Asia – Saudi Arabia
The Trans-Saharan Salt and Gold Trade (500 BCE-1800 AD)
The Trans-Saharan Salt and Gold Trade was the major economic and cultural exchange between North Africa and West Africa, beginning...
Wesley Parish Hunt (1981-)
Wesley Parish Hunt, a Republican member of Congress from Texas, was born on November 13, 1981, in Houston, Texas, to...
Claudine Gay (1970-)
On December 17, 2022, Dr. Claudine Gay was appointed president of Harvard University. She became the first Black president in...
Kurtis Blow/Kurt Walker (1959- )
Legendary rapper, composer, actor, and activist Kurtis Blow was born on August 9, 1959, in Harlem, New York, as Kurt...
Shawna Rochelle (Ng A Qui) Kimbrell (1976- )
Lieutenant Colonel Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first African American female fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Kimbrell...
Sankore Mosque and University (c. 1100- )
Sankore Mosque and University is the oldest continuously-operating institution of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is believed that the...
Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi (580-640)
Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi was a loyal Sahabah (companion) to the Prophet Muhammad and thus one of the earliest converts...
Sundiata Keita (1210?-1255?)
Sundiata (Sunjata) Keita was a West African political leader who would become the founder and first ruler of the Mali Empire in medieval West Africa....
Miles K. Davis (1960- )
Miles K. Davis is the first black educator to become president of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Davis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1960....
