Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson, a name that resonates with the golden era of Motown, is a legendary figure who played a pivotal role in shaping the music...
Author : joe bodego
Martha Washington
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Martha Washington married a wealthy plantation owner before becoming a widow and inheriting his estate. She wed Colonel George Washington in 1759 and became the...
The Massive, Overlooked Role of Female Slave Owners
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It’s estimated that 40 percent of slave owners may have been white women Most Americans know that George Washington owned enslaved people at his Mount...
Albert Boutwell
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During the Birmingham Campaign of 1963, Martin Luther King addressed Mayor Albert Boutwell in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” writing that he hoped the Birmingham...
Miriam Makeba
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Miriam Makeba, also known as Mama Africa, was a South African singer and activist who became a symbol of the struggle against apartheid. Born on...
Edwin Clarence Joseph Turpin Howard
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Edwin Clarence Joseph Turpin Howard was the first African-American graduate of Harvard Medical College and also one of the founding members of the oldest African-American...
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
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Jan Pietersz Coen, twice governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, was born in the city of Hoorn, in the province of Holland, on January 8,...
Dutch East India Company
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Dutch East India Company, of United East India Company, Dutch Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, trading company founded in the Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands) in 1602 to...