[dropcap size=small]B[/dropcap]lanche Kelso Bruce was the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate,...
“Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.” Marian...
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illiam Sanders Scarborough is generally thought to be the first African American classical scholar. Born into slavery, Scarborough became a world-respected scholar of Greek and Latin literature and served as...
Oliver Wendell Harrington was a political cartoonist and originator of Dark Laughter and Jive Gray comic strips and...
“I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the suffering of others.” [dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]ebecca...
Frederick Bruce Thomas also known as Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas was an African American who led an extraordinary life in Russia and later, Constantinople (now known as Istanbul). Frederick Bruce Thomas was...
Peter Hill was the first known African American clockmaker, and the only Black clockmaker known to have worked...
“It isn’t luck, and it isn’t circumstances, and it isn’t being born a certain way that causes a...
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]rthur Schomburg was a Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States who researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that Afro-Latino Americans and African-Americans have made...
Ora Mae Washington was an African-American tennis player known as the “Queen of Tennis” in her Philadelphia neighborhood....
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illa B. Brown was the first African-American woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States....
Alvin Ailey Jr., the African American choreographer, dancer and activist is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th-century concert dance. His company, The Alvin Ailey American Dance...
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…
