black fact of the week

Black Fact of the Week: Haitian-Born Explorer Jean-Baptist Pointe Du Sable Founded the City of Chicago

April 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

Trader, traveler, voyager and pioneer Jean-Baptiste Pointe Du Sable was the first permanent non-Native resident of what is now Chicago, Illinois. Born in Haiti as a free man, [...]

Black Fact of the Week: Marcus Garvey Founds the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914

March 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

Amid crippling racial inequalities in the 20th century, Marcus Mosiah Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in 1914 in his native Jamaica. [...]

Black Fact of the Week: Maya Angelou Is the First Black Woman to Pen the Screenplay for a Feature Film

March 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

The late, great and brilliant Maya Angelou wore many hats throughout her 86-year lifespan; from poet, author and professor, to director, musician, and civil rights activist. [...]

Black Fact of the Week: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Established the First Black-Owned Hospital in America

February 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

In 1891, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African American surgeon, opened the doors to the first Black-owned and non-segregated hospital in the United States of America, [...]

Black Fact of the Week: Dr. Ivan Van Sertima Debunks Europe’s ‘Discovery’ of America with ‘They Came Before Columbus’

February 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

In 1977, author, scholar and anthropologist Dr. Ivan Van Sertima published the controversial index, They Came Before Columbus, an assemblage of archaeological evidence that [...]