The inspiration for the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" came in 1900, when young men based in Jacksonville, Florida, planned to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday. (Read more...)

In 1970, Angela graced the FBI's most wanted list. She was locked up in prison for over a year, giving her a first-hand experience of the ills and disadvantages of incarceration. (Read more...)

On Thursday December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus. This singular action sparked a chain reaction that changed the course of history for Blacks in the United States of America. (Read more...)

Albert paved an exemplary model as Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, freedom fighter and humanitarian with his indelible contribution to freedom. (Read more...)

Frantz Omar Fanon, also known as Ibrahim Frantz Fanon, was a psychiatrist and political philosopher who may have had a brief but impactful existence. (Read more...)

#MeToo movement is not gender based. It promotes the wellbeing of all survivors; men, women, and children of different age groups. (Read more...)

A social and political hero, a scholar and leader of great prestige, a man of integrity and boundless patriotism, a persistent and consistent fighter, a source of hope in times of political darkness, a father, a great man are all qualities that do not even do justice to a legend of Mandela's repute. (Read more...)

Tutu was known to be the voice of the voiceless Black South Africans. (Read more...)

Wangari was a trailblazer, she being the first woman to obtain a Doctorate in East and Central Africa and the first African woman to receive the Nobel peace prize, in 2004. (Read more...)

Du Bois's life history was graced with a series of firsts. He was the first in his family to attend High School, and the first African American to attain a Doctorate from the prestigious Harvard University. (Read more...)