Kwame Nkrumah
He became Prime Minister in 1952 and retained the position when Ghana declared independence from Britain in 1957. In 1960, Ghanaians approved a new constitution and elected Nkrumah President.
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/; Xhosa: ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from…
Wilfred Wood (Bishop of Croydon)
Wilfred Denniston Wood KA (born 15 June 1936) is a Barbadian-British Anglican who was the Bishop of Croydon from 1985 to 2003 (and the first area bishop there from 1991),…
Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole relied on her skill and experience as a healer and a female doctor from Jamaica.
Ira Aldridge
He was especially popular in Prussia and Russia, where he received top honours from heads of state. At the time of his sudden death, while on tour in Poland, he…
Hank Aaron
His 755 career home runs broke the long-standing MLB record set by Babe Ruth and stood as the most for 33 years; Aaron still holds many other MLB batting records.…