Something Good – Negro Kiss
Something Good – Negro Kiss is a short silent film from 1898 of a couple kissing and holding hands. It is believed to depict the earliest on-screen kiss involving African…
María Remedios del Valle
María Remedios del Valle (ca. 1768–1847) also known as the “Madre de la Patria” (Mother of the Homeland) was an Afro-Argentine camp follower turned soldier who participated in the Argentine…
Milton S. J. Wright
Milton S. J. Wright (1903 – 1972) was an African-American academic born in Georgia. He received his B.A. from Wilberforce University in 1926, his M.A. from Columbia University and his…
Homo Naledi
Homo naledi is an extinct species of archaic human discovered in 2013 in the Rising Star Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa dating to the Middle Pleistocene 335,000–236,000 years ago.…
Lei Áurea (Golden Law)
The Lei Áurea (Portuguese pronunciation: ; from Portuguese: Golden Law), adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. It was signed by Isabel, Princess Imperial…
André Pinto Rebouças
André Pinto Rebouças (13 January 1838 – 9 April 1898) was a Brazilian military engineer, abolitionist and inventor, son of Antônio Pereira Rebouças (1798–1880) and Carolina Pinto Rebouças. Lawyer, member…
Luís Gama
Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (21 June 1830 – 24 August 1882) was a Brazilian rábula (self-taught lawyer), abolitionist, orator, journalist and writer, and the Patron of the abolition of…
Freedom House Ambulance Service
Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first emergency medical service in the United States to be staffed by paramedics with medical training beyond basic first aid. Founded in 1967 to…
George McJunkin
George McJunkin (1856–1922) was an African American cowboy, amateur archaeologist and historian. McJunkin discovered the Folsom site in New Mexico in 1908.
Oryza Glaberrima
Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. In agriculture,…