by David H. Jackson Jr. | May 12, 2022 | Caribbean Head of State, Global African History, People
Her Excellency, The Most Honorable Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, is the first president of the Republic of Barbados. Mason was born on January 17, 1949, in East Point, Saint Philip, Barbados. Her early education began at St. Catherine’s Primary School in 1955, and she...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Oct 19, 2021 | Global African History, Groups & Organizations
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, an interracial and international R&B band, began when Thomas (Tommy) Chong invited Bobby Taylor, whom he had met in San Francisco, California, to become the lead singer for the Canadian group the Calgary Shades in 1961. The...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Oct 4, 2021 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
Booker T. & The MGs (the Memphis Group), a biracial jazz ensemble, was formed in 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. The group’s original members were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), born December 11, 1944; Lewie Steinberg (bass), born September 13, 1933; Al...
![Charles Mitchell, Slavery, and Washington Territory in 1860 [Children’s Edition]](https://new.blackpast.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Charles-Mitchell-Map-of-Oregon-Washington-and-Part-of-British-Columbia-1860-1024x675.jpg)
by jchbts | Jul 29, 2021 | Children's Page
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This entry is for juvenile audiences. To see the full version of this entry, click here.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Who are they: Charles Mitchell was born into slavery in 1847 on the Marengo Plantation in Maryland. He was born...
by PattiFlinn | Jun 30, 2021 | African American History, People
Grafton Tyler Brown was a cartographer, lithographer, and painter, widely considered the first professional African American artist in California. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1841, Brown learned lithography in Philadelphia and then became part of a cohort of...
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