Australia and Oceania-Australia
George “Little Chocolate” Dixon (1870-1909)
George Dixon, also known as “Little Chocolate,” was born on July 29, 1870 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Standing only 5’...
Annie Box Neal (1870-1950)
Annie Box Neal was the proprietor and manager of the Mountain View Hotel in Oracle, Arizona, a western mining town...
Sonia Sanchez (1934- )
Sonia Sanchez was born Wilsonia Benita Driver in Birmingham, Alabama. After her mother’s death in 1935 she lived with her...
Wesley Brown (1927-2012)
Wesley Brown earned distinction in 1949 as the first African American to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. Wesley...
William Thomas Shorey (1859-1919)
Known affectionately as the Black Ahab, William Thomas Shorey was born on January 25, 1859 on the island of Barbados...
Sam Langford (1886-1956)
Sam Langford was one of the greatest fighters in boxing history. Born in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia on March 4,...
