Jenny Slew was a Black woman kidnapped into American slavery, who later petitioned for her freedom in court....
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]rthur Schomburg was a Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States who researched and...
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illa B. Brown was the first African-American woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States. She was also the first Black officer of the Civil Air Patrol, and...
Leonard Roy Harmon was an African American sailor who died in action during World War II and was...
George McJunkin was an African American cowboy in New Mexico, who discovered the Folsom Site in 1908. McJunkin’s...
Edward Garrison Walker, the son of David Walker, came to prominence in his own right as an attorney in 1861; he was one of the first Black men to pass the...
John Lee Love was an African American inventor best known for patenting a portable pencil sharpener, widely known...
Carter G. Woodson, known as The Father of Black History, was the African American historian who first opened...
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., was a pioneering pilot, officer, and administrator who broke barriers as the first African American general in the U.S....
Maria W. Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to be the first woman in America and...
“Compassion, my dear Brothers, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean...
Lewis Hayden was an African-American leader who escaped with his family from the Maafa (slavery) in Kentucky to Boston, where he became an abolitionist and lecturer, businessman, and politician. Lewis Hayden...
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…
