In an era characterised by the prominent Jim Crow laws which segregated blacks from whites and regarded blacks as less humans in the united States, Booker T. Washington diplomatically took the lead to become the voice and dominant leader of the black American community. (Read more...)
In November 2015, Wellington Jighere inscribed his name in gold letters into the history of the game of Scrabble. During the World English-language Scrabble Players' Association (WESPA) finals, he defeated his English oponent Lewis MacKay with four straight wins, making him the first African to win the English-Language World Scrabble Championship. (Read more...)