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Paschal Beverly Randolph
Paschal Beverly Randolph 0000000080818187 The Mystical Black Genius Time Erased Paschal Beverly Randolph was a key figure in African-American history, renowned for his work as an author, spiritual lea...
Tamkara Adun
Tamkara Adun NONE Tamkara Adun is a Nigerian author, researcher, and historian specializing in indigenous African history. She founded ỌdúnìfẹÌ, a platform for teaching African history and lan...
Mavis C. Campbell
Mavis C. Campbell NONE Mavis C. Campbell was a renowned historian noted for her work on Caribbean and African diaspora history. Her research focused on the history of slavery, emancipation, and post-...
Quintard Taylor
Quintard Taylor 0000000114391610 AALBC Truly Mourns the Lost of Quintard Taylor Quintard Taylor, a Professor of American History, specializes in African American history with over three decades of exp...
Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson 0000000108766551 “Only when lions have historians will hunters cease being heroes.” —African Proverb Carter G. Woodson, the son of former slaves, became a renowned scholar, earning a...
Edward E. Baptist
Edward E. Baptist 0000000039584833 Edward E. Baptist, born 1970, is a Professor of History at Cornell University. His expertise lies in the history of 19th-century USA, particularly the South and the...
Shane White
Shane White 0000000453091911 “…my main research interests are in African American history and in the history of New York City.” Shane White, a distinguished Professor of History at ...
Kevin McGruder
Kevin McGruder 0000000071766805 Kevin McGruder is an Assistant Professor of History at Antioch College with interests in African American institutions, urban history, and gay and lesbian history. He ...
National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture MULTIPLE The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), established by Congress in 2003, is devoted to documenting Afric...
Daina Ramey Berry
Daina Ramey Berry 0000000035859190 Dr. Daina Ramey Berry is an award-winning historian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in gender and slavery history in the US. A Dist...
Alaina E. Roberts
Alaina E. Roberts NONE Alaina E. Roberts, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in Black and Native American history. She holds a Doctorate from In...
Dorothy Elizabeth Love
Dorothy Elizabeth Love NONE Dorothy 'Dottie' Love is a renowned author and motivational speaker, known for her writing workshops. With a background in Computer Science and International Business, she...
Timothy George
Timothy George 0000000083235956 Detroit-born author Timothy George, renowned for his deep fascination with African-American history, adeptly combines education with entertainment in his novels. His e...
Melvin Patrick Ely
Melvin Patrick Ely 0000000030403653 Melvin Patrick Ely is an acclaimed author and historian specializing in African American and Southern history. His prize-winning book, 'Israel on the Appomattox', ...
Joshua Clark Davis
Joshua Clark Davis NONE Joshua Clark Davis is a history professor at the University of Baltimore, specializing in 20th-century American history, capitalism, and social movements. He's also a public a...
Larry Eugene Rivers
Larry Eugene Rivers NONE Dr. Larry E. Rivers is a distinguished educator with degrees from Fort Valley State College, Villanova University, Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of London. H...
Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross MULTIPLE Daina Ramey Berry, a History Professor and associate dean at the University of Texas, and Kali Nicole Gross, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Histo...
Burnett Kwadwo Gallman
Burnett Kwadwo Gallman NONE Burnett Kwadwo Gallman, a native of Hartsville, SC, is a medical graduate from Hahnemann Medical College. As a physician, his research aims to eliminate racial health disp...
Kimberly Brown Pellum
Kimberly Brown Pellum NONE Kimberly Brown Pellum is a renowned author, historian, and professor, known for her expertise in African American history and culture. She has an extensive background in ed...
David Greenberg
David Greenberg 0000000071453622 David Greenberg is an author and professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University and a frequent commentator on historical and political...
Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Steven Conn, Daniela Edmeier, and Damarius Johnson
Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Steven Conn, Daniela Edmeier, and Damarius Johnson MULTIPLE Daniela Edmeier is a Managing Editor of Picturing Black History. She is a PhD Candidate in History at The Ohio Stat...
