Ibn Khaldun (May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406) was a towering intellectual figure whose groundbreaking ideas continue to resonate across disciplines. Born in Tunis...
Victor Schœlcher (July 22, 1804 – December 25, 1893) was a French abolitionist, politician, writer, and intellectual whose tireless efforts led to the abolition of...
John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a towering and controversial figure in antebellum American politics, renowned for his intellect, oratory,...
William Lodewyk Crowther (1817–1885) was a Tasmanian politician, surgeon, and naturalist, born in Haarlem, Netherlands. His family moved to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) in...
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (December 25, 1745 – June 10, 1799), was a polymath whose extraordinary talents as a composer, violinist, conductor, and fencer...
Louis Delgrès was a revolutionary military officer and abolitionist born on August 2, 1766, in Saint-Pierre, Martinique. A free man of color, he was the...
A World Without White Supremacy: There are Plenty of cultures that are ready to carry on its oppression. The history of atrocities—slavery, colonialism, apartheid, Jim...
French General & Colonial Administrator Antoine Richepanse was born into a military family on March 25, 1770, in Metz, France. His father served in the Conti-Dragoon Regiment,...
In the annals of American legal history, Norris v. Alabama (1935) stands as a pivotal Supreme Court decision that addressed systemic racial discrimination in the...