William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown, (born 1814?, near Lexington, Ky., U.S.—died Nov. 6, 1884, Chelsea, Mass.), an American writer who is considered to be the first African-American...
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Mary Ann Shadd
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Born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1823, Mary Ann Shadd was a teacher, journalist, and outspoken leader of the Canadian emigration movement during the 1850s. Shadd...
Henry Bibb
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Henry Bibb, lecturer, abolitionist, author, and newspaperman; b. 10 May 1815 in Shelby County, Ky, son of James Bibb and Milldred Jackson, a slave; m. first 1833 Malinda ——,...
Derek Walcott
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Derek Walcott, in full Derek Alton Walcott, (born January 23, 1930, Castries, Saint Lucia—died March 17, 2017, Cap Estate), West Indian poet and playwright noted...
Dr. Jeanne Spurlock
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Physician, educator, and writer Dr. Jeanne Spurlock drew inspiration in her career from the challenges she faced in life as an African American woman. As...
Melissa Harris-Perry
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Melissa Harris-Perry is an American author, professor, television host, and political commentator who focuses on African American political issues. Harris-Perry has written for The Nation,...
John Brown Russwurm
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John Russwurm was born on Oct. 1, 1799, in Jamaica, British West Indies, of a Creole woman and a white American father. When his father...
Nella Larsen
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Nella Larsen was a prominent African American author and activist in the early 20th century. Born in Chicago in 1891, Larsen grew up in a...
Dr. Ernest Just
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Ernest Everett Just was a pioneering African American biologist, zoologist, and physiologist. Born on August 14, 1883, in Charleston, South Carolina, Just overcame significant racial...
James H. Cone
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“Always my attempt is to understand the meaning of faith, the meaning of God, in a world that is broken,” theologian and religious writer James...