Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Horace King was an African American architect, engineer, master carpenter, and bridge builder. He became one of the...
Charles Ball was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive, The Life...
“It takes more than a horrifying transatlantic voyage chained in the filthy hold of a slave ship to erase someone’s culture.” – Maya Angelou Author’s Note (February 2026) I wrote “Horrors...
“Revolution moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform.” –C.L.R. James “It was the first time in...
“As the black spot passed over the sun, so shall the Blacks pass over the earth.” – Nat...
On August 21, 1860, enslaved African American Eliza Winston was freed from her Mississippi enslaver in a Minneapolis court. After being granted legal freedom, however, Winston faced whyte mob violence and...
[dropcap size=small]M[/dropcap]ary Ellen Pleasant was a 19th-century African American entrepreneur who used her fortune to further the abolitionist...
Bridget “Biddy” Mason was an African-American nurse and a Californian real-estate entrepreneur and notable philanthropist. Mason who was...
“Only the BLACK WOMAN can say when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the...
Thomas Johnson was born enslaved at Rock Raymon, Virginia. Johnson spent the first twenty-eight years of his life—until...
Susie King Taylor was the first Black Army nurse, who tended to an all-Black army troop named the...
Bill Richmond was an African-American boxer, who was the first Black professional boxer to gain international recognition. Richmond was the Muhammad Ali of his day – quick-witted and fast to react...
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…
