Mme. Abomah was an international celebrity known as the Amazon Giantess and the African Giantess. In the early...
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as a man named “Joe Wright.” This fifteen-year-old girl had been planning her escape for two years, and she waited patiently for the...
“I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to...
“Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.” Marian...
Ann Cole Lowe was the first African American to become a noted fashion designer. Lowe’s one-of-a-kind designs were a favorite among high society matrons from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her...
Taytu Betul was a formidable queen and empress of Ethiopia (1889–1913). She was the wife of Emperor Menelek...
St. Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born woman who was enslaved before becoming a Canossian Religious Sister in Italy,...
“I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the suffering of others.” [dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]ebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, was the first African-American woman to become a physician in...
Lear Green was an enslaved African American young woman who escaped from Baltimore slaveholder James Noble by hiding...
“It isn’t luck, and it isn’t circumstances, and it isn’t being born a certain way that causes a...
Sarah Loguen Fraser was one of the first African American women to earn a medical degree, the first African American female physician specializing in obstetrics and pediatrics in the United States,...
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…
