Olive Elaine Morris was a Black-British community leader and political activist, who campaigned for racial, gender and social equality,...
Alfred Fagon was a Jamaican-born playwright, poet and actor. He was one of the most notable Black British...
Mathias de Sousa, possibly of African and Portuguese ancestry, is considered the first known Portuguese immigrant on record to have settled in North America. He is also recognized as the first...
“In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveler necessarily sees...
Isaac Burns Murphy was an African-American Hall of Fame jockey, who is considered one of the greatest riders...
Did You Know that around 75,000 years ago an African drilled tiny holes into the shells of snails and strung them as beads to make the oldest known jewelry? The beads...
“Out under the moon and the stars, alone with his son…he walked to the edge of the village,...
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illiam DeHart Hubbard was the first African American in Olympic history to win an individual gold medal,...
Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was born Zelda Jackson in a small town outside Pittsburgh. She was a self-taught artist who had several successful comic strips and...
Anna Mac Clarke was the first African American woman in the U.S. Army to command an otherwise all‑white...
Ella Fitzgerald, known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella was an extraordinary...
Juan Garrido was an African-Spanish conquistador, who is the first documented Black person to arrive in the United States. African by birth, he went to Portugal as a young man, and...
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…
