Akosua Report: Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta
“I would like to be in a position where I can be of use to my race.” - Letter from Alexander...
Akosua Report: William Dawson
"Politics with me is a full- time business, it is not a hobby to be worked on in leisure hours, it’s...
Akosua Report: Eric Eustace Williams
I was born here, and here I stay, with the people of Trinidad & Tobago, who educated me free of charge...
Akosua Report: Hiram R. Revels
written by Akosua Lowery
In 1870, Hiram R. Revels (R-Miss.), became the first black member of the United States Senate as he...
Akosua Report: Josephine Baker
When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually...
Akosua Report: Percy Julian
“…may I humbly submit to you, the only thing that has enabled me to do the creative work, was the constant...
Akosua Report: Joel Augustus Rogers
"Intellect, whether of civilized or uncivilized humanity, as you know, sir, is elastic in quality. That is, primitive man when transplanted...
Akosua Report: Martin R. Delany
"Your masters who lived in opulence, kept you to hard work by some contemptible being called overseer-who chastised and beat you...
Akosua Report: Ida B. Wells-Barnett
“The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free...
Akosua Report: Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
'Bury me where the grasses grow
Below the weeping willow trees
To let their branches shed upon me
Leaves of varied greens.
Then, as I...