Bettye Collier-Thomas
Bettye Collier-Thomas 0000000122788183 Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas is professor of American history at Temple University. Her scholarship includes American social and cultural history, African American...
Edda L. Fields-Black
Edda L. Fields-Black 0000000072551101 Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is an associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University and a specialist in the history of the African diaspora. She has cond...
Freddie E. Taylor
Freddie E. Taylor NONE Freddie E. Taylor is a dynamic entrepreneur, speaker, passionate history enthusiast, and dedicated philanthropist who has made a significant impact in the field of Black histo...
Robin Walker
Robin Walker 000000006356551X Robin Walker is a London-born author and editor known for his work on Black history and culture. He co-edited the influential Black Community Reports and authored books ...
Arlisha Norwood
Arlisha Norwood NONE Arlisha Norwood is committed to engaging a broader audience and transmitting her love of history through innovative and exciting methods. Arlisha R. Norwood received her Ph.D. in...
Bettina L. Love
Bettina L. Love 0000000382566747 Dr. Bettina L. Love, a prominent educator at Columbia University and bestselling author, is recognized for her influential work in anti-racism and social justice. Co-...
Blair L.M. Kelley
Blair L.M. Kelley NONE Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D. is a renowned author, historian, and scholar of the African American experience. She is the seventh president of the National Humanities Center, the onl...
Talitha L. LeFlouria
Talitha L. LeFlouria 0000000446216288 Talitha L. LeFlouria is an award-winning historian whose work centers Black women’s lived experiences within systems of forced labor, punishment, and resistance....
Harold G. Marcus
Harold G. Marcus NONE Harold G. Marcus was a notable professor of History and African Studies at Michigan State University. He is renowned for his works on Ethiopian history and politics, including '...
History Titans
History Titans NONE History Titans specializes in crafting brief and informative educational content focused on various historical events. History Titans creates a variety of concise historical educa...
Marcia Chatelain
Marcia Chatelain 0000000437275251 Dr. Marcia Chatelain, a history professor at Georgetown University, specializes in African-American history, women’s, and public studies. An alumna of the University...
Kathy Trusty
Kathy Trusty NONE Kathy Trusty is an independent historian and a Black history educator. She has been conducting presentations, creating displays, and producing Black history programs for more than 2...
Craig Steven Wilder
Craig Steven Wilder 0000000055180126 Craig Steven Wilder began his career as a community organizer in the South Bronx. He provides curricular and professional development workshops with public s...
David Levering Lewis
David Levering Lewis 0000000121202232 David Levering Lewis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor and historian at New York University. He has written extensively on American civil rights history and ...
Ray Anthony Shepard
Ray Anthony Shepard 0000000084780219 “As a fifth-grader in Nebraska, I was one of the few Black students in the class, and when American slavery was taught I was embarrassed by the topic.”...
Benjamin Brawley
Benjamin Brawley 000000010856022X Benjamin G. Brawley was a prominent author and educator, born in 1882. He earned degrees from Morehouse College, University of Chicago, and Harvard. Brawley taught E...
J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith 0000000117420835 J.T. Smith, a New Jersey-born author, developed a passion for reading and history at an early age. His interest in Black History and the Harlem Renaissance influenced his ...
Khalil G. Muhammad
Khalil G. Muhammad 0000000119521226 Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, is a renowned historian, author, and scholar. He has held positi...
Tanisha C. Ford
Tanisha C. Ford 0000000394524085 Tanisha C. Ford, a renowned writer, researcher, and cultural critic, specializes in Black style/fashion history and social movements. Recognized as one of The Root's ...
Judith Tick
Judith Tick 000000008391588X Judith Tick, a renowned professor emerita of music history at Northeastern University, is recognized for her award-winning work in American music and women's history in m...
Carolyn A. Brown and Paul E. Lovejoy
Carolyn A. Brown and Paul E. Lovejoy MULTIPLE Carolyn A. Brown, Associate Professor of History, Senior Editor of International Labor and Working Class History, and former Director of African Studies...
