by PascoePeggy | Apr 26, 2016 | Global African History, People
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo is best known for his memoirs as a Muslim who had to endure the Atlantic slave trade and enslavement in colonial America. His personal history was published in 1734 by Thomas Bluett as Some Memories of the Life of Job. To this day, they serve as...
by MillerSusan | Apr 24, 2016 | Global African History, Groups & Organizations
When the First World War began in 1914, black Canadian men responded to the call to arms. Like other loyal citizens who flocked to recruiting centers, they wanted to do their part for king and country. Despite being ready and willing to serve overseas, and contrary to...
by McClendonIIIJohnH | Apr 24, 2016 | African American History, People
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Civil rights activist and education reformer Marnesba Tillmon Tackett was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Ivory and Elizabeth Edwards Adkins on February 4, 1908. She grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. After graduating from...
by JonesMelinda | Apr 17, 2016 | African American History, People
Odessa Cox is the principal founder of Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC), which serves a predominantly Black and Brown community in South Central Los Angeles, California. Born Odessa Brown on June 8, 1922, in Whatley, Alabama, she was a second-generation community...
by BastienEliot | Apr 17, 2016 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
McKissack &McKissack is the oldest African American-owned architecture, construction, and engineering firm in the United States. The firm’s history began when Scotsman John McKissack, the owner of a construction and brick building company in West Tennessee,...
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