Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Vivian Juanita Malone Jones was one of the first two African American students to enroll at the University...
Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Babatunde Soyinka, born 13 July 1934, is a Nigerian playwright and poet. He was the...
[dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]ucy Terry Prince, known as Lucy Terry, (c. 1730–1821) was brought to Rhode Island from Africa. Her future husband purchased her freedom before their marriage in 1756. She composed a...
Arthur Ashe is the first African American, and is still the only, African-American male player to win the...
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was an American educator, known as “The First Lady of The Struggle” because of...
William Harrison “Bones” Dillard was an African‑American Olympic track and field athlete. Dillard was the finest hurdler of his era and one of just three male athletes to win Olympic titles...
Margaret Walker was an African American poet and writer. She began her literary career in the 1930s and...
Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (July 7, 1906-June 8, 1982) was an African-American Negro league baseball and Major League...
John Wesley Gilbert was a classical scholar who was the first African-American archaeologist. Gilbert discovered the ancient Greek city, Eretria, and produced the first map of the ancient structure. He was...
Viola Desmond was a Black Nova Scotian businesswoman and civil-rights pioneer whose 1946 challenge to segregation at the...
“… for they know that they dare not face you man for man, but in a mob.” Prince...
Patrice Lumumba, was the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He became a legend in his own life time, and “wrote his name on...
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…
