by PienDiane | Oct 11, 2020 | African American History, People
Activist, existential philosopher, professor, and Unitarian Universalist minister Rev. Dr. William “Bill” Ronald Jones dedicated his career to the analysis and methods of oppression, religious humanism, and liberation theology that influenced Africana philosophers...
by WynneBen | Nov 19, 2013 | African American History, People
KRS-One, MC (Master of Ceremonies) producer, philosopher, and activist was born on August 20, 1965, to Jacqueline Jones and Sheffield Brown in South Bronx, New York City, New York. KRS’s mother was a secretary, while his father, who worked as a handyman, was deported...
by AllerHenry | Jul 18, 2011 | African American History, People
In 1909 Gilbert Haven Jones became the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from a German university. After completing his doctoral studies in philosophy, Jones returned to the United States to take up teaching and administrative positions, primarily at...
by TrsekKelly | Nov 24, 2007 | Global African History, People
Anton Wilhelm Amo, also known as Antonius Guilielmus Amo Afer ab Aximo in Guinea, was the first intellectual of African ancestry to study in Germany. He obtained a doctorate degree in philosophy and held lectures at the universities of Halle and Jena. Having spent...
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