South America – Uruguay
Virginia Brindis de Salas (1908-1958)
Virginia Brindis de Salas was the first published black woman writer in Uruguay. She was born on September 18, 1908...
Andrea Aguyar (a.k.a. Andrea Aquyar and Andrea il Moro), 1810?-1849
The heroic soldier and trusted personal assistant of the revered Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi was a man of African descent nicknamed Andrea...
André Rebouças (1838-1898)
André Pinto Rebouças was a Brazilian engineer and abolitionist, best known for creating one of the world’s first self-propelled torpedoes during the Paraguayan War....
Gustavo Pinedo Zabala (1988– )
Image Courtesy of El Dia Gustavo Pinedo Zabala, professional soccer player, was born in Coripata, Department of La Paz, Bolivia,...
Larry L. Palmer (1949- )
On November 1, 2011, President Barack H. Obama appointed Larry L. Palmer the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the...
Aurelia Erskine Brazeal (1943- )
Ambassador Aurelia Erskine Brazeal was a career diplomat and the first black woman to be named ambassador by three Presidents....
George McDade Staples (1947- )
George McDade Staples was appointed by President Bill Clinton to be ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, where he served...
Lazaro Medina (1965 -2013)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Lazaro Medina was an Afro-Paraguayan who was best known as the founder and director of the...
Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins (1952- )
In 1998 Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was elected the first African American President of the National League...
