I dream a world… where wretchedness will hang its head, and joy like a pearl, attends the needs...
“The real story of the scramble for Africa is presented…as having started some time around 1830 AD when...
“I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there, I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And...
Ernest Fredric “Ernie” Morrison was the first Black child movie star. Morrison, who performed under the stage name...
William Augustus Hinton was the first Black professor at Harvard Medical School and the first African American to...
[dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap] heodore K. Lawless was an internationally known African-American dermatologist, philanthropist, and medical pioneer. Dr. Lawless was renowned for his research into the treatment and cure of syphilis, leprosy, sporotrichosis,...
Phillis Wheatley was the first published African-American female poet. She was born in West Africa around 1753, before...
Charles Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an African-American Harlem Renaissance artist who created vital...
Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and symbol of Black womanhood. Truth was born into the Maafa (slavery) in New York; enduring nearly 30 years of bondage to...
Nancy Green known as the Pancake Queen, was a storyteller, cook, activist, and the first of several African-American...
Ossian Sweet was an African American physician in Detroit, Michigan, noted for his armed self-defense in 1925 of...
Emmett Chappelle is an African American scientist who has made valuable contributions in several fields: medicine, philanthropy, food science, and astrochemistry. Chappelle is the recipient of 14 U.S. patents and has...
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…
