Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Richard “Tiger” Ihetu was one of the greatest boxers to come out of Africa. He made history in...
Ernest Everett Just was an internationally respected African American biologist, zoologist, and physiologist whose pioneering research on fertilization,...
[dropcap size=small]E[/dropcap]va Beatrice Dykes was the first Black woman to fulfill the requirements for a doctoral degree and the third African American woman to receive a Ph.D. Two other Black women,...
Charles E. Anderson is the first African American to receive a PhD in Meteorology and to earn national...
“I wanted to change the way people of color were seen across the United States. I wanted America...
Annie Lillian Evans, who would later become the famed classical singer Lillian Evanti, was the first African American to sing grand opera professionally anywhere in the world. She was known for...
Thomas Nelson Baker Sr. (1860–1941) was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in philosophy (1903, Yale...
Dr.Solomon Carter Fuller was the first African American psychiatrist who made significant contributions to the study of Alzheimer’s...
William Manuel “Bill” Johnson was an African American jazz musician, considered the father of the “slap” style of Double bass playing. Johnson who started out playing the guitar and mandolin switching...
Dr. Alex Quaison-Sackey (August 9, 1924– December 28, 1992) was a Ghanaian diplomat during the presidency of Kwame...
Matthew Alexander Henson was the first African-American Arctic explorer to reach the North Pole in 1909, as part...
[dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]alph Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize. He received it for having arranged a cease-fire between Israelis and Arabs during...
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…
