Joe Louis: The Brown Bomber
Joe Louis, the “Brown Bomber,” was one of the most dominant heavyweight champions in boxing history and a national symbol of Black dignity, American patriotism,...
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Kathleen Cleaver: ‘My Place is in the Revolution’
“Whatever path we seem to take, it always has one end: a racist bullet. A racist bullet murdered Malcolm X, murdered Martin Luther King, murdered...
Sterling Allen Brown: Harlem Renaissance Poet
“I wanted to understand my people. I wanted to understand what it meant to be a [Black]. What the qualities of life were. With their...
Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song
Ella Fitzgerald, known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella was an extraordinary jazz and song vocalist, who won 13...
Malcolm X
“By any means necessary.” Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was one of the greatest and most influential Black...
Tom Feelings: Visual storyteller with an African perspective
Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was a well-known artist, cartoonist, children’s book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. From the dawn of...
Laura Wheeling Waring: Portrait artist of prominent African Americans
Laura Wheeler was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans including W.E.B. Du Bois and Marian Anderson. A...
Mary Eliza Mahoney: The first African American professional nurse in the United States
In 1879, Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first Black graduate nurse in the United States. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born on May 7, 1845, in...
Martin R. Delany: The Father of Black Nationalism
Every people should be originators of their own destiny. Martin Robinson Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24, 1885) stands as one of the most...
Kofi Ghanaba (Guy Warren): The Divine Drummer who pioneered Afro-jazz
“The reuniting of African-American jazz with its African roots.” Kofi Ghanaba, also known as Guy Warren, was one of the most influential Ghanaian musicians of...