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Africa has 60 % arable land, Africa owns 90 % of raw material reserve, Africa owns 40 % of the global gold reserve, Africa owns 33 % of diamond reserve,...

Emperor Menelik II and Empress Tatyu Betul led the Ethiopian army to a decisive victory against the Italian army during the battle of Adwa. Ethiopia is the only African country...

Afar, Amharic Adal, Arabic Danakil (singular; now pejorative), a people of the Horn of Africa who speak Afar (also known as ’Afar Af), a language of the Eastern Cushitic branch...

She was so rich that Oklahoma legislature legally declared her to be a white person.Sarah Rector was born in 1902 in Oklahoma to Joseph Rector & Rose McQueen.They were African...

King Afonso I, also known as Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, was a prominent ruler of the Kongo Kingdom during a crucial period in the early 16th century. His reign,...

In 1875, Oliver Lewis became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, America's longest continuous sporting event. Lewis was born in 1856 in Fayette Country, Kentucky, to his parents...

He served as Sheriff and Tax Collector until 1873 using a white deputy to arrest law breakers due to the racial unrest of that period. Walter Moses Burton was brought to...

His invention was the origin of the phrase "The Real McCoy" when people wanted his superior products! Elijah J. McCoy was born on May 2, 1844, in Colchester, Ontario, Canada,...

Born in Los Angeles, California, Billie Thomas auditioned at the Hal Roach Studios at the age of three. He got a role and his first episode was called, For Pete’s...

Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made more than 19 missions to rescue more than 300 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the...

In 1995, Bernard Harris, Jr. became the first African American astronaut to walk in space. He became interested in science as a young boy, and entered his teenage years as...

She was known for fighting off slave catchers with a butcher knife and a kettle of boiling water. Aunt Polly Jackson, a former enslaved person, was fed up with the harsh...