Black History Heroes
Black history is presented here as continuous global history. The collection spans ancient Africa, empires, diaspora, resistance, education, science, culture, civil rights, and historical scholarship.
Queen Makeda of Sheba
Wisdom, trade, diplomacy, historical memory, and the ancient Red Sea world.
Open Hero Lesson LIVEPiye (Piankhy)
Kush, the Nile Valley, the Victory Stela, and the rise of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty.
Open Hero Lesson LIVETaharqa
Monumental building, sacred kingship, and resistance during Assyrian expansion.
Open Hero Lesson LIVESundiata Keita
Oral tradition, alliance-building, leadership, and the memory of Mali’s founding.
Open Hero Lesson100 Figures, Chronological Continuity
The original collection roadmap is preserved: ancient and classical Africa; scholars and explorers; resistance and diaspora; early Black American leadership; education and Reconstruction; innovation and culture; civil-rights foundations; overlooked Black women leaders; Pan-African thought; science and medicine; journalism and law; and the foundations of Black historical study.