Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
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Jacques Jean-Baptiste Roumain was born on 4 June 1907 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, into an old and affluent family...
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry lived only 34 years, yet she reshaped American theater, sharpened the intellectual edge of the Civil Rights Movement, and left behind a body of work that continues to...
Stevie Wonder, born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan, is celebrated as one of...
“Whatever path we seem to take, it always has one end: a racist bullet. A racist bullet murdered...
How will I ever forget you, magic leaf Tormented as I am by your taunts The prodding jeers and the branding iron You command, “[Captive], sing for my offspring!” Burdening me...
Jayne Cortez (born Sallie Jayne Richardson) was a visionary African American poet, performer, and cultural activist whose fierce,...
Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) was a towering Caribbean-born intellectual, agitator, and educator whose life forces us to rethink...
Ottobah Cugoano was a pioneer of the Black radical tradition, becoming a prominent leader in the British abolitionist movement in 1787 with the publication of his book Thoughts and Sentiments on...
Olive Elaine Morris was a Black-British community leader and political activist, who campaigned for racial, gender and social equality,...
“Walter Rodney was Most Rare. He is an exemplar. He belongs in that rare category of Marcus Garvey,...
Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was born Zelda Jackson in a small town outside Pittsburgh. She was a self-taught artist who had several successful comic strips and...
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…
