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Paul Belloni Du Chaillu: The “African” Zoologist who became known as the first modern European to confirm the existence of gorillas

Meserette KentakeApril 29, 2018August 16, 2020

by Meserette KentakeApril 29, 2018August 16, 20200

“In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveler necessarily sees what is strange and wonderful, for every...

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Isaac Burns Murphy: One of the Greatest American Jockeys of All Time

Meserette KentakeApril 16, 2018April 8, 2021

by Meserette KentakeApril 16, 2018April 8, 20210

Isaac Burns Murphy was an African-American Hall of Fame jockey, who is considered one of the greatest riders in American Thoroughbred horse racing history. Murphy...

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Walter Tull: Black British War Hero

Meserette KentakeMarch 25, 2018June 11, 2020

by Meserette KentakeMarch 25, 2018June 11, 20200

Walter Tull was the British Army’s first ever Black officer. Tull, who was a professional footballer at the outbreak of the first world war, gained...

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Anna Mac Clarke: A Military Pioneer

Meserette KentakeJune 20, 2017May 20, 2026

by Meserette KentakeJune 20, 2017May 20, 20260

Anna Mac Clarke was the first African American woman in the U.S. Army to command an otherwise all‑white unit while the military was still formally...

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Henry Johnson: Buffalo Soldier

Meserette KentakeJune 11, 2017April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeJune 11, 2017April 15, 20180

After the civil war, regiments of African-American soldiers served on the western frontier, battling Native-Americans and protecting European settlers. They became known as Buffalo Soldiers....

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Elizabeth Jennings Graham: A 19th Century Rosa Parks

Meserette KentakeJune 5, 2017May 17, 2020

by Meserette KentakeJune 5, 2017May 17, 20201

Elizabeth Jennings Graham (March 1827 – June 5, 1901) was an African-American teacher and civil rights activist, who challenged segregation on public transportation, a full...

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Jo Ann Robinson: Organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott

Meserette KentakeApril 17, 2017April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeApril 17, 2017April 15, 20182

Jo Ann Robinson was a civil rights activist who organized a city bus boycott by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 that changed the...

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Juan Garrido: The first “African American”

Meserette KentakeFebruary 10, 2017June 10, 2020

by Meserette KentakeFebruary 10, 2017June 10, 20203

Juan Garrido was an African-Spanish conquistador, who is the first documented Black person to arrive in the United States. African by birth, he went to...

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Rosa Parks: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

Meserette KentakeFebruary 4, 2017March 24, 2019

by Meserette KentakeFebruary 4, 2017March 24, 20190

“My desires were to be free as soon as I learned that there had been slavery of human beings.” [dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]osa Parks was nationally recognized...

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Sarah Baartman: The “first” known Black female victim of trafficking

Meserette KentakeDecember 29, 2016February 14, 2026

by Meserette KentakeDecember 29, 2016February 14, 20260

“We cannot undo the damage that was done to her. But at least we can summon the courage to speak the naked but healing truth...

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