Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, into an aristocratic family as the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome. Educated at Harrow and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, he embarked on a military career, serving in India, Sudan, and South Africa, while also working […]
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In the mid-1950s, Clara Arena Brawner, M.D., was the only practicing African American physician in Memphis, Tennessee. Over the next thirty years, she branched out into local politics, health care administration, fundraising, and the study of theology. She is remembered as a fine doctor, an influential campaigner, and an inspiring mentor and role model. Born and […]
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The Legacy of João Baptista de Lacerda’s Whitening Ideology in Brazil In 1911, Brazilian scientist João Baptista de Lacerda presented a controversial and deeply troubling vision at the Universal Races Congress in London. He predicted that by the year 2012, Black Brazilians would be “eliminated” through a process he referred to as “whitening” (branqueamento). While […]
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Michael Manley, a charismatic Jamaican leader, was born in Kingston, Jamaica on December 10, 1924. His parents were National Hero Norman Washington Manley and his wife, Edna Manley. He had a brother named Douglas. Manley’s early education took place at the St. Andrew Kindergarten School in Kingston, and later he attended the Munro and Dickenson […]
The harrowing experiences of the African man during the era of slavery remain an open book in our history as people. A lot has been accounted for. But many more remain untold or forgotten. The American slave trade seems to have the most popular of accounts. And that might be because the slavers, historians, scholars, […]
Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, was a complex and polarizing figure whose presidency (1865–1869) was defined by the tumultuous aftermath of the Civil War and the challenges of Reconstruction. Born into poverty and rising to the highest office through sheer determination, Johnson’s life story embodies the American ideal of self-made success, […]