Anna J. Cooper: A Woman from the South
“Only the BLACK WOMAN can say when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or...
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William Manuel “Bill” Johnson: The father of the “slap” style of Double bass playing
William Manuel “Bill” Johnson was an African American jazz musician, considered the father of the “slap” style of Double bass playing. Johnson who started out...
Clarence Cameron White: Violinist par excellent
Clarence Cameron White (August 10, 1880 – June 30, 1960) was an African-American violinist and composer. Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, White spent his childhood in...
Whitney Houston: The Greatest Love of All
Whitney Houston, singer and actress, has sold close to 100 million albums worldwide during her lifetime. Her recognitions include two Emmy Awards, five Grammy Awards,...
Matthew Henson: The first man to reach the North Pole
Matthew Alexander Henson was the first African-American Arctic explorer to reach the North Pole in 1909, as part of the Peary Expedition. Over a period...
Ralph Bunche: First Black to win a Nobel Prize
[dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]alph Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize. He received it for having arranged a...
Mark Matthews: The Oldest Buffalo Soldier
Mark Matthews was the oldest of the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. Born on August 7, 1894, he was 111 years, 30 days old when he died....
Thomas Lewis Johnson: Twenty-Eight Years a “Slave”
Thomas Johnson was born enslaved at Rock Raymon, Virginia. Johnson spent the first twenty-eight years of his life—until the end of the American Civil War—in...
Susie King Taylor: The First Black Army Nurse
Susie King Taylor was the first Black Army nurse, who tended to an all-Black army troop named the First South Carolina Volunteers, 33rd Regiment, during...
Abbey Lincoln: The last of the Jazz singers
Abbey Lincoln was an African American jazz singer, actor, and civil rights activist. Proclaimed “the last of the jazz singers,” Lincoln wrote songs about Black...