“Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it,...
Lena Baker, an African American maid, was executed by the State of Georgia in 1945 for the murder...
David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. was an African American electrical and mechanical engineer and one of the leaders in the United States in the field of heat transfer, ventilation and air conditioning....
The Lincoln Motion Picture Company is recognized as one of the earliest and most influential Black-owned film production...
William Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of...
Oliver Lewis made history on May 17, 1875, when he rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural Kentucky Derby. The race, held at the newly opened Louisville Jockey Club track—later officially...
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. She became...
In 1879, Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first Black graduate nurse in the United States. Mary Eliza Mahoney...
Every people should be originators of their own destiny. Martin Robinson Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24, 1885) stands as one of the most formidable and multifaceted intellectuals of the...
“The reuniting of African-American jazz with its African roots.” Kofi Ghanaba, also known as Guy Warren, was one...
Sugar Ray Robinson is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. Robinson held the world welterweight...
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie was a ground-breaking nurse, educator, and author who championed the cause of African American nurses. She was the first Black nurse to serve as a voting member on...
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…
