Hubert Henry Harrison: Foremost Pioneer of Harlem Radicalism
Born April 27, 1883, in Concordia, St. Croix, Danish West Indies, Hubert H. Harrison was a brilliant and influential writer, orator, educator, critic, and political...
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Vernon Johns: “Father of the Civil Rights Movement”
Vernon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was the visionary Baptist preacher in segregationist Montgomery, Alabama who, in the early 1950s, helped ignite...
Anna Olga Albertina Brown: 19th Century Circus Performer
Anna Olga Albertina Brown was a famous 19th century circus performer known as Miss Lala. Lala was born on April 21st, 1858 in the former...
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie: Nursing Legend
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie was a ground-breaking nurse and educator who championed the cause of African American nurses. She was the first Black nurse to serve...
Addie Mae Collins: One of the four Birmingham girls
Addie Mae Collins was one of the four African-American girls, murdered in a racially motivated terrorist attack perpetrated by members of the Ku Klux Klan,...
Joseph Phillipe Lemercier Laroche: The only Titanic victim of known African ancestry
Joseph Phillipe Lemercier Laroche, is the only passenger of African ancestry who died on the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. Laroche,...
Lucy Craft Laney: The Dark Vestal Virgin
Lucy Craft Laney was an early African-American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia, which became known as...
John Willis Menard: The First African American elected to Congress
John Willis Menard, an African American journalist, civil rights leader, editor, and poet became the first African American elected to Congress, but was not seated...
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron was the African American poet, novelist, musician, and songwriter known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s....
Jeremiah “Jerry” Alvin Jones: Black Canadian War Hero
Jeremiah “Jerry” Alvin Jones (March 30, 1858 – November 23, 1950) was an African Canadian soldier who served in World War I. He was apparently...