Thomas Paul
September 3, 1773 – April 13, 1831 Minister / Abolitionist [...]
Benjamin Banneker
November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806 Author / Surveyor [...]
The Fourteenth Amendment
Ratified on July 21, 1868 Landmark Legislation to the US [...]
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931 Journalist / Activist [...]
Prince Hall
1735 – 1807 Fraternal Leader / Abolitionist Prince Hall was [...]
Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque)
1767 — July 2, 1822 Carpenter / Clergyman / Abolitionist [...]
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
1809 – March 31, 1876 Singer / Abolitionist Elizabeth Taylor [...]
Freedom’s Journal
Premiere Issue: March 16, 1827 First Black American Newspaper Freedom's [...]
Harriet Ross Tubman
March 1822 – March 10, 1913 Abolitionist / Soldier / [...]
Mary Ellen Pleasant
August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904 Entrepreneur / Business [...]