Lucy Terry Prince
Lucy Terry Prince, often credited as simply Lucy Terry (1733–1821), was an American settler and poet. Kidnapped in Africa and enslaved, she was taken to Rhode Island, America. Her future…
Juan (Jan) Rodriguez
(Image is from Daily Mail Uk) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325467/Juan-Rodriguez-New-Yorks-immigrant-honoured-mile-stretch-Broadway.html Juan Rodriguez was one of the first documented non-indigenous inhabitants to live on Manhattan Island.As such, he is considered the first non-native resident…
William Augustus Greenlee
William Augustus Greenlee (December 26, 1893 – July 7, 1952) was a highly successful businessman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who was born and raised in Marion, North Carolina. After migrating to…
The Character Uncle Tom In The Novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin Was NOT An ‘Uncle Tom”
Uncle Tom is the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The character was seen by many readers as a ground-breaking humanistic portrayal of a slave,…
Mark E. Dean
Mark E. Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an American inventor and computer engineer. He developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer…
Queen Muhumuza of Rwanda
Muhumusa was a feared leader of the east African Nyabingi spiritual practice, which was influential in Rwanda and Uganda from 1850 to 1950. Muhumusa is said to have been a…
Thomas Mundy Peterson
Thomas Mundy Peterson (October 6, 1824 – February 4, 1904) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey has been claimed to be the first African-American to vote in an election under the…
African Americans And Women Could Vote In New Jersey From 1776 Until 1807
Suffrage in New Jersey was available to most women and African Americans immediately upon the formation of the state. The first New Jersey state constitution (of 1776) allowed any person…
Bernard A. Harris Jr
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during…
Barzillai Lew
Barzillai Lew (November 5, 1743 — January 18, 1822) was an African-American soldier who served with distinction during the American Revolutionary War.