Europe – Denmark
Olga (Ollie) Burgoyne (1879-1974)
Olga “Ollie” Burgoyne, also known as Ollie Burgoyne-Calloway, was a singer and dancer specializing in Russian and other ethnic dances....
Arabella Fields (1879-1933)
Arabella Fields was a singer and actress known as “The Black Nightingale” and had a storied career performing in Europe....
The Fireburn Labor Riot, Virgin Islands (1878)
Chattel slavery was practiced in the Danish West Indies from around 1650 until July 3, 1848, when Colonial Governor Peter...
Nine Minutes in May: How George Floyd’s Death Shook the World
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the article below, California State University, Fresno, History and Africana Studies professor Malik Simba briefly examines the life and...
Rafael Payare (1980- )
World-class symphony conductor Rafael Payare was born February 23, 1980 in the northern port city of Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela,...
Zindziswa Mandela-Hlongwane (1960-2020)
Zindziswa “Zindzi” Mandela was born on December 23, 1960 in Soweto Township near the South African city of Johannesburg to...
Alberta Hunter and the Rhythm Rascals in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II
In the following article independent historian Charles Kastner describes the 1944-1945 tour of Alberta Hunter and the Rhythm Rascals who...
Cyril Michael (1898-1978)
In 1965, Cyril Michael became one of the first four judges to be elected in the newly instituted Municipal Court systems established...
Emile Alphonse Griffith (1938-2013)
Professional boxer Emile Griffith was born February 3, 1938 on the island of St. Thomas, in the United States Virgin Islands. He moved...
