Troy Anthony Davis was an African American man convicted of and executed for the murder of police officer...
George Wells Parker was an African-American political activist and historian who co-founded the Hamitic League of the World,...
Andrew “Rube” Foster was one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. Foster also founded and managed the...
Claude McKay was a Jamaican-American poet best known for his radical sonnet “If We Must Die,” one of...
Alberta Christine Williams King was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s mother and the wife of Martin Luther King, Sr....
Jesse Owens achieved what no Olympian before him had accomplished, and was recognized in his lifetime as “perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history”. His achievement...
John Ware lived in what we may consider the golden age of the ranching frontier and achieved heroic...
Euphemia Lofton Haynes was an American mathematician and educator. In 1943, she became the first African-American woman to...
Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the earliest African-American female poets to gain widespread recognition. As part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, Johnson was the most prolific Black woman...
Marie Laveau is the most renowned Voodoo figure in the history of North America. For several decades she...
Otis Redding is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a...
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]orace King was an African American architect, engineer, and bridge builder. King built the biggest American bridges in the mid 1800’s, and is considered the most respected bridge builder of...
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…
