William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown (c. 1814 – November 6, 1884) was an American abolitionist, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Brown escaped to Ohio in 1834…
Kissing Case
The Kissing Case is the arrest, conviction and lengthy sentencing of two prepubescent African-American boys in 1958 in Monroe, North Carolina. A white girl kissed each of them on the…
Nomoli Figurines
A Nomoli (/ˈnoʊmoʊliː/) is a carved stone figurine native to Sierra Leone and Liberia. They are usually made of soapstone, limestone or granite.
Lynching Of Edward Red Roach
The lynching of Edward “Red” Roach was the extrajudicial killing of a 25-year-old Black man by a mob of White men in Roxboro, North Carolina for allegedly assaulting the 13-year-old…
Evidence Of Africans In Zambia Building Wood Structures Nearly 500,0000 Years Ago
A recent published study shows evidence of early humans in Zambia building wood structures. Here is the study below.: Article Open access Published: 20 September 2023 Evidence for the earliest…
Octavius Valentine Catto
Octavius Valentine Catto (February 22, 1839 – October 10, 1871) was an American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored…
Henrietta Vinton Davis
Henrietta Vinton Davis (August 25, 1860 – November 23, 1941) was an elocutionist, dramatist, and impersonator. In addition to being “the premier actress of all nineteenth-century black performers on the…
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United…
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Known as the “King of Pop”, he is regarded as one of…
Emmett Louis Till
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14,…