Sol Plaatje, first Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) was born October 9th 1876. In addition to his political involvements, Plaatje was an interpreter, linguist, journalist and the first black South African novelist. Plaatje was raised in the Pniel mission station of the Lutheran … Read More … Read MoreSolomon Tshekisho Plaatje (1876-1932)
Samora Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born on September 29, 1933, in the village of Chilembene, in the Gaza Province of Mozambique. He was of the Shangana ethnic group and was born into a family of farmers. Machel attended a Catholic mission … Read More … Read MoreSamora Moises Machel (1933-1986)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”18327″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”/african-american-history/chambers-samuel-d-1831-1929-and-amanda-chambers-1840-1925/”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1589227227860-bfb90f42-2bc7″][vc_column_text]This page is dedicated to the small and often overlooked group of African American Mormons who have been members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) almost since its founding on April 6, … Read More … Read MoreAfrican Americans and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Virginia-born John Henry Smyth, late 19th Century lawyer and diplomat, had spent nearly five years as the U.S. Minister to Liberia, representing both President Rutherford B. Hayes and Chester A. Arthur. He was given an L.L. D. degree by Liberia College and appointed Knight Commander … Read More … Read More(1895) John H. Smyth, “The African in Africa and the African in America”
The article below, written for BlackPast.org by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., describes the role of gospel music in influencing almost all other African American musical genres and in turn impacting all American music. Professor Gates has published numerous books and produced and hosted … Read More … Read MoreHarmony In Transition: The Symbiotic Evolution of Gospel Music
Asa Philip Randolph, born on April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, was one of the most respected leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement in the twentieth century. Randolph was a labor activist; editor of the political journal The Messenger; organizer of the 1941 … Read More … Read MoreAsa Philip Randolph (1889-1979)
View by Subject | View by Author | View Entire Bibliography This list is the contains all bibliographic subjects on the Blackpast.com tid)); $pole[]=Array (l($term->name, "taxonomy/term/$term->tid") . " ($count)", $term->depth, $count, $term->tid) ; } $depth =-1; foreach ($pole as $list) { if ($list[1] > $depth) … Read More … Read MoreBlackPast.org Comprehensive Bilbiography
Robert Jones Abele was one of six founding members of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the oldest African American Greek Letter Fraternity in the United States. The five others were Henry Minton, Algernon Jackson, Edwin Howard, Eugene Theodore Hinson, and Richard John Warrick, Jr. Abele was … Read More … Read MoreRobert Jones Abele (1875-1929)
The case of the Jena Six exposed racial injustice and inequality following an incident involving six male African American teenagers. The arrest of the students, all enrolled at Jena High School in Jena, Louisiana, ignited a national movement to address longstanding injustices in what has … Read More … Read MoreJena Six (2006)
Aoua Kéita was a Malian independence activist, politician, feminist, writer, and midwife. Born on July 12, 1912, in then Bamako, French Sudan to Karamogo Kéita, a member of the colonial hygiene service and Miriam Coulibaly, Aoua was one of the few African girls allowed to … Read More … Read MoreAoua Kéita (1912-1980)
