Among the negroes of the country the Bishop holds a prominent place. Besides his high position in the Methodist church he is a member of the advisory board of the National Republican Committee and is a trustee of the United Society of Christian Endeavor.
Blyden's journey began when in 1850, as a teenager withouth family or friends, he emigrated to Liberia in West Africa from America. From the moment of his first exposure to Africans living on African soil, he began to construct a vision of Africa
On January 1, 1915 John Henrik Clarke was born in Union Square, Alabama. He had many siblings and this was similar to the idea of a traditional "African family".
As an adult, Gabriel Prosser would herald the cause of independence for himself and for all slaves. It was a cause for which he was willing to take the most extreme measures.
Richard Allen was born a slave boy to Benjamin Chew of Philadelphia, in February 14, 1760. His mother and father, and four children were sold to Delaware state near Cover. He lived there until he was twenty. He was saved and accepted Christ at that time.
Dr. James Billington, Librarian, Library of Congress has named her "librarian extraordinaire". She referred to herself as "a bibliomaniac". She was also known as a keeper of the keys to the African-American's diaspora, bibliophile
Part African, part Natick Indian (Attuck meant deer in Natick). Tall, brawny, with a look that was enough to terrify any person’ (as John Adams, America’s second president, described him), he was an imposing man. Having worked whaling and cargo ships out
