Caribbean – West Indies
Wilmont A. Barclay (1877-1944)
Wilmont A. Barclay, a professional escape artist, mind reader, and hypnotist, was one of the most successful Black magicians of...
Jacob Vanderpool (1820-188?)
Jacob Vanderpool was the only person known to have been legally expelled from Oregon on the basis of its anti-Black...
Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (1889-1987)
Composer, conductor, and flutist Alton Augustus Adams, Sr., was born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, the Danish West Indies, on...
The Fireburn Labor Riot, Virgin Islands (1878)
Chattel slavery was practiced in the Danish West Indies from around 1650 until July 3, 1848, when Colonial Governor Peter...
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...
Derek Walcott (1930-2017)
A professor, poet, and playwright of English, Dutch, and African descent, Derek Walcott was a 1981 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant...
John Raymond Jones (1899–1991)
John Raymond Jones, also known as the Harlem Fox, was a Harlem politician and the first African American to lead...
Charles A. James (1922- )
Ambassador Charles A. James was born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he attended...
Emmanuel Francis Joseph (1900–1979)
“Image Ownership: Oakland Public Library & African American Museum” Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer...
