John Conyers Jr. (1929–2019) was the longest-serving African American in congressional history. He was a central architect of...
Juan Rodríguez (Dutch: Jan Rodrigues; Portuguese: João Rodrigues) holds the distinction of being the first documented non-indigenous person...
Stevie Wonder, born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan, is celebrated as one of the most influential and visionary artists in modern music. His career as a...
Joe Louis, the “Brown Bomber,” was one of the most dominant heavyweight champions in boxing history and a...
“Whatever path we seem to take, it always has one end: a racist bullet. A racist bullet murdered...
Jayne Cortez (born Sallie Jayne Richardson) was a visionary African American poet, performer, and cultural activist whose fierce, music‑driven poetics made her a defining voice of the Black Arts Movement and...
Rudolph Fisher (1897–1934) was a physician, radiologist, writer, musician, and orator whose remarkable, though brief, life had a...
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Elijah McCoy was a pioneering Black Canadian‑American mechanical engineer and inventor whose automatic lubricator transformed steam power and became synonymous with the idea of “the real McCoy.” Early life and roots...
Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) was a towering Caribbean-born intellectual, agitator, and educator whose life forces us to rethink...
“I am a thinker, writer, activist, creative being, man, dad, husband, grandpop, and son. But just to keep...
“The sunshine of her life she gives, To everything around her, Though brief the season that she lives Nor lost is her endeavor. She is indeed the eye of day, –...
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…
