Dr. Bennet Omalu is a well-known Nigerian-American neuropathologist, medical doctor, and forensic pathologist. He is known as the first to discover CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in American footballers. He was also the chief medical officer for San Joaquin County, California....
Teni is an award-winning Nigerian singer, independent singer, songwriter, and artist. Teni quickly became famous and glorious in the Nigerian music industry because people could identify with her words. Teni Biography Teni's birth name is Teniola Apata, and she is...
Kenneth B. Clark Synopsis Born Kenneth Bancroft Clark, July 14, 1914, in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama, He died of cancer on May 1, 2005, in Hastings-On-Hudson, New York. Psychologist. Dr. Kenneth Clark, a strong advocate for integration, used four...
Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor. He actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist in the early 20th century. Early life Carver was born in...
Author James Arthur Baldwin (1924-1987) has gained international recognition for his courageous expression of African American life in the United States. James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York, the oldest of nine children. His father...
Amiri Baraka is an African American poet, activist, and academic. He was an influential black nationalist, then became a Marxist. Synopsis Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones) was born in Newark, New Jersey, on October 7, 1934. After three years in...
Arthur Ashe was the first African American to win individual men's titles at Wimbledon and the US Open. UU., And the # 1 African American man in the world. Who was Arthur Ashe? Born July 10, 1943, in Richmond, Virginia,...
Considered one of the best contrasts of her time, Marian Anderson became the first African-American to perform at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955. Who was Marian Anderson? Singer Marian Anderson showed her vocal talent when she was a...
Edward Brooke, III, was born in Washington, DC, on October 26, 1919. His father, Edward Brooke, Jr., was a lawyer with the Veterans Administration for over fifty years, and his mother, Helen, later worked for the campaigns Brooke's policies. Brooke...
