(1923-1986)Cheikh Anta Diop was a Historian, Egyptologist, Physicist, Author, Politician and Pan Africanist. He was born in Senegal, completed his undergraduate education in Senegal and eventually went to Paris to continue graduate studies. While in Paris Cheikh studied at the
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima was a Professor, author, linguist, and an anthropologist. Van Sertima has made extensive contributions in each of the fields he has worked and studied in. Originally from Georgetown, Guyana he was born in 1935. Ivan studied
Marcus Garvey lived from August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940. He was a Jamaican born political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without
Black Caesar was an African Chief that was tricked into stepping foot on a ship where he was then sold into slavery. He escaped the slave ship with the help of a sailor that he befriended and eventually the two
Roy Campanella played baseball for the Negro Baseball League, his career began in 1937 at the age of 15. Originally from Philadelphia born to an African American mom and an Italian dad. His nickname on the field was Campy, his
William J. Seymour was an African American preacher from Centerville Louisiana, he is also the preacher that led the 1906 Azusa Street Revival. While an interim pastor at a small holiness church in Topeka Kansas Seymour received an invite from
Timbuktu was founded in the fifth century of the Hijra (10th century AD). The city eventually became a commercial hub and center of trade for caravans from the Sahara Desert. People from all over Africa settled in Timbuktu. One of
The Songhai Empire was the last of the great West African empires. It was originally a state within the Mali empire, but it later gained its independence after the decline of Mali. Occupying roughly the same territory as the Malian
Angela Davis was born in Birmingham Alabama in 1944. She lived in an area known as Dynamite Hill, the area had a large number of African Americans. The name Dynamite Hill was a nickname based on a series of bombings
Huey P. Newton was a co founder of the Black Panther party along with Bobby Seale, in 1966. Originally from Monroe Louisiana, Huey’s parents eventually moved to Oakland California. Huey was illiterate when he graduated from High School, but later
