"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."
William Monroe Trotter was a newspaper editor and a realtor in Boston, Massachusetts. He was famous in black history for strongly advocating for African American Civil Rights and also founded…
Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most dedicated civil rights activists in African American history and is mostly remembered for her unceasing effort to desegregate the Mississippi Democratic Party.…
At a time when slavery defined African Americans and education was reserved for white folks, Mary McLeod Bethune was a pioneer in the education of Black people. McLeod Bethune was…
Adam Clayton Powell Jr is hailed for making significant contributions to black history. He was the first African American from New York to serve in Congress, a position he held…
Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She was born Marguerite Annie Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri 1. Her parents divorced when…