Ten Things To Know About Olaudah Equiano
March 31, 2015
Every people should be originators of their own destiny. Martin Robinson Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24,...
“We now come to the harbour of Keelwa; from this port a very considerable trade carried on with...
Patrick Henry Reason was one of the earliest African-American engraver and lithographer in the United States. His artistic skills were discovered when he was very young, and he rose to fame...
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and...
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as a man named “Joe Wright.” This fifteen-year-old girl had...
“First man to die for the flag we now hold high was a Black man” (a line from Stevie Wonder’s song “Black Man”).Crispus Attucks is widely regarded as the first person...
Samuel Green was an African American self-emancipated man, Methodist exhorter, farmer, and Underground Railroad agent. In 1857, amid...
In the early hours of January 25, 1835, hundreds of African men entered the streets of Salvador, the...
“The legend of the Palmares quilombo and its greatest leader, Zumbi, are central to the history and ongoing struggle of Brazilians who recognize their Afrikan ancestry. Across Brazil there are, or...
“The Island of Gorée is an exceptional testimony to one of the greatest tragedies in the history of...
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In...
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a Black Canadian-American educator, abolitionist, writer, newspaper publisher, army recruiter, suffragist, and legal scholar. In 1853, she founded The Provincial Freeman, making her the first Black...
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…
