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Patrice Lumumba, was the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He...

Thurgood Marshall was an African-American lawyer, civil rights activist and the first African American member of the Supreme...

Medgar Wiley Evers was a Black civil rights activist murdered in 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi for his efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. A World War II veteran...

Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr., was the first African-American general for the U.S. Army. His army career dated from...

Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, Georgia on July 1, 1899, to Etta Plant Spencer and...

Robert Allen “Bob” Cole (July 1, 1868 – August 2, 1911) was an African-American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director, who influenced the development of black musical theater. In...

“I am a [Black]. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits...

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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…

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