Article Name |
Description |
Abernathy, Ralph David |
American civil rights leader |
Abu Ghraib Prison |
1950's - 2014 prison in central Iraq |
Active Camouflage |
Adaptive concealment technology |
Africana Philosophy |
Philosophical study within Africana studies |
Ahmed Baba Institute |
Islamic research institute in Mali |
Alani Dr. Samira |
Iraqi doctor and activist |
Algorithmic bias |
Systemic bias in algorithms |
Ali, Dusé Mohamed |
Sudanese-Egyptian nationalist |
Anansi |
West African folktale character |
Anderson, Viv |
First black footballer for England |
Aponte, José Antonio |
Leader of Cuban slave rebellion |
Attucks, Crispus |
First martyr of the Boston Massacre |
Baker, Sara Josephine |
American physician and public health pioneer |
Baldwin, James |
American writer and civil rights activist |
Bali Tiger |
Extinct tiger subspecies |
Bamiyan Buddhas |
Destroyed statues in Afghanistan |
Banku |
Ghanaian fermented food |
Batman: The Unseen |
Comic book miniseries |
Becoming Visible: The First Black Lesbian Conference |
1980 Black lesbian conference |
Biko, Alice |
South African anti-apartheid activist |
Biko, Steve |
South African anti-apartheid activist |
Biltong |
South African dried meat snack |
Black Madonna |
Artistic depiction of Mary and Jesus |
Black Star Line |
Garveyist shipping company |
Bogle, Paul |
Jamaican Baptist deacon and rebel leader |
Br’er Rabbit |
Folktale character |
Buffalo Soldier |
African-American regiments |
Burning Spear |
Reggae musician |
Butler, Milo B. |
Governor-general of Bahamas |
Capleton |
Jamaican musician |
Carver, George Washington |
American botanist and inventor |
Center for Disability Rights |
Advocacy organization for people with disabilities |
Chaff |
Protective casing of seeds |
Chisholm, Shirley |
American politician |
Coachman, Alice |
Olympic high jumper |
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel |
English composer |
Crabtree, Andrea Y. Motley |
First African-American female commercial diver |
Crested Shelduck |
Endangered bird species |
Cuffe, Paul |
American businessman and abolitionist |
Damnatio Memoriae |
Roman practice of erasing memory |
Dark Matter |
Hypothetical form of matter |
Davis, J. Steward |
American philosopher and author |
Deberry, Clifton |
American socialist and activist |
Delalande’s Coua |
Extinct bird species |
Diallo, Amadou |
Guinean immigrant shot by NYPD |
Diallo, Kadiatou |
Mother of Amadou Diallo |
Diotima Of Mantinea |
Ancient Greek philosopher |
Dlamini-Zuma, Nkosazana |
South African politician and activist |
Domestic labor |
Household work |
Dos Palmares, Zumbi |
Leader of runaway slave community in Brazil |
Dub |
Genre of music from reggae |
Ebadi, Shirin |
Iranian lawyer and activist |
Edmonstone, John |
Former slave who taught Charles Darwin |
Elisabeth, Princess Palatine of Bohemia |
German noblewoman and scholar |
Faris, Muhammed Ahmed |
Syrian astronaut |
Fawkes, Randol |
Bahamian political leader |
Firmin, Anténor |
Haitian anthropologist |
Forde, Evan B. |
American oceanographer |
Franklin, Rosalind |
British biophysicist |
Freeman, Elizabeth |
American abolitionist |
Frogmouths |
Bird species |
G_D Incarnate |
Representation of God in human form |
Gaines, Lloyd L. |
African-American civil rights leader |
Garrido, Juan |
African conquistador |
Garvey, Marcus |
Jamaican political leader |
Glass Frog |
Transparent frog species |
Glasswing Butterfly |
Butterfly species |
Gregory, Dick |
American comedian and civil rights activist |
Harlem Cultural Festival |
Music festival in Harlem |
Hayden, Robert |
American poet |
Henson, Matthew Alexander |
First African-American Arctic explorer |
Higa, Karin |
American curator and art historian |
Hobson, Julius |
American politician |
Homo Cepranensis |
Ancient human species |
Homo Floresiensis |
Ancient human species |
Honshu Wolf |
Extinct wolf species |
Hope, St. Elmo Sylvester |
Jazz pianist |
Houénou, Kojo Tovalou |
Beninese politician |
Human Migration out of Africa |
Migration of humans from Africa |
Humetewa, Diane |
First Native American woman to serve as federal judge |
Hydra Cluster |
Galaxy cluster |
I Know It When I See It |
Legal phrase about obscenity |
Ibn Ali, Hasaan |
American jazz pianist |
Ibn Gabirol, Solomon |
Medieval Jewish philosopher |
Icaro |
Traditional South American songs |
Iceberg Flipped Over |
Phenomenon of flipped iceberg |
Incorporeality |
State of having no physical body |
Indiana Women’s Prison |
First women’s prison in Indiana |
Infinitesimal |
Infinitely small quantity |
Invisible Archives of the Portuguese Dictatorship |
Secret archives from Portuguese dictatorship |
Javan Tiger |
Extinct tiger species |
Johnson, Katherine |
NASA mathematician |
Johnson, Marsha P. |
American LGBTQ+ rights activist |
Jordan, Barbara |
American politician and civil rights leader |
Kincaid, Jamaica |
Antiguan-American writer |
King Tubby |
Jamaican sound engineer |
Kingdom of Benin |
Pre-colonial African kingdom |
Kitanemuk |
Indigenous people of California |
Koch Snowflake |
Mathematical curve |
Kryptopterus Vitreolus |
Glass catfish species |
Lacks, Henrietta |
Woman whose cells were used for medical research |
Lamarr, Hedy |
Austrian-American actress and inventor |
