Black Inventors And Scientists
African Americans have been the victims of oppression, discrimination and persecution throughout American history, with an impact on African-American innovation according to a 2014 study by economist Lisa D. Cook,…
Clarence Sumner Greene, Sr
Clarence Sumner Greene, Sr.: the first African-American neurosurgeon Shearwood McClelland 3rd et al. Neurosurgery. 2006 Dec. Largely because of the advances of the Civil Rights movement in the mid-20th century,…
African Free School
The African Free School was a school for children of slaves and free people of color in New York City. It was founded by members of the New York Manumission…
August Wilson
August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the “theater’s poet of Black America”.…
Donald Jasper Harris
Donald Jasper Harris, OM (born August 23, 1938) is a Jamaican-American economist and emeritus professor at Stanford University, known for applying post-Keynesian ideas to development economics. He was the first…
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between…
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title…
Claude Albert Barnett
Claude Albert Barnett (September 16, 1889 – August 2, 1967) was an American journalist, publisher, entrepreneur, philanthropist, civic activist, Pan-Africanist, and founder of the Associated Negro Press (ANP). He started…
Washington Race Riot Of 1919
The Washington race riot of 1919 was civil unrest in Washington, D.C. from July 19, 1919, to July 24, 1919. Starting July 19, white men, many in the armed forces,…