John Armstrong Howard was the first Black Olympic athlete from Canada, competing in the 1912 Summer Olympics. The...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom...
Nathanial “Nat” Turner was the leader of a powerful Maafa (slavery) revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. Nat Turner’s Rebellion was one of the most effective, sustained rebellions in U.S....
George Robert Carruthers was an African American space physicist and engineer, and a pioneer in ultraviolet astronomy. His...
Harry Jerome was one of the fastest men in the world for nearly a decade. He equaled and...
Frances E.W. Harper was a leading African-American poet and writer. She was also an ardent activist in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. Harper had a long and prolific career, publishing...
Jakob Marenga (also known as Jacob Morenga), is a national hero of Namibia. Marenga, which means King in...
Claude McKay was a Jamaican-American poet best known for his radical sonnet “If We Must Die,” one of...
Jesse Owens achieved what no Olympian before him had accomplished, and was recognized in his lifetime as “perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history”. His achievement...
Euphemia Lofton Haynes was an American mathematician and educator. In 1943, she became the first African-American woman to...
Marie Laveau is the most renowned Voodoo figure in the history of North America. For several decades she...
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]orace King was an African American architect, engineer, and bridge builder. King built the biggest American bridges in the mid 1800’s, and is considered the most respected bridge builder of...
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…
