[dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]ucy Terry Prince, known as Lucy Terry, (c. 1730–1821) was brought to Rhode Island from Africa. Her...
Rei Amador, also known as the “General Captain of War” and “King Amador,” is a central figure in...
Margaret Walker was an African American poet and writer. She began her literary career in the 1930s and emerged as a “literary mother” to writers like Alice Walker and Sonia Sanchez....
John Wesley Gilbert was a classical scholar who was the first African-American archaeologist. Gilbert discovered the ancient Greek...
Rafael Cordero, known as “The Father of Public Education in Puerto Rico”, was a self-educated Puerto Rican who...
William Henry Johnson emerged from his participation in the First World War as one of the most extraordinary soldiers of his generation. Serving in the 369th Infantry Regiment, the famed Harlem...
George Latimer, the father of inventor Lewis Howard Latimer, was the first fugitive from the Maafa (Atlantic slavery)...
James Armistead [Lafayette], an enslaved African American, was the most important revolutionary war spy during the American Revolution....
“… for they know that they dare not face you man for man, but in a mob.” Prince Hall was an African American abolitionist, who was one of the most influential...
Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell was an African-American author, journalist, and teacher. The daughter of Charles and Emily...
Kimpa Vita, also known as Dona Beatriz, was a Kongo prophetess and the founder of Antonianism, a Christian movement...
Denmark Vesey (1767 – July 2, 1822) was a free black who masterminded what would have been the largest Maafa (slavery) uprising in American history. A skilled carpenter, Vesey had won...
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…
