This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Kwame Nkrumah, a Ghanaian nationalist leader who led the Gold Coast's drive for independence from Britain and presided over its emergence as the new nation of...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Leopold Senghor, a poet, teacher, and statesman, first president of Senegal, and a major proponent of the concept of Negritude. This site, rich in detail and...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Larry Holmes, an American heavyweight boxing champion of the late 1970s and early '80s who was known for his solid defense. This site, rich in detail and breadth...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Kenny Washington, one of the first African American college gridiron football stars on the West Coast and one of two black players to reintegrate the National...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features James Reese Europe, an American bandleader, arranger, composer, a major figure in the transition from ragtime to jazz. This site, rich in detail and breadth of...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Joe Frazier, an American world heavyweight boxing champion from February 16, 1970, when he knocked out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds in New York City, until January...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Julius Nyerere, the first prime minister of independent Tanganyika (1961), who became the first president of the new state of Tanzania (1964). Nyerere was also the...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features George Foreman, an American boxer who twice was the world heavyweight champion (1973-74, 1994-95). When Foreman regained the heavyweight title at age 45, he was...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Ike Turner, an American rhythm-and-blues and soul performer and producer who was best known for his work with Tina Turner. This site, rich in detail and breadth of...

Jack the Rapper (Jack Gibson) helped open the first African-American-owned radio station in the United States, WERD in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1949. Gibson learned about radio while working as a gofer for deejay Al Benson in Chicago. He...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Leon Spinks, an American boxer who won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and was the world heavyweight champion in 1978. He and Michael Spinks became the first...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Althea Gibson, an American tennis player who dominated women's competition in the late 1950s. She was the first black player to win the French (1956), Wimbledon...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Berry Gordy, Jr., an American businessman, founder of the Motown Record Corporation (1959), which became the most successful black-owned music company in the...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Archie Moore, an American boxer, world light-heavyweight champion from Dec. 17, 1952, when he defeated Joey Maxim in 15 rounds in St. Louis, Mo., until 1962, when...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History features Beyonce, an American singer-songwriter and actress who achieved fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B group Destiny's Child and then launched a...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Booker T. Washington, a educator and reformer, first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University), and...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States (1861-65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Aime Cesaire, a Martinican poet, playwright, and politician, who was cofounder with Leopold Sedar Senghor of Negritude, an influential movement to restore the...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Venus Williams, an American tennis player who-along with her sister Serena-redefined the sport with her strength and superb athleticism. This site, rich in detail...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Ernest Brown, an American tap dancer born April 25, 1916, Chicago, Ill. . This site, rich in detail and breadth of coverage, includes a wealth of information on...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Dennis Brutus, a poet whose works centre on his sufferings and those of his fellow blacks in South Africa. This site, rich in detail and breadth of coverage,...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Earl Lloyd, a basketball player who was the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This site, rich in detail and breadth of...

This entry from Encyclopaedia Britannica features Marian Wright Edelman, an American lawyer and civil rights activist who founded the Children's Defense Fund in 1973. This site, rich in detail and breadth of coverage, includes a video...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Percy Ellis Sutton, an American attorney, politician, and businessman born Nov. 24, 1920, San Antonio, Texas. This site, rich in detail and breadth of coverage, includes a wealth of...