African Americans in the Revolutionary War
In the American Revolution, gaining freedom was the strongest motive for Black enslaved people who joined the Patriot or British armies. It is estimated that 20,000 African Americans joined the…
Lemuel Haynes
Lemuel Haynes (July 18, 1753 – September 28, 1833) was an American clergyman. A veteran of the American Revolution, Haynes was the first black man in the United States to…
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” is the title now given to a speech by Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852, at Corinthian Hall in Rochester,…
Juan Garrido
Juan Garrido was an African conquistador, born in the Kingdom of Kongo. He joined a Spanish expedition and arrived in Santo Domingo (Hispaniola) about 1502. He participated in the invasion…
Aeta People
The Aeta, Agta, or Dumagat, are collective terms for several Filipino indigenous peoples who live in various parts of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They are considered to…
DeFord Bailey
DeFord Bailey (December 14, 1899 – July 2, 1982) was an American country music and blues star from the 1920s until 1941. He was the first performer to be introduced…
Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood
Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood (1828–1867) was a 19th-century African American educator and activist in California. Scott Flood was a “colored school” teacher in Sacramento, California and later fought for equal…
Bibi Titi Mohammed
Bibi Titi Mohammed (June 1926 – June 5, 2000Bibi Titi Mohammed (June 1926 – June 5, 2000) was a Tanzanian politician of Muslim descent. She was born in June 1926…
Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, (born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas; 25 October 1900 – 13 April 1978), also known as Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti, was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women’s rights…
Susie Revels Cayton
Susie Revels Cayton (1870 – 1943) was a writer, editor, activist, and leader in the Black community in Seattle at the start of the 20th century. Susie Sumner Revels was…