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George Robert Carruthers: Inventor of the far-ultraviolet camera and spectrograph

Meserette KentakeOctober 1, 2015February 9, 2026

by Meserette KentakeOctober 1, 2015February 9, 20260

George Robert Carruthers was an African American space physicist and engineer, and a pioneer in ultraviolet astronomy. His invention was first flown on sounding rockets...

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David Walker: Fiery Anti-Maafa Activist

Uchenna EdehSeptember 28, 2015June 28, 2020

by Uchenna EdehSeptember 28, 2015June 28, 20200

David Walker was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-Maafa (Atlantic slavery) activist. In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, he published An Appeal to the...

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: The Mother of African American journalism

Meserette KentakeSeptember 24, 2015April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 24, 2015April 15, 20180

Frances E.W. Harper was a leading African-American poet and writer. She was also an ardent activist in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Harper had...

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John Coltrane: An iconic figure of 20th century jazz

Meserette KentakeSeptember 23, 2015July 17, 2020

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 23, 2015July 17, 20200

“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being…When you begin to see the possibilities of music,...

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Troy Anthony Davis: Lynched by the State of Georgia 11:00pm Sept 21, 2011

Meserette KentakeSeptember 21, 2015April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 21, 2015April 15, 20180

Troy Anthony Davis was an African American man convicted of and executed for the murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia. Davis was...

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George Wells Parker: A forgotten historian

Meserette KentakeSeptember 18, 2015August 16, 2020

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 18, 2015August 16, 20200

George Wells Parker was an African-American political activist and historian who co-founded the Hamitic League of the World, to promote African pride and black economic...

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Rube Foster: Father of Black Baseball

Meserette KentakeSeptember 17, 2015April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 17, 2015April 15, 20180

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....

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Claude McKay: Radical Poet

Meserette KentakeSeptember 15, 2015April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 15, 2015April 15, 20180

Claude McKay was a Jamaican-American poet best known for his radical sonnet “If We Must Die,” the most militant poem of the Harlem Renaissance. Mckay,...

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Alberta Christine Williams King: The mother of a great man

Meserette KentakeSeptember 13, 2015April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 13, 2015April 15, 20180

Alberta Christine Williams King was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s mother and the wife of Martin Luther King, Sr. Martin Luther King, Jr. often spoke of...

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Jesse Owens: Olympic Legend

Meserette KentakeSeptember 12, 2015April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeSeptember 12, 2015April 15, 20180

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...

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