John Willis Menard, an African American journalist, civil rights leader, editor, and poet became the first African American...
Gil Scott-Heron was the African American poet, novelist, musician, and songwriter known primarily for his work as a...
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918–August 17, 1990) was an African American singer and actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years in all forms of entertainment from Vaudeville to Broadway to...
Patrick Henry Reason was one of the earliest African-American engraver and lithographer in the United States. His artistic...
Harriet E. Wilson is considered the first female African-American novelist, as well as the first African American of...
Mme. Abomah was an international celebrity known as the Amazon Giantess and the African Giantess. In the early 1900’s, she traveled all over the world as the tallest woman in the...
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as a man named “Joe Wright.” This fifteen-year-old girl had...
“First man to die for the flag we now hold high was a Black man” (a line from Stevie Wonder’s song “Black Man”).Crispus Attucks is widely regarded as the first person...
[dropcap size=small]B[/dropcap]lanche Kelso Bruce was the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate,...
“I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to...
Samuel Green was an African-American self-emancipated anti-slavery activist who was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, after being suspected...
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…
