African Diaspora
James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey (1875-1927)
Inarguably, one of the leading figures in African and African American history is Dr. James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey, known as...
TransAtlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas
In the article below, culinary historian Diane M. Spivey describes the centuries-old diaspora of African foods and cooking traditions in...
Opal Tometi (1984- )
Writer, activist, and immigration rights advocate Opal Tometi is best known as one of the three founders of the Black Lives Matter...
Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995)
Image Ownership: Public domain Brazilian political activist Beatriz Nascimento was born on July 12, 1942, to Rubina Pereira do Nascimento...
Black Star Line (1919-1923)
The Black Star Line (BSL) was a steamship corporation established in 1919 by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, the leader of the...
The Black Diaspora in Israel, 1965 to 2011
With the exception of the well-publicized Operation Moses, Joshua, and Solomon Airlift of 20,000 Ethiopian Jews from that war and...
Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee) (1942- )
Haki R. Madhubuti is a poet, professor, and founder of Third World Press, the nation’s oldest publisher of Black thought...
Walter Rodney (1942-1979)
Walter Rodney, one of the most important Guyanese intellectual and political figures of the 20th Century, was born on March...
National Negro Business League (1900 – )
The National Negro Business League (NNBL) was founded by Booker T. Washington in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900. The league, which...
