Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
James Armistead [Lafayette], an enslaved African American, was the most important revolutionary war spy during the American Revolution....
Denmark Vesey (1767 – July 2, 1822) was a free black who masterminded what would have been the...
[dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]scar Marion was an enslaved African-American and Revolutionary War militiaman. Oscar Marion was the personal servant of General Francis Marion (1732–1795). The general was the legendary “Swamp Fox” from South...
Born into the Maafa (Atlantic trafficking and captivity) in the early 1770s, York was the only African-descended member...
This pictorial post features a powerful 40-panel visual narrative by Haitian artist Joseph Kendy titled “Noir & Blanc”...
Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who distinguished himself as a national war hero, statesman and civil-rights...
Gordon was an enslaved African-American who became an iconic figure during the Civil War, in exposing the brutality...
Olaudah Equiano was born an Igbo around 1745, in what is now eastern Nigeria. He came from a prosperous home; his father was a local elder. Kidnapped with his sister at...
Andrew Jackson Beard was born on March 29, 1849. He was a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, a railroad worker,...
Solitude was born into the Maafa in Guadeloupe around 1772, the daughter of an African woman who was raped...
Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729 – 14 December 1780) is the first known Black Briton to vote in a British election. He gained fame in his lifetime and after his death when...
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…
