Woodson Early was an African American educator, author and temperance activist. For 30 years Early was a teacher and school principal in Ohio,...
Dr. Edward Scobie: An authority on the African presence in early Western Europe
“Don’t let our history die.” ~Edward Scobie Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie, author of Black Britannia: The History of Blacks in Britain distinguished himself as an...
Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay: Founding Father of Nigerian Nationalism
Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay, the widely acknowledged founding father of Nigerian nationalism, was instrumental in laying the foundation of modern Nigeria. He was also a pan-Africanist...
Dorothy Dandridge: The Iconic Leading Actress
“America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner.” ~Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to...
George Poage: The first African-American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games
George Coleman Poage was the first African-American athlete to represent the United States in the Olympic Games, winning two bronze medals at the 1904 games...
Patricia E. Bath: World-famous Ophthalmologist
Patricia E Bath discovered and invented laserphaco, a new device for cataract surgery. Bath is also the first Black woman doctor to receive a patent...
Fredrick L. McGhee: One of the founders of the Niagara Movement
Fredrick L. McGhee was a Black civil rights activist and one of America’s first African American lawyers. McGhee was born on October 28, 1861 in...