People of great achievement
KWAME TURE Kwame Ture, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent figure in the American civil rights movement and a staunch advocate for Pan-Africanism. His life was marked by his unyielding fight for racial equality. He transformed from a civil rights leader to a Pan-African revolutionary, and his influential ideas continue to resonate in […]
The Extraordinary Life of George Polgreen Bridgetower George Polgreen Bridgetower was a successful violinist and composer, who gave the first performance of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ violin sonata. *This photo is not a true likeness of George Bridgetower* Bridgetower was born in Poland in 1778. His father was from the Caribbean and his mother was from Germany.
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Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize. Date of birth: 7th June 1917 Place of birth: Kansas, USA Achievement: First American African to receive a
Strength in struggle. First of all, it removes us from a sense of ourselves as only individuals. It allows us to imagine ourselves as a part of something much larger. It gestures toward the future at the same time as it allows us to imagine ourselves as the product of the imagination, of the collective
