Arnold Rampersad

Arnold Rampersad

male, 68 years old
Arnold Rampersad (born 13 November 1941)is an acclaimed biographer and literary critic. The first volume his Life Of Langston Hughes was a Pulitzer...
George Jackson

George Jackson

male, deceased (1971)
George Jackson (September 23, 1941 - August 21, 1971) was a Black American militant who became a member of the Black Panther Party while in prison,...
Edward Wilmot Blyden

Edward Wilmot Blyden

male, deceased (1912) (Liberia)
Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August, 1832 - 7 February, 1912) was an educator, writer, diplomat, and politician in Liberia and Sierra Leone. He was born...
Harvey Gantt

Harvey Gantt

male
Harvey B. Gantt (born 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an architect and politician. In 1963, he was the first black American to be admitted...
Lucy Parsons

Lucy Parsons

female, deceased (1942)
Lucy Parsons (1853-March 7, 1942) was a radical American labor organizer, anarchist (and later, Communist) and is remembered as a powerful orator....
Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves

male, deceased (1910)
Bass Reeves (July, 1838 - January, 1910) is thought by most to be one of the first Black Americans to receive a commission as a U.S. Deputy Marshal...
Chuck Harmon

Chuck Harmon

male, 85 years old
Charles Byron (Chuck) Harmon (born April 23 1924 in Washington, Indiana) is a former utility player in Major League Baseball who played for the...

Debbie Jacobs

female
Debbie Jacobs is a female Black American singer born in Baltimore, Maryland who had several Disco hits. Her biggest chart hit was "High On Your...
Bayo Ojikutu

Bayo Ojikutu

male
Bayo Ojikutu (born August 27, 1971) is an author based in Chicago (US). He is of Black American and Nigerian heritage. Ojikutu was raised in...