"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."
Kenneth B. Clark is among the most renowned Black psychologists in African-American history. He and his wife Mamie Phipps Clark, are famous for conducting one of the most pivotal studies…
Benjamin Singleton is the epitome of hope, grit, determination, and courage in Black History. Born a slave, Singleton became a beacon of hope for black people looking for freedom and…
Benjamin E. Mays, an educator, college president, and scholar is a perfect example of blacks who defied all odds to attain the highest education levels. Born in Epworth, Southeast of…
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, a writer, academic, historian, activist, and collector played an integral role in Black History. His is a story of a black/Puerto Rican who devoted his life to…
James Arthur Baldwin was an American fiction writer, essayist, novelist, dramatist, and poet whose eloquence and passion on the issue of race in America propelled him to prominence, particularly in…
Asa Philips Randolph was a legendary African-American civil rights leader born on April 15, 1889, and died on May 16, 1979. He was known to be a labor union organizer…
Alexander Crummell was an American minister, Episcopalian priest, missionary, scholar, and teacher. He was ordained as an Episcopal priest in the United States. Alexander Crummell was born in New York…
Benjamin Banneker was an African American mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, inventor, and writer who helped survey Washington, D.C. He was born on November 9, 1731, in Baltimore County, Maryland…