Claudia Tomlinson
Claudia Tomlinson NONE Claudia Tomlinson is a writer and researcher on Guyanese, Caribbean, African, and Black British History and Politics. She has a Ph.D. in History and is an Associate Fellow of t...
LaShawn Harris
LaShawn Harris 0000000453921807 Dr. LaShawn D. Harris is an associate professor of history at Michigan State University, the former managing and book review editor for the Journal of African America...
jkm Mbdw
jkm Mbdw NONE jkm Mbdw is not a professional writer, and he does not want to be. History of Creation: The Announcement is his first book, and there may not be a second. He has a master’s degree, ...
Louise Borden
Louise Borden 0000000067578502 Louise Borden, a Cincinnati native, is a history enthusiast turned writer and speaker, inspired by her grandmother's love for history. Prior to writing, she worked in e...
Mother Love and Tonya Bolden
Mother Love and Tonya Bolden MULTIPLE Mother Love and Tonya Bolden are renowned authors, known for their engaging and insightful works. Mother Love, a popular TV personality, combined her wit and wis...
Anthony Ray Hinton, with Lara Love Hardin
Anthony Ray Hinton, with Lara Love Hardin MULTIPLE Anthony Ray Hinton, partnered with Lara Love Hardin, is a renowned author who combines his personal life experiences and writing prowess to create i...
Venus Evans-Winters and Bettina L. Love
Venus Evans-Winters and Bettina L. Love MULTIPLE Venus Evans-Winters and Bettina L. Love are renowned authors, focusing on educational equity, social justice and youth empowerment. Both have their wo...
Starr T. Balmer
Starr T. Balmer NONE Starr T. Balmer, a senior editor at a marketing agency and owner of two businesses, is a passionate writer with a BA in Journalism from California State University. She developed...
Lisa Watson
Lisa Watson NONE Lisa Watson is a national bestselling author based in Washington D.C., known for her work in diverse romance genres. Her debut novel was nominated for Best Contemporary Fiction, and ...
Regena Bryant
Regena Bryant NONE Author Regena Bryant honored a pact with her nephew, resulting in three contemporary women's fiction novels with romantic elements. Her works explore the complexity of love in mode...
Anthony Ray Hinton, with Lara Love Hardin and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Anthony Ray Hinton, with Lara Love Hardin and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich MULTIPLE Anthony Ray Hinton, alongside Lara Love Hardin and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, are notable authors known for th...
Dana Bari
Dana Bari NONE Dana Bari is a romance author whose love of storytelling grew from years of reading romance and historical fiction—and from a desire to see more stories that reflect her own stage of ...
Hester Bass
Hester Bass NONE Hester Bass, an award-winning author, was influenced by her upbringing near Atlanta and time in Mississippi. Her diverse experiences, from singing in a rock band to appearing on game...
John Duggle
John Duggle NONE Author bio: “Samuel Adams is a renowned historian and professor at the University of Harvard. He has authored over 30 books on American history, many of which have become bestsellers...
William Jelani Cobb
William Jelani Cobb 0000000034332610 William Jelani Cobb, Ph.D., is an accomplished author, educator, and journalist specializing in post-Civil War African American history and 20th-century American ...
Khalid el-Hakim
Khalid el-Hakim NONE Khalid Hussein El-Hakim is the founder of the Black History 101 Mobile Museum. His mission is to elevate human consciousness by sharing African American history and achievements ...
Calvin Stovall Jr.
Calvin Stovall Jr. NONE Calvin Stovall Jr.’s interest in Black history began early, sparked by a large book of historically influential African Americans that his mother gave him. While in elementar...
Terry Alford
Terry Alford 0000000058885607 Terry Alford is an award-winning author and historian specializing in American history, race relations, and the Civil War era. He earned a Ph.D. in history from Mississ...
Joseph E. Harris
Joseph E. Harris 0000000021360081 Joseph E. Harris, a history professor at Howard University, is a renowned author of numerous academic books on African history. He resides in Silver Spring, Maryland...
