Black histoians?

Question

does anyone know of any black historians besides Dr. Martin Luther king Jr.??

Answer 1

I hope you mean historical figures if not let me know what you meant and I'll try again. God Bless You and The Southern People.

Marian Anderson
William Edward Burghardt DuBois
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Billie Holiday
Alan Keyes
General Colin Powell
George Washington Carver
Condoleezza Rice
Rev Wm McLee
Creed Holland

Answer 2

Do you mean historical figures? MLK was not a historian. He was a humanitarian, Civil Rights leader, minister. If you're looking to research other historical black Americans, what would you be interested in? Politicians, Musicians, Playwrights, Physicians, Inventors, Athletes?

Here's a start: Wilma Rudolph, Althea Gibson, Charles Drew, Garret A. Morgan, Zora Neal Hurston, Harriet Tubman, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington..

would you like more?

Answer 3

George Washington Williams
Birth: Oct. 16, 1849
Death: Aug. 2, 1891

Clergyman, politician, journalist, lawyer, lecturer, and soldier but above all historian. Williams enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 14 and fought in the Civil War. Upon leaving the army in 1868 joined the Mexican Army and went on to become a lieutenant colonel. After his discharge, Williams attended Howard University and Newton Theological Seminary eventually being ordained a minister in 1874. In subsequent years he served as pastor of several churches, edited and published numerous journals, and served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881. Williams wrote two definitive texts on the Black experience in the United States. His History of the ***** Race in America from 1619 to 1880 was the first objective account that endeavoured to obtain historical accuracy. Previous writers had used their works as fountains of propaganda and didactic storytelling. His History of ***** Troops in The War of Rebellion was sourced from oral histories from Black Civil War veterans and newspaper accounts. These historical tools are now basic techniques of professional historiography. Williams practiced law and became a prolific lecturer leading him to an interest in the prospect of employing Black Americans in the Congo Free State then ruled by the tyrannical Belgian king Leopold II. On one occasion, Williams met Leopold with a view to visiting the African state but was met with strong opposition. Nevertheless, Williams visited the Congo in 1890 where he was shocked by Leopold's exploitation of the people of his dominion. Williams wrote to the king describing the widespread avarice of the Belgian officials He asserted that the slave trade was still active in Africa despite the outward opposition of the colonial powers and that the population were exploited and deprived of the wealth they produced. Williams spent the rest of his life publicising the affronts to the Black population of Africa with particular reference to the Congo. His extensive travels to Africa led to the deterioration of his health. He took a convalescent trip to Blackpool, the famous English holiday resort, but sadly died in 1891. Williams is remembered not only for his formidable talents in history, politics and theology, but also for his courage in fighting oppression at home and abroad.

Burial:
Layton Cemetery
Blackpool, England