St. Domingue
Learn about the slave revolt in St. Domingue (now Haiti) that led to the world’s first black republic in this video from The African Americans:…
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U.S. Marshals with Young Ruby Bridges on School Steps
On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges is escorted from her first day of school as a first grader at William Frantz Elementary School in New…
Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer and civil rights activist known for becoming the first African artist to glob…
Joséphine Baker
Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975), naturalised as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress. Her…
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte was an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Caribbean-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Calypso musical style with…
Kingdom of Aksum
The ancient kingdom of Aksum, also known as the Aksumite Empire or Abyssiniawas located in what is modern day, Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. It was a…