William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was the best known spokesperson for African-American rights during the first half of...
“I Always Wanted to Be Somebody.” Althea Gibson was the first African American tennis player to win a...
Joseph Douglass (1871–1935) was a groundbreaking African-American concert violinist. He was the grandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglas; and was widely viewed as Douglass’s favorite grandchild. Joseph Douglass was born in the...
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]rthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker, Jr. was an African American physicist and educator who helped develop solar telescopes...
Charles Ball was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive, The Life...
“To know Dr. Hilliard was in some respects to know Africa.” Asa Hilliard, III was a world renowned Pan-Africanist educator who worked on indigenous ancient African history (ancient Egyptian), culture, education...
On August 21, 1860, enslaved African American Eliza Winston was freed from her Mississippi enslaver in a Minneapolis...
George Bonga was a fur trader of African-American and Native American heritage, and one of the first African...
[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]ary Ellen Pleasant was a 19th-century African American entrepreneur who used her fortune to further the abolitionist movement. She worked on the Underground Railroad across many states and then helped...
“My idea, my belief, my intention is for the United States of America to be known as a...
Archibald Henry Grimké was a leading African-American intellectual, activist, and author on racial equality in early 20th Century...
Runoko Rashidi was an African American historian, anthropologist and public lecturer, and one of the world’s leading authorities on the African presence in Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. For more...
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…
