Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
1750 – August 28, 1818 Explorer / Founder of Chicago, [...]
The Moors
January 2, 1492 The Story of the War of Granada [...]
The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 The Story Behind This Significant Moment On [...]
Gen. Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002 Military Hero (Tuskegee [...]
Norbert Rillieux
March 17, 1806 – October 8, 1894 Engineer / Educator [...]
Dr. John Stewart Rock
October 13, 1825 – December 3, 1866 Educator / Doctor [...]
Richard Nathaniel Wright
September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960 Author (Novelist / [...]
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman
January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926 Aviator Bessie Coleman [...]
Shirley Graham Du Bois
November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977 Author / Playwright [...]
Jean-Jacques Duclos Dessalines
September 20, 1758 – October 17, 1806 Military General / [...]