Josiah Henson, was a spiritual leader, author and founder of the Black community settlement at Dawn in Ontario,...
Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and symbol of Black womanhood. Truth was born into...
John Stewart Rock was the first Black person to be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United State. Rock was an eloquent African American activist and master...
Every people should be originators of their own destiny. Martin Robinson Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24,...
John Willis Menard, an African American journalist, civil rights leader, editor, and poet became the first African American...
Patrick Henry Reason was one of the earliest African-American engraver and lithographer in the United States. His artistic skills were discovered when he was very young, and he rose to fame...
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
Samuel Green was an African-American self-emancipated anti-slavery activist who was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of...
Frederick Douglass was born Fredrick Bailey in February 1818 on Holmes Hill farm, near the town of Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The farm was part of an estate owned by...
Edward Garrison Walker, the son of David Walker, came to prominence in his own right as an attorney...
Maria W. Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to be the first woman in America and...
Lewis Hayden was an African-American leader who escaped with his family from the Maafa (slavery) in Kentucky to Boston, where he became an abolitionist and lecturer, businessman, and politician. Lewis Hayden...
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…
