711AD to 1492 - 15 Things You Did Not Know About the Moors of Spain
1. The Spanish occupation by the Moors began in 711 AD when an African army, under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of...
1400s - Africa's 'greatest explorer'
An African emperor who ruled Mali in the 14th century discovered America nearly 200 years before Christopher Columbus, according to a...
1492 - The Moor’s Last Stand and Blood and Faith review – the expulsion of Muslims from Spain
For centuries, visitors from the rest of Europe were disgusted by Spain. The problem was not that city streets remained unpaved, or that...
1499 - Niño, Pedro Alonso (c. 1468–c. 1505)
Pedro Alonso Niño was a Spanish explorer known as el Negro. A native of Moguer, Spain, Niño acted as pilot of the Santa MarÃa during the...
1750s to 1780s - Phillis Wheatley (Poet)
After being kidnapped from West Africa and enslaved in Boston, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American and one of the first...
1840s to 1920s - Elijah McCoy (Inventor, "The Real McCoy"
Elijah McCoy was a 19th century African-American inventor best known for inventing lubrication devices used to make train travel more...
1860s to 1913 - Fanny Jackson Coppin (School teacher)
Annie Jackson was born a slave in Washington D.C. on October 15, 1837. She gained her freedom when her aunt was able to purchase her at...
1891 to 1937 - Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson was an African American explorer best known as the co-discoverer of the North Pole with Robert Edwin Peary in 1909....
1945 - Meet the gallant all-black American female battalion that served in Europe during World War I
The first time American women fought in a war was during the American Civil War. Women were not allowed to be selected into the draft, so...
1950 - She was one of the first black women to host a television show
Then the House Un-American Activities Committee came for her On September 22, 1950, musician Hazel Scott appeared in front of the House...