“Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it,...
Salem Poor was a distinguished military hero during the American Revolutionary War. He is best remembered today for...
Billy was an enslaved African American who became a principal in a court case during the American Revolution (1775–1783). In 1781, the Prince William County Court tried Billy for treason for...
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (June 9, 1877 – 18 March 1968) was an African-American sculptor, whose career lasted more than seventy years....
Lena Baker, an African American maid, was executed by the State of Georgia in 1945 for the murder...
Benjamin Rucker, better known by his stage name Black Herman, was an African American magician and one of the most prominent Black magicians of the early twentieth century. He blended spectacular stage magic...
David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. was an African American electrical and mechanical engineer and one of the leaders in...
Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1899—February 2, 1979) was an African American painter and graphic artist who played a...
One of the most famous American entertainers of the nineteenth century, Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins was an African American musician and composer. Blind from birth and born into the Maafa (slavery),...
William Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of...
“By any means necessary.” Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was one...
Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was a well-known artist, cartoonist, children’s book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. From the dawn of the U.S. civil rights era, when...
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…
