African American Figures

General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (1762–1806) Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie, also known as Alexandre Dumas, was a general in the French army and

Malcolm X as a child....

Suffragette chronicles the struggle for the vote in Britain. It also brings to mind our own suffrage story.

Abolitionist, social activist. Born to free, but poor, African-American parents in Salem, New Jersey, he became one of the nineteenth’s century’s great racial equality activists. Known for his brilliance and perseverance he had become a teacher, doctor and dentist all by the age of twenty-seven. While attending medical...

Is Mrs. Obama really the first black First Lady? Which US bill features a black man? You’ll be surprised at the historical figures you didn’t know were black.

History of STEM: Black Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas - All Done Monkey

These influential Black women in history rarely have their stories told in school and helped pave the way in politics, the arts, sports, and more.

Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker built one of the first watches made in America, a wooden pocket watch in 1753. Benjamin Banneker (1731 – 1806) was a free African American almanac author…

The late Mabel Fairbanks might not have been afforded the opportunity to chase Olympic gold as an ice skater, but she is still rightfully recognized as a pioneer of the sport. Fairbanks is the firs…