Religious Organizations – Catholic
Xavier University [New Orleans] (1915- )
Xavier University is a private, four-year coeducational historically black university located in New Orleans, Louisiana; the campus is located one...
Samora Moises Machel (1933-1986)
Samora Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born on September 29, 1933, in the village of Chilembene, in...
Joseph Kasavubu (ca. 1910-1969)
Joseph Kasavubu was the first president of the Republic of Congo, serving from 1960 to 1965. He assumed the office...
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924-2019)
Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe from its independence in 1980 until he was forced to step down in 2017. He remained...
Knights of St. Peter Claver (1909- )
The Knights of Peter Claver organization was founded in 1909 in Mobile, Alabama. It is the largest African American Catholic...
Michael S. Steele (1958- )
Michael Steele is a Republican political leader from Maryland who was Lieutenant Governor of that state from 2003 through 2007....
Dr. Alfred Schmitz Shadd (1870-1915)
Alfred Schmitz Shadd, a black educator, physician, farmer, politician, editor and civic leader was born in Raleigh, Ontario in 1870....
Eliza [Sister Mary Magdalen] Healy (1846-1918)
Sister Eliza Healy was both an educator and noted first African American Mother Superior of a Catholic convent. Healy was...
José Mauricio Nunes Garcia (1767-1830)
José Mauricio Nunes Garcia (1767-1830) was an Afro-Brazilian composer and organist who was the grandson of slaves. Over 240 works...
