Timothy Thomas Fortune

Timothy Thomas Fortune

male, deceased (1928)
Timothy Thomas Fortune (October 3, 1856 - June 2, 1928) was an orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher. He was born...
Amy Ashwood Garvey

Amy Ashwood Garvey

female, deceased (1969)
Amy Ashwood Garvey (10 January 1897 - 11 May 1969) was a Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist. Born in Port Antonio, Jamaica as Amy Ashwood, she spent...
Carter G. Woodson

Carter G. Woodson

male, deceased (1950)
Carter Godwin Woodson was an African American historian, author, journalist and the founder of Black History Month. He is considered the first to...
John Edward Bruce

John Edward Bruce

male, deceased (1924)
John Edward Bruce, also known as Bruce Grit (February 22, 1856 - August 7, 1924) was born a slave in Maryland, United States. He was a journalist,...
Andy Razaf

Andy Razaf

male, deceased (1973)
Andy Razaf (December 16, 1895 - February 3, 1973), (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo also Razafkeriefo) was an African American composer,...
William H. Ferris

William H. Ferris

male, deceased (1941)
William Henry Ferris (1874-1941) was an author, minister, and scholar. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 20, 1874. He was the son of...
Amy Jacques Garvey

Amy Jacques Garvey

female, deceased (1973)
Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey, born to George Samuel and Charlotte Henrietta (South) Jacques, in Kingston, Jamaica. Amy Jacques Garvey was one of the...

Hubert Harrison

male, deceased (1927)
Hubert Henry Harrison (1883-1927) Born Saint Croix V.I. Often referred to as the "black Socrates," Hubert H. Harrison was a self-taught and widely...

Robert Lincoln Poston

male, deceased (1924)
Robert T. Lincoln Poston, (1890-1924), was native of Hopkinsville, Tennessee. He came from a family of journalists and writers. His father, Ephriam...

Dusé Mohamed Ali

male, deceased (1945)
Dusé Mohamed Ali, (November 21 1866 - June 25 1945) (دوسي محمد علي), was an African nationalist. He was also an actor, historian, journalist,...