Religious Leaders
Sister Ethel Muhammad Sharrieff (1922-2002)
Sister Ethel Muhammad Sharrieff was the Supreme and National captain of the women’s auxiliary unit of the Nation of Islam...
Moses Eugene Malone (1955-2015)
Hall of Fame National Basketball Association (NBA) player Moses Eugene Malone was born March 23, 1955, in Petersburg, Virginia, and...
Charles Octavius Boothe (1845-1924)
An African American Baptist preacher, educator, author, and tireless advocate for African American advancement and uplift, Charles Octavius Boothe was...
Thomas Nelson Baker Jr. (1906-1977)
Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1906, Thomas Nelson Baker was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry...
Lacey Kirk Williams (1871-1940)
Lacey Kirk Williams was the President of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., from 1922 to 1940 and Vice President...
Isaac Jefferson (1775-1853)
Isaac Jefferson, a slave of the third President of the United States, was born in December 1775 in Monticello, on...
Luther Porter Jackson (1892-1950)
Image Ownership: Public Domain Luther Porter Jackson was a leading teacher, historian, and active voice of the history of African...
Southern Negro Youth Congress (1937-1949)
The Southern Negro Youth Congress (SNYC) was formed in 1937 by young people who had attended the National Negro Congress...
Nathan A. Scott (1925-2006)
It would be difficult to find a more formidable and respected African American scholar who has had so little visibility...