Latimer, Lewis Howard |
African-American inventor and draftsman |
Lawrence Jr., Robert Henry |
First African-American astronaut |
Leavitt, Henrietta Swan |
American astronomer |
Leers, Luisita |
German trapeze artist |
Leschi, Chief |
Leader of the Nisqually people |
Lewis, John Robert |
American civil rights leader |
Lion of Judah |
Symbol in Rastafarian movement |
Little, Louise Helen |
Mother of Malcolm X |
Liu Xiaobo |
Chinese human rights activist and Nobel laureate |
Louverture, Toussaint |
Leader of the Haitian Revolution |
Macaroni and Cheese |
Popular comfort food |
Malcolm X |
African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist |
Manzolini, Anna Morandi |
Italian anatomist and sculptor |
Maroons |
Communities of escaped slaves |
Mascarene Parrot |
Extinct parrot species |
McKinney, Nina Mae |
African-American actress |
Micheaux, Oscar |
African-American filmmaker and author |
Miller, Kelly |
African-American mathematician and sociologist |
Minos |
Mythical king of Crete |
Mokèlé-Mbèmbé |
Legendary water-dwelling creature |
Moondog |
American composer and musician |
Morris, Lawrence Douglas "Butch" |
American cornetist and composer |
Nagamasa, Yamada |
Japanese adventurer and samurai |
Négritude |
Literary and ideological movement |
Negro American Labor Council |
African-American labor organization |
Newton’s Parakeet |
Extinct parrot species |
Niño, Pedro Alonso |
Spanish explorer of African descent |
Norgay, Tenzing |
Sherpa mountaineer who first reached Mount Everest summit |
Nzinga, Queen Ana |
17th-century African queen |
Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
American city significant in the Manhattan Project |
Oba of Benin |
Title for the ruler of the Kingdom of Benin |
Onilova, Nina Andreyevna |
Soviet sniper in World War II |
Patent Racism |
Systemic exclusion in intellectual property law |
Payton Jr., Philip A. |
African-American real estate entrepreneur |
Peopleless Protest |
Demonstration without participants |
Péralte, Charlemagne Masséna |
Haitian nationalist leader |
Peters, Thomas |
African-American leader of the Black Loyalists |
Phoolan Devi |
Indian bandit and politician |
Pindling, Sir Lynden Oscar |
First Prime Minister of the Bahamas |
Powers, Harriet |
African-American folk artist and quilt maker |
Qiu Jin |
Chinese revolutionary and feminist |
Quagga |
Extinct subspecies of plains zebra |
Quantum Gravity |
Field of theoretical physics |
Reparations |
Compensation for past injustices |
Rohingya Genocide |
Ongoing genocide against the Rohingya people |
Russell, Ophlin |
Reggae musician, better known as “I-Roy” |
Sage Philosophy |
African philosophical tradition |
Sailing Alone Around the World |
Book by Joshua Slocum |
Sao Zheng Yi |
Ancient Chinese philosopher |
Seacole, Mary |
Jamaican nurse and businesswoman |
Selassie, Haile |
Emperor of Ethiopia |
Severus, Septimius |
Roman emperor |
Simone, Nina |
American singer and civil rights activist |
Smalls, Robert |
African-American Civil War hero and politician |
Straughan, Jane |
English suffragette and social reformer |
Su Song |
Chinese polymath |
Subaltern |
Concept in postcolonial studies |
Sykes-Picot Agreement |
Secret 1916 agreement between Britain and France |
Taweret |
Ancient Egyptian goddess |
Taylor, George Edwin |
African-American politician |
Temple, Lewis |
African-American blacksmith and inventor |
Temple of Baalshamin |
Ancient temple in Syria |
Tereshkova, Valentina |
First woman in space |
Terrell, Mary Church |
African-American civil rights activist |
Tharpe, Rosetta |
Gospel singer and guitarist |
The Spook Who Sat by the Door |
Novel by Sam Greenlee |
Thylacine |
Extinct carnivorous marsupial |
Tokyo Reels |
Collection of radical Japanese films |
Tongva Language |
Language of the Tongva people |
Tubman, Harriet |
American abolitionist and political activist |
Tupinambá |
Indigenous people of Brazil |
Unionville, Nevada |
Ghost town in Nevada |
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League |
Black nationalist fraternal organization |
Unknown Unknowns |
Concept in risk management |
Van Der Zee, James |
American photographer |
Vasubandhu |
Indian Buddhist philosopher |
Walcott, Derek |
Saint Lucian poet and playwright |
Wari Kayán |
Indigenous people of the Amazon |
Wheatley, Phillis |
First published African-American poet |
Wheaton, John Francis |
African-American lawyer and politician |
Williams, Mercy |
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Wills, Frank |
Security guard who discovered Watergate break-in |
Wollstonecraft, Mary |
English writer and advocate of women's rights |
Woodson, Carter Godwin |
Father of Black History Month |
Woolly Rhinoceros |
Extinct species of rhinoceros |
World Institute on Disability |
Nonprofit organization promoting accessibility |
Wu Zetian |
Only female emperor of China |
Xaghra Stone Circle |
Prehistoric archaeological site in Malta |
Xerces Blue |
Extinct species of butterfly |
Yalow, Rosalyn |
American medical physicist |
Yasuke |
African samurai in Japan |
Yates, Josephine Silone |
African-American educator and writer |
Zombie |
Mythical undead being |
Zoo Hypothesis |
Hypothesis in the search for extraterrestrial life |