Queen Amina is also mentioned in the Kano Chronicle, a well-regarded and detailed history of the city of Kano and the surrounding Hausa people. It was composed in the late 19th century and incorporated earlier oral histories before the Fulani jihad of 1804-1810.

The tendency to ignore the Negro's contribution to American life and to strip him of his personhood, is as old as the earliest history books and as contemporary as the morning's newspaper. To upset this cultural homicide, the Negro must rise up with an affirmation of his own Olympian manhood.

African-American inventor: Lloyd Ray dustpan Lloyd P. Ray received U.S. Patent No. 587,607 on August 3, 1897 for a new and useful improvement in dust pans. Ray's device included a metal collection plate that trash could be swept into, attached to a short wooden handle.

Black History Heroes blog provides on-line information on historic Black people, places and events, as well as acknowledges the institutions and individuals who keep this important information alive.

Before Oprah Winfrey and Madame C.J. Walker, there was Annie Turnbo Malone (aka Annie Minerva Turnbo Pope Malone and Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone), an African American entrepreneur and philanthropist during the early 20th century. Malone is recorded as the U.S.'s first Black woman millionaire based on reports of $14 million in assets held in ...

The 2011 Black History Network Mixer was held on February 24, 2011 at the Cicada Club, the historic 1928 art deco James Oviatt Building, an architectural design gem in downtown L.A. (entrance shown). L.A.'s Black History Network Mixer was the co-sponsored event of the following five organizations:

Tubman carried out clandestine operations against slavery that could rival the most sophisticated military strategies known to Western military lore. If you are wondering why her story is not revered more in U.S. history, it is because she symbolizes the defeat of the myth of European dominion over African people.

Cooks was committed to Black economic achievement. It is said that it was Cooks who coined the phrase “BUY BLACK” as an economic solution in African-American communities across the U.S. On 5/5/1966, Cooks died in Harlem New York at the age of 52.

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By 1831, Emanuel Victoria served as California's first Black governor. Alta California's last governor, Pío de Jesus Pico, was also of mixed Black ancestry. By 1850, the U.S. had won the Mexican-American War.