Bill Richmond, a.k.a. the “Black Terror”, was the first African-American to be labeled an international “prizefighter.” Born a slave in the area that is now…
Ben Tucker was a well-known musician in Savannah, Georgia who stood tall with his bass he named “Bertha”, an instrument Tucker claims to be 240…
Cathay Williams was the first African American woman to enlist and be documented as a soldier in the U.S. Army. Williams posed as a man…
Bisa French was a single mother who became a cop at age 22. After years of struggling to provide her son with a good life,…
Ruby McCollum was the richest black woman in Live Oak, Florida, in the 1940’s. She was married to known racketeer, “Bolita” Sam. In 1952, McCollum,…
Ruth Lucas was the first African-American woman to be promoted to colonel in the U.S Air Force. She joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in…
John Shippen was the first black person to play professional golf. Shippen, who was half black and Indian, lived on the reservation with others in…
King Alfonso I, also referred to as “the Apostle of the Kongo,” served as King of the Kongo in Africa from the early part of…
Artist John Biggers has been called, “a canvas master of the human condition.” He was born to a poor family of nine in Gastonia, North…
NOTE: This topic was submitted by (Ret.)Sergeant First Class Timothy McCoy. The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit…
Grammy Award Winner Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten (born Elizabeth Nevills) was a black American blues guitarist who invented “cotten picking.” She picked the guitar strings with…
John Horse, also known as Juan Caballo, Juan Cavallo, John Cowaya or “Gopher John,” was a black Seminole warrior and military advisor to Osceola. His…