Jill Watts
Jill Watts 0000000036116073 Jill Watts is an Associate History Professor at California State University, San Marcos. She has held roles as the Director of the History Department and Co-Director of th...
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 0000000081580430 Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is a Harvard University professor specializing in History and Afro-American Studies. She also serves as the editor of the Harvar...
Thomas Aiello
Thomas Aiello 0000000065418150 Thomas Aiello is a history and African American studies professor at Valdosta State University, Georgia. He has authored books on artistic activism, cultural history of...
Leslie M. Alexander
Leslie M. Alexander NONE Leslie M. Alexander is a history associate professor at Arizona State University, known for her works on Black identity and political activism, as well as being the coeditor ...
Velma Maia Thomas
Velma Maia Thomas NONE Velma Maia Thomas is an award-winning author known for her nonfiction books on African American history. She is also the creator of the Black Holocaust Exhibit. With degrees fr...
Dinah Johnson
Dinah Johnson NONE Dinah Johnson is a renowned author in children's literature, particularly in African American storytelling. Her books, which include titles like Hair Dance! and Sitting Pretty, cel...
Richard B. Moore
Richard B. Moore 0000000082432341 Moore was an early advocate for the use of “African American” as opposed to “Negro” or “Black.” Richard Benjamin Moore was an infl...
Manu Ampim
Manu Ampim NONE Professor Manu Ampim is a first-hand researcher specializing in African and African American history. With a Master's degree in History/African American Studies, he is known for expan...
Charles L. Blockson
Charles L. Blockson 0000000082151240 Charles L. Blockson, a renowned black studies scholar and author, amassed one of the world's largest private collections of African American history. His signific...
Dorothy Porter
Dorothy Porter 0000000109214185 Dorothy Louise Porter Wesley was a noted bibliographer and librarian at Howard University. She played a key role in the creation of the world-class Moorland-Spingarn R...
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Erica Armstrong Dunbar 0000000385592537 Erica Armstrong Dunbar is a Professor of Black Studies and History at the University of Delaware and a distinguished lecturer. She was the first director of Af...
Ric Murphy
Ric Murphy NONE Ric Murphy, an award-winning author and historian from Boston, specializes in genealogical research and African American history. With a family lineage dating back to early colonial A...
Mark Makabi
Mark Makabi NONE Mark Makabi is an accomplished author from Brockton, Massachusetts, who is passionate about education, justice, religion, and history. The seventh of ten children, Makabi founded Bit...
Jabari Osaze, Author, Historian, and Lecturer
Jabari Osaze, Author, Historian, and Lecturer MULTIPLE Jabari Osaze is an expert in Ancient African history, with over 25 years of focus on Ancient Kemetic spirituality. He conducts annual study tour...
Jamarhl Crawford
Jamarhl Crawford NONE Jamarhl Crawford, also known as UNO The Prophet, is a Boston-based artist and poet deeply rooted in the city's Black communities. Coming from a family rich in artistic history, ...
Glenda R. Taylor
Glenda R. Taylor 0000000034034410 Glenda R. Taylor is a blind author, scholar, critic and cultural historian who overcame her disability to intensify her studies. She holds a M.A. degree in History a...
J. A. Rogers
J. A. Rogers NONE Joel Augustus Rogers was a self-taught Jamaican author, journalist, and historian who greatly contributed to African and African American history. His work challenged racial ideas, ...
W. Caleb McDaniel
W. Caleb McDaniel 0000000375916227 W. Caleb McDaniel is a History Associate Professor at Rice University and magister of Duncan College. His 2019 book, Sweet Taste of Liberty, won the 2020 Pulitzer P...
Judy Allen Dodson
Judy Allen Dodson NONE Judy Allen Dodson is an award-winning librarian, archivist, and children's author dedicated to teaching Black History through stories of unsung heroes. She serves as a regional...
