Africa – Egypt
Ghana (ca. 750-1076)
Located in the Western region of Africa, Ancient Ghana occupied an area that includes the present-day nations of Mauritania and...
Mansa Musa (1280-1337)
Mansa Musa, fourteenth century emperor of the Mali Empire, is the medieval African ruler most known to the world outside...
Charles Manuel “Sweet Daddy” Grace (1881-1960)
Marcelino Manoel da Graca, anglicized Charles Grace, and best known as Sweet Daddy Grace, was founder of the United House...
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (1762–1806)
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was a mulatto born in the French colony of Saint Domingue (Haiti). He joined the French Army as...
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928, she received the nickname “Maya” from her brother Baldwin. At the...
Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896 – 1977)
Musicologist, playwright, novelist and political activist Lola Shirley Graham, born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1896, became the second wife to...
Meta Warrick Fuller (1877-1968)
Meta Warrick Fuller was a black female artist who specialized in sculpture. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1877, her career...
Malcolm X (1925-1965)
Malcolm X, one of the most influential African American leaders of the 20th Century, was born Malcolm Little in Omaha,...
