Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: The Mother of African American journalism
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
“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,...
Troy Anthony Davis: Lynched by the State of Georgia 11:00pm Sept 21, 2011
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...
George Wells Parker: A forgotten historian
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...
Rube Foster: Father of Black Baseball
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....
Claude McKay: Radical Poet
Claude McKay was a Jamaican-American poet best known for his radical sonnet “If We Must Die,” one of the most militant and enduring poems associated...
Alberta Christine Williams King: The mother of a great man
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...
Jesse Owens: Olympic Legend
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...
John Ware: Maverick Cowboy in Alberta, Canada
John Ware lived in what we may consider the golden age of the ranching frontier and achieved heroic status for his impressive physical strength, remarkable...
Euphemia Lofton Haynes: The first African-American woman to gain a PhD in mathematics.
Euphemia Lofton Haynes was an American mathematician and educator. In 1943, she became the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in mathematics. Euphemia Lofton...