WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS (1868 – 1963) “It is, then, the strife of all honorable men and women… to see that in the future competition of the races…
RODOLPHE LUCIEN DESDUNES (1849 – 1928) “The truth of history is the nourishing mother of justice.” From Desdunes’s book Our People and Our History: Fifty Creole Portraits Rodolphe Lucien…
RICHARD HOWELL GLEAVES (1819 – 1907) “He helped form the South Carolina Union League and was instrumental in the organization of the Republican Party in South Carolina, serving as…
REGINALD FILS-AIMÉ “I push people really hard…What I think folks respect is that I do what I’m asking them to do — long nights, weekends, whatever it takes to…
JOSEPH EDOUARD GAETJENS (1924 – 1964) “One of the biggest shocks in World Cup history happened in 1950, when the US beat England, thanks to a goal scored by…
CHARLES L. REASON (1818 – 1893) O Freedom! we loud praises give, That on Thine altar in the sea, For us Thy hallowed fires live. O! grant! unto our…
JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DU SABLE (1745 – 1818) “He grew up at a time when, as a black man, he shouldn’t have been thinking about founding a city or…
GERARD A. ALPHONSE “With his indomitable drive and desire which have led him to accomplish pioneering work in his field, Dr. Alphonse has demonstrated himself as a paragon of…