Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey

male, deceased (1940)
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., National Hero of Jamaica (August 17, 1887 - June 10, 1940), was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black...
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 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...
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...
Henrietta Vinton Davis

Henrietta Vinton Davis

female, deceased (1941)
Henrietta Vinton Davis (August 15, 1860 - November 23, 1941) was an American elocutionist, dramatist, and impersonator. Lady Davis was proclaimed...
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,...
Arnold Josiah Ford

Arnold Josiah Ford

male, deceased (1935)
Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford was the first black rabbi in America, and a prominent member of Harlem's Black Jews. Ford was born in Barbados to Edward...
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...

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,...

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...