Thomas Dartmouth "Daddy" Rice (1808-1860) was an aspiring white actor from New York who gained notoriety in the 1830s when he delivered a performance in blackface before a theater audience in Pitts...
Thomas Dixon, Jr. (1864-1946) was a North Carolina Baptist minister, a statesman, a playwright, and an author best known for his "Trilogy of Reconstruction." The series of best-selling novels roman...
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was an African-American educator, writer, orator, and prominent leader of the African-American community. Washington grew up a slave on a plantation in Virginia, de...
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) was an African-American writer, historian, educator, and civil rights activist. During his life, Du Bois published thousands of articles, essays, and books, most of them...
John Arthur "Jack" Johnson (1878-1946) was an African-American boxer and the first black athlete to earn the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World, which he held from 1908 to 1915. He is also,...