Bernard O. Creamer
Bernard O. Creamer NONE Bernard O. Creamer, Jr. M.ED is an educator and advocate committed to uplifting Black youth through teaching them their history and culture. His work aims to connect children ...
Eddie Faye Gates
Eddie Faye Gates NONE Eddie Faye Gates, a former history teacher and education consultant, served on the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot. A graduate from the University of North Dako...
Cristi Smith-Jones
Cristi Smith-Jones NONE Cristi Smith-Jones, a stay-at-home mom turned amateur photographer, creatively combines art and history for her daughters in Kent, WA. Inspired by her late grandmother, the fi...
Shannen Dee Williams
Shannen Dee Williams NONE Dr. Shannen Dee Williams is an acclaimed scholar on African American topics and Black Catholicism. An Associate Professor at the University of Dayton, she authored the book ...
LaShonda Katrice Barnett
LaShonda Katrice Barnett 0000000384767200 LaShonda Katrice Barnett is a renowned author and educator, known for her trilogy of plays and debut novel, “Jam on the Vine.” Twice nominated for the Pushca...
Manning Marable
Manning Marable 0000000121475054 William Manning Marable (1950-2011) was a renowned professor of public affairs, history, and African-American Studies. He held positions at several universities, incl...
Viola Ford Fletcher
Viola Ford Fletcher NONE ”Every day, I have lived through the massacre. While our country may forget this history, I cannot.” Viola Ford Fletcher, born in 1907, is a notable figure in Afri...
Winston James
Winston James 0000000042945281 Winston James, a renowned professor at the University of California, Irvine, specializes in Caribbean and African American history. His significant works include in-dep...
Donovan X. Ramsey
Donovan X. Ramsey NONE Donovan X. Ramsey is a renowned journalist and author, known for his deep analysis of U.S. history, social justice, and racial inequality. His impactful writing illuminates und...
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall 0000000109992032 Rebecca Hall, JD, PhD, is a scholar, activist, and educator specializing in history, law, and intersectional feminist theory. A Berkeley Law graduate, she worked for low...
Dharathula H. Millender
Dharathula H. Millender NONE Dharathula H. Millender, also known as “Dolly,” was a librarian, educator, author, and historian from Terre Haute, Indiana, best known for preserving the history of Gary,...
Joel Christian Gill
Joel Christian Gill NONE Joel Christian Gill, chairman of Strange Fruit Comics, is known for his award-winning graphic novels which focus on uncelebrated narratives from Black History. Apart from his...
Waldo E. Martin Jr.
Waldo E. Martin Jr. 0000000084102442 Waldo E. Martin Jr. is the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of American History and Citizenship at the University of California, Berkeley. Waldo E. Mart...
Chris Webber
Chris Webber 0000000031515227 Chris Webber was a five-time All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection. In a career that spanned fifteen seasons, Webber is one of five NBA players to average at least ...
Bennett Parten
Bennett Parten NONE Bennett Parten is an assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University whose area of expertise is the Civil War period. He is a native of Royston, Georgia, and complet...
Brandon Kilbourne
Brandon Kilbourne NONE Brandon Kilbourne is a Pushcart-nominated poet and biologist, whose work has appeared in Poet Lore, Obsidian, Ecotone, Terrain.org, West Trade Review, Split Rock Review, and n...
Barbara D. Savage
Barbara D. Savage 0000000108618153 Barbara Dianne Savage (born 1953) is an acclaimed author, historian, and the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of Africana Stud...
Herbert S McKinney
Herbert S McKinney NONE Herbert S. McKinney is a Florida Atlantic University graduate with a degree in interdisciplinary studies and a minor in political science. He’s also spent some time worki...
Matthew F. Delmont
Matthew F. Delmont 0000000356157878 Matthew F. Delmont is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College. An expert on African American history and the history of ...
Tamecca S. Rogers and London Love
Tamecca S. Rogers and London Love MULTIPLE Tamecca S. Rogers and London Love are renowned authors known for their captivating storytelling. Their works span across various genres, engaging readers wo...