Escaped slave, Araminta Ross, known as Harriet Tubman (between 1820 and 1825 – 1913) was a human rights activist, who participated in many ways in the fight against slavery and racism. The violence of the masters Araminta Ross was born between 1820 and 1825 on a plantation in Maryland (USA), to s
Annelies Marie Frank (1929-1945) , better known as Anne Frank, is world famous for her “Diary of Anne Frank” which chronicles the months her family spent in hiding from Nazism. Deported to Germany, Anne Frank died a few months before the German surrender. Moving to Amsterdam Born June 12, 1929 in
American inventor, Maria E. Beasley (born Kenny) has filed numerous patents for his designs. It is notably the origin of a lifeboat used on the Titanic, which saved many lives. Inventor Maria E. Kenny was born in Philadelphia in 1847. She was the daughter of a miller. A curious child, Maria is p
Belonging to an aristocratic family, Senghor studied in Senegal and obtained his baccalaureate. At the age of 22, he came to France for the first time to continue his studies in Paris, where he met Aimé Césaire. Passionate about French letters, he became a professor of classics and was the first Afr