Tupac Amaru Shakur, born Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971, was an American rapper, actor, poet, and...
Ernest Fredric “Ernie” Morrison was the first Black child movie star. Morrison, who performed under the stage name...
Ossie Davis was one of the most recognized and influential African American performers and activists of the late twentieth century. The acclaimed actor, director, producer, screenwriter, playwright and civil rights activist,...
For a staggering 60 years, from his debut as a four year old child star in the late...
Richard Pryor was one of the most influential stand-up comedians of his generation, and starred in a number...
Frank Alvin Silvera was one of the 20th century’s greatest character actors. Silvera was known as “the man with a thousand faces” because of his ability to play a wide array...
Ira Aldridge was a 19th-century African-American actor who became a renowned actor of Shakespearean tragedy on the European...
Djibril Diop Mambéty (January 1945 – July 23, 1998) was a Senegalese film director, actor, composer, and poet,...
“The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice.” Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American singer and actor...
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…
