Komla Afeke Dumor, esteemed journalist, was born in Accra, Ghana on October 3, 1972. He was one of the first…
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the landmark civil rights and labor law outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,…
The “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson, is known for disseminating information about black life, history, and culture to…
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The landlocked Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly Swaziland, is surrounded on the North and South by South Africa, and on the…
Ralph Johnson Bunche, Nobel Prize winner, scholar and activist was born August 7, 1904, in Detroit, Michigan. His father worked…
Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa and formerly known as Upper Volta, became independent on August 5, 1960.…
Before Marcus Garvey, there was Edward Blyden, who is considered to be the “Father of Pan-Africanism.” Blyden was an intellectual…
The Republic of Niger, one of the largest inland countries in West Africa, gained its independence on August 3, 1960, from…
Esteemed African-American historian, John Hope Franklin, was born January 2, 1915, in Rentiesville, Oklahoma. Franklin is noted for highlighting the…
Best-selling author and activist, James Arthur Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York. His eloquence and…
The West African country of Liberia proclaimed its independence on July 26, 1847, making it the first democratic republic in…