North America-St. Kitts and Nevis

Robert Charles O’Hara Benjamin (1855-1900)
Robert Charles O’Hara Benjamin, also known as R.C.O. Benjamin, was a Caribbean-born political activist, newspaper editor, minister, poet, teacher, author,...
June 4th, 2024

Timothy Harris (1964- )
Timothy Sylvester Harris is a politician from St Kitts and Nevis and the current Prime Minister of the island nation...
May 26th, 2022

Sir Kennedy Simmonds (1936- )
Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds is a St Kitts and Nevis politician who served as the first Prime Minister of St...
May 15th, 2022

Susan L. Taylor (1946 – )
Magazine editor Susan L. Taylor was born in Harlem, New York on January 23, 1946. Her parents, Lawrence, from St....
April 1st, 2020

Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy (1648- )
Gustavia is the capital and main seaport of the island of Saint Barthélemy, also known as “St. Bart’s.” The Caribbean...
March 15th, 2020

John Leerdam (1961- )
John Leerdam is an Afro-Dutch politician and theater director. Leerdam was born to African-descended parents on July 23, 1961 in...
December 18th, 2018

Larry L. Palmer (1949- )
On November 1, 2011, President Barack H. Obama appointed Larry L. Palmer the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the...
February 23rd, 2015

Roland Wentworth Boniface Bullen (1944- )
Roland Wentworth Bullen was born on Carriacou, one of the six islands that comprise the nation of Grenada. The product...
January 28th, 2015

The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )
The Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn, New York was originally established by a group of black Episcopalians in 1838. ...
March 21st, 2014