South America-Brazil
Esther Jones (1918-1984)
Vaudeville performer Esther Jones was known on stage by many names, including “Baby Esther,” “Little Esther,” “Farina’s Kid Sister,” and...
The Malê Rebellion in Brazil (1835)
The Malê Rebellion in Brazil, also known as The Great Revolt, was a Muslim slave rebellion in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil,...
H.E.R. / Gabriella Wilson (1997- )
Singer and songwriter known by the stage name H.E.R. was born Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson on June 27, 1997, in Vallejo,...
Bella Forsgrén (aka Asha Maria Belaynesh Forsgrén) (1992- )
Bella Forsgrén is the first black woman elected to the Parliament of Finland. Born February 10, 1992, in Addis Ababa,...
J.J. Jackson (1942- )
Composer, arranger, pianist, lyricist J.J. Jackson was born Jerome Louis Jackson on November 8, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York. However,...
Dionne Warwick (1940- )
Popular singer Dionne Warwick was born Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940, in East Orange, New Jersey, to Mancel...
Maria Firmina dos Reis (1825 -1917)
Maria Firmina dos Reis was the founding mother of Afro-Brazilian literature. Her novel, Úrsula (1859), was the first abolitionist novel...
Nafissatou Thiam (1994- )
Olympic and world heptathlon champion Nafissatou Thiam was born in Namur, Belgium, 43 mile southeast of Brussels, on August 19,...
Donald Jasper Harris (1938- )
Donald Jasper Harris is a Jamaican American economist, author, and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University in Stanford, California, since his...
