Caribbean – West Indies

Wilmont A. Barclay (1877-1944)
Wilmont A. Barclay, a professional escape artist, mind reader, and hypnotist, was one of the most successful Black magicians of...
August 14th, 2024

Jacob Vanderpool (1820-188?)
Jacob Vanderpool was the only person known to have been legally expelled from Oregon on the basis of its anti-Black...
January 13th, 2022

Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (1889-1987)
Composer, conductor, and flutist Alton Augustus Adams, Sr., was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, the Danish West Indies, on...
March 31st, 2021

The Fireburn Labor Riot, Virgin Islands (1878)
Chattel slavery was practiced in the Danish West Indies from around 1650 until July 3, 1848, when Colonial Governor Peter...
September 12th, 2020

Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy (1648- )
Gustavia is the capital and main seaport of the island of Saint Barthélemy, also known as “St. Bart’s.” The Caribbean...
March 15th, 2020

Derek Walcott (1930-2017)
A professor, poet, and playwright of English, Dutch, and African descent, Derek Walcott was a 1981 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant...
January 6th, 2020

John Raymond Jones (1899–1991)
John Raymond Jones, also known as the Harlem Fox, was a Harlem politician and the first African American to lead...
April 3rd, 2017

Charles A. James (1922- )
Ambassador Charles A. James was born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he attended...
May 20th, 2015

Emmanuel Francis Joseph (1900–1979)
“Image Ownership: Oakland Public Library & African American Museum” Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer...
February 9th, 2015