Paul Laurence Dunbar was a pioneering African American author who earned international recognition in the late nineteenth and...
James Van Der Zee was a renowned African American photographer and a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance,...
Tupac Amaru Shakur, born Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971, was an American rapper, actor, poet, and activist whose brief yet impactful life produced one of the most enduring and...
Lunsford Lane (1803–1879) was a remarkable nineteenth-century entrepreneur, abolitionist, and author who rose from captivity as a house...
Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins (September 7, 1930–May 25, 2026) was an American tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Over...
Miles Davis (1926–1991) was an American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative artists in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Over nearly...
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (1878–1949) was a pioneering African American tap dancer, actor, and singer who rose to become...
Ryan Coogler’s birth chart features a Yod, a rare astrological configuration often called the “finger of fate” or...
Sun Ra was a visionary American jazz composer and bandleader celebrated for his pioneering role in the Afrofuturism movement. Born as Herman Poole Blount, he later renounced his legal identity to...
Regina M. Anderson was an African-American librarian, playwright, patron of the arts, and organizer whose quiet labor helped...
Marie Selika Williams (c. 1849/1850–20 May 1937) was one of the most accomplished and pathbreaking African American classical...
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...
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…
