Vernon Johns: “Father of the Civil Rights Movement”
Vernon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was the visionary Baptist preacher in segregationist Montgomery, Alabama who, in the early 1950s, helped ignite...
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Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay: Founding Father of Nigerian Nationalism
Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay, the widely acknowledged founding father of Nigerian nationalism, was instrumental in laying the foundation of modern Nigeria. He was also a pan-Africanist...
Rafael Cordero: The Father of Public Education in Puerto Rico
Rafael Cordero, known as “The Father of Public Education in Puerto Rico”, was a self-educated Puerto Rican who provided free schooling to children regardless of...