Sadly enough when being taught "His-Story", InI only get bits and pieces of a few people who have contributed to the freeness of humanity. All through the Earth from Africa in the East to the Americas in the West, through many different time frames, revolution has been knocking on the door. King RastafarI has taught InI that it is very important to study these figures and what they stand for (even though they may not be here in the flesh), that what they have built and fought for, is what InI build and fight for and will still build and fight for in the future. Even though many have met their untimely fate by violence, many on this list have fought with non-violence as well as violence to reach that inevitable goal of freeness for InI the children of this time. By using their brain and muscle, these are a few of the names of who InI call "Foundation Builders" who must be recognized within "InI Story."
Haile Selassie I---Ethiopia's Dauntless Emperor, Earth's Rightful Ruler
Iyesus Christ---Son of the Almighty
Piankhy---Conqueror of Egypt
Prince Charles Edward Emmanuell---God and King of the E.A.B.I.C.
Chief Sam---Advocate of Repatriation
Antar---Afro-Arabian Poet-Story Teller
Sonni Ali---Founder of Songhay
Askia the Great---Builder of Songhay
Abram Hannibal---Soldier, Commander in Russia
Chaka---18th Century Zulu King and Warrior
Gustavus Vassa---Seafarer, Colonizer
Jacques Eliza Jean Captein---Orator, Philosopher
Joseph Cinque---African Prince and Revoulutionist
Menelik II---Founder of Modern Ethiopia
Estavanico---Arizona's African Discoverer
L'Ouverture, Dessalines, Christophe---Haiti---Three Who Made Revolution
Crispus Attucks---First to Die for Independence
Peter Salem---Black Hero of Bunker Hill
Oliver Cromwell---With Washington at Delaware
Benjamin Banneker---Mathematical Wizard and Inventor
Jean Baptiste Pointe De Sable---Chicago's First Settler
Prince Hall---Fraternal Leader
Paul Cuffe---Early Businessman and Colonizer
James Forten---Forgotten Abolitionist
Denmark Vessey---Anti-Slavery Insurrectionist
David Walker---Appeal to the Slaves
Nat Turner---Anti-Slavery Revolutionist, Leader of America's Greatest Slave Revolt
William Still---Underground Railroad Leader
Harriet Tubman---Black Moses of Her Race
Sojourner Truth---A Pilgrim of Freedom
Frederick A. Douglass---Golden Trombone of Abolition
James P. Beckwourth---Western Frontiersman
Alexander Crummell---Writer, Advocate of Equality, Minister
Robert Smalls---Navigator, Slave-Hero, Congressman
Hiram Revels---U.S. Senator from Mississippi
Blanche K. Bruce---Senator from Mississippi
Robert B. Elliot---U.S. Congressman from South Carolina
Richard H. Cain---U.S. Congressman from South Carolina
John R. Lynch---U.S. Congressman from Mississippi
Jefferson Long---U.S. Congressman from Georgia
John Mercer Langston---U.S. Congressman from Virginia
James T. Rapier---Congressman from Alabama
Ebenezer D. Bassett---First Negro Diplomat
James Lewis---Collector for Port of New Orleans
Henry Highland Garnet---Abolitionist, Minister to Liberia
John H. Smythe---U.S. Minister to Liberia
James Monroe Trotter---Recorder of Deeds
Jonathan J. Wright---South Carolina Jurist
George W. Williams---Soldier, Diplomat, Historian
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback---Lt. Governor of Louisiana
Elijah McCoy---"The Real McCoy"
Norbert Rillieux---Slave, Scientist
Jan Ernst Matzeliger---Inventor and Businessman
Granville T. Woods---Prolific Inventor
Garrett A. Morgan---Inventor For Safety
Martin R. Delany---Ethnologist
Matthew A. Henson---Polar Explore
George Washington Carver---Savior of Southern Agriculture
Daniel Hale Williams---First Successful Heart Surgeon
Ernest E. Just---Biologist
Ulysses Grant Dailey---Surgeon
Charles Drew---Pioneer in Blood Plasma Research
Percy Julian---Chemist
Theodore K. Lawless---Dermatologist-Philanthropist
John B. Russwurm---First Editor-Publisher
William Whipper---Non-Violent Business Activist
William Leidesdorff---Maneuvering Millionaire
John Jones---Businessman, Crusader
Isaac Myers---Businessman, Labor Organizer
John Merrick---Insurance Pioneer
Madame C.J. Walker---Cosmetics Manufacturer
Maggie L. Walker---Banker, Organizer
Jesse Binga---Banker-Financier
Anthony Overton---Banker, Manufacturer
Robert S. Abbott---The Lonely Warrior
Robert L. Vann---Pittsburgh Courier Founder
Frank L. Gillespie---Founder of the Supreme Life Insurance Co.
C.C. Spaulding---Builder of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Claude A. Barnett---Founder of the Associated Negro Press
A.G. Gaston---Millionaire, Free Enterpriser
John H. Johnson---Publisher Without a Peer
Paul R. Williams---Architect of Fame and Fortune
Martin De Porres---A Sainted Life
Thomas Paul---Pioneer Baptist Organizer
Augustus Tolton---First Negro Priest in America
Richard Allen---Founder of African Methodist Episcopal Church
Daniel Alexander Payne---A Giant of the A.M.E. Church
James Augustine Healy---First Negro Catholic Bishop
Henry McNeal Turner---Minister Extraordinaire
John Jasper---Outstanding Slavery-Emancipation Preacher
Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.---Builder of America's Largest Congregration
Howard Thurman---Theologian-Author
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton---Walk and Never Tire
Ida B. Wells---Anti-Lynch Crusader
William Monroe Trotter---Pioneer in Protest Techniques
Colonel Charles Young---First Negro of Distinction at West Point
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.---First Negro General in the U.S. Army
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.---Leader Aloft
John Hope---Builder of Men
Marcus A. Garvey---Look Away to Africa
Oscar DePriest---First Negro Congressman in the 20th Century
Arthur Mitchell---U.S. Congressman from Illinois
J. Finley Wilson---Renowned Fraternal Leader
Mary Church Terrell---Champion of Women's Rights
Mary McLeod Bethune---Cotton Picker, Educator, White House Advisor
A. Philip Randolph---In Union-Strength
Walter Francis White---A Guide to the Promised Land
Whitney M. Young, Jr.---Leader of the National Urban League
Charles Houston, William Hastie, James Parsons---Lawyers and Judges
Thurgood Marshall---"Mr. Civil Rights"
Ralph J. Bunche---Diplomat, U.N. Mediator
Martin Luther King Jr.---The Non-Violent Crusader
Edward W. Brooke---New-Breed Politician
Malcolm X---Martyred Militan
Robert C. Weaver---First Negro Cabinet Member
William Scarborough---Lecturer, Scholar, Linguist
William J. Simmons---Biographer, Educator, Clergyman
Booker T. Washington---The Lengthened Shadow
W.E.B. Du Bois---Scholar, Spokesman, Writer
Arthur Schomburg---Bibliophile, Antiquarian
Alain L. Locke---Rhodes Scholar, Philosopher
Carter G. Woodson---Father of Negro History
Charles S. Johnson---Educator, Social Scientist
Mordecai Johnson---Orator, Educator
Benjamin E. Mays---Preacher, Educator, Leader
John Hope Franklin---Historian, Educator
Phillis Wheatley---A Dusky Sappho
Alexander Pushkin---Russia's Greatest Poet
Alexandre Dumas---Time Does Not Dim
Charles Waddell Chesnutt---Fiction's "Pioneer of the Color Line"
Paul Laurence Dunbar---The People's Poet
Claude McKay---"Home to Harlem"
Countee Cullen---What is Africa to