The African Pharaohs Who Ruled Egypt

A fascinating article featured in National Geographic for the month of February entitled , “Black Pharaohs.” (click here to read the entire article) Robert Draper, the author of this piece, writes, “For 75 years Nubian kings ruled over ancient Egypt, reunifying the country and building an empire. Until recently, theirs was a chapter of history [...]

W.E. B. Dubois (1868 -1963)

Source: W.E.B.Dubois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on Church Street on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, at the south-western edge of Massachusetts, to Alfred Du Bois and Mary Silvina Burghardt Du Bois, whose February 5, 1867, wedding had been announced in the Berkshire Courier. Alfred Du Bois had been born in Haiti. [...]