North America-Martinique
Pierre Réjon (1895-1920)
Pierre Réjon was the first black French military pilot to fly during World War I and one of the first...
Harlem Désir (1959- )
“Image Ownership: Hegor” Harlem Désir is currently a socialist politician and Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary for Europe in the government of...
Raphaël Élizé (1891-1945)
Raphaël Élizé was an early 20th century French politician and the first black mayor of a metropolitan town in France:...
Gaston Monnerville (1897–1991)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Born in Cayenne, French Guiana to parents Marc Saint-Yves Monnerville and Marie-Françoise Orville, Gaston Monnerville was...
Léon-Gontran Damas (1912-1978)
Poet, editor, diplomat, and cultural theorist Léon Damas was born on March 28, 1912, in Cayenne, French Guiana. He was...
Roger Sauvage (1917-1977)
Roger Sauvage was one the few pilots of African descent to fly in both the French and Russian Air Forces...
Francis Johnson (1792-1844)
Francis Johnson, musician, composer, and bandmaster, was born in 1792 in Martinique in the West Indies and emigrated to Philadelphia,...
Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982)
Born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, Wilfredo Lam personally exemplified the complex multiethnic nature of Latin America: his father was...
Adolphe-Félix-Sylvestre Eboué (1884-1944)
Adolphe-Félix-Sylvestre Eboué, French Colonial Administrator, was the grandson of slaves but was born a free man on December 26, 1884,...
