Sojourner Truth: Aint I A Woman?
Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and symbol of Black womanhood. Truth was born into the Maafa (slavery) in New York; enduring...
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Angelo Soliman: Father of Pure Masonic Thought
Angelo Soliman who achieved considerable fame as a “Princely Moor” in eighteenth-century Vienna, is historically recognized by some as the “First Moorish Freemason.” Soliman was...
Nancy Green: The first living trademark
Nancy Green known as the Pancake Queen, was a storyteller, cook, activist, and the first of several African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark...
Emmett Chappelle: The National Inventor’s Hall of Fame African-American Biochemist whose discovery led to a potential method of detecting life on other planet
Emmett Chappelle is an African American scientist who has made valuable contributions in several fields: medicine, philanthropy, food science, and astrochemistry. Chappelle is the recipient...
Yaa Asantewaa: Queen Mother of the Ashanti Empire
“Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well” Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921)...
Henry Blair: 2nd Black inventor issued a patent by the U.S. Patent Office
Henry Blair was the second Black inventor issued a patent by the United States Patent Office. Born in 1807, Blair received his first patent on...
John S. Rock: Originator of “Black is Beautiful”
John Stewart Rock was the first Black person to be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United State. Rock was an...
Hiram Rhodes Revels: The First African American Senator
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. With his moderate political orientation and oratorical skills honed from years...
Dr. José Celso Barbosa: The father of Puerto Rican statehood
Dr. José Celso Barbosa was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and political leader, known within Puerto Rico as the “father of the Statehood for Puerto...
Queen Mother Moore: 20th Century Woman Warrior
“Our purpose in life is to leave a legacy for our children and our children’s children. For this reason, we must correct history that at...