John Stewart Rock was the first Black person to be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court...
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. With his moderate political...
George Lester Jackson was an African-American political revolutionary, prisoners’ rights activist, author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family while incarcerated. His life story...
James Alan Bland was an African-American musician and composer who was known as The World’s Greatest Minstrel Man....
Bobby Seale is an African-American political activist and co-founder and national chairman of the Black Panther Party. The...
Juanita Moore was an Oscar-nominated African-American actress, best known for her starring role in the remake of Imitation of Life (1959). Moore was the fifth African American to be nominated for...
Peter Tosh was the most militant member of the world’s greatest reggae band, The Wailers (1963–1974). Along with...
Fanny Jackson Coppin was an African-American educator and missionary and a lifelong advocate for female higher education. Fanny...
Dick Gregory is the renowned comedian, actor, and civil rights activist (born October 12, 1932) who uses his wit and humor to advance his deep interest in civil rights and world...
Mary Ann Shadd, was the first Black woman in North America to publish a newspaper and the first...
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Powhatan Beaty served as a First Sergeant in the Union Army...
“It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land of bondage.” William Still was an African American abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, writer,...
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…
