Aesop, an ancient and famous Black storyteller, was born on this day around 620 BC. Aesop is known for his stories, which are called "Aesop's...
Category: Literature
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Sun, 0620-10-28
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Sat, 1711-10-17
Jupiter Hammonm a black poet and the first published black writer in America, was born on this date in 1711.
Hammon served several...
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Thu, 1729-06-30
The birth of Ignatius Sancho, a Black writer, in 1729 is celebrated on this date. He was born on a slave ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean from...
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Mon, 1730-10-23
The birth of Lucy Terry, abolitionist, poet, and skilled orator, in 1730 is celebrated on this date. Although she was not a lawyer, she argued a...
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Fri, 1745-03-12
*On this date in 1745, we remember the birth of Olaudah Equiano, an African slave, and author.
From Nigeria, Equiano, also known as (...
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Wed, 1753-07-11
This date celebrates the birth of Phyllis Wheatley in 1753. She was a Black poet and one of the first Black woman poets recognized in the United...
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Fri, 1793-02-15
*The birth of Austin Steward in 1793 is celebrated on this date. He was a Black slave, businessman, administrator and biographer of his life as a...
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Sat, 1797-03-25
*The birth of George Moses Horton in 1797 is celebrated on this date. He was a Black poet, and publisher.
Born in Northampton County, N.C...
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Wed, 1799-02-06
*The birth of Alexander Pushkin in 1799 is celebrated on this date. He was a Black Russian poet and the great-grandson of Abraham Hannibal, an...
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Sat, 1802-07-24
Alexandre Dumas was born on this date in 1802. He was a Black European who was one of the more prolific writers in the 19th century theater world...
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Mon, 1805-07-29
Alexis de Tocqueville was born this date in 1805. He was a French journalist and abolitionist writer.
He was born in Paris to Herve-...
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Wed, 1815-05-10
This date marks the birth of Henry Bibb in 1815. He was a Black author, editor, abolitionist, and advocate of emigration from the United States...
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Fri, 1820-08-11
*The birth of Ann Plato around 1820 is celebrated on this date. She was a nineteenth century black educator and author.
Plato was born...
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Tue, 1825-03-15
*Harriet Wilson was born on this date in1825. She was a black slave and author.
Harriet E. "Hattie" Adams Wilson was born in Milford,...
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Sat, 1825-09-24
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born on this date in 1825. She was a Black poet, writer, and lecturer, as well as an anti-slavery, women's...
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Mon, 1826-04-03
*On this date in 1826 James Bell was born. He was a black poet, laborer and abolitionist.
James Madison Bell was born in Gallipolis,...
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Mon, 1828-05-26
The birth of Lucy Ann Delaney, an African-American writer, in 1828 is celebrated on this date.
Lucy Ann Berry was born a slave in St....
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Thu, 1836-03-03
*Henry Clay Bruce was born on this date in 1836. He was a black writer.
Born a slave in Virginia, his mother told him he was born the...
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Sat, 1837-06-24
On this date the Registry celebrates African-American poetry.
Through their culture and work, Black poets, forced by a dominant culture...
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Sun, 1848-08-06
*Susan King Taylor was born on this date in 1848. She was a black writer.
Born a slave on the Grest Farm in Liberty County, Georgia, her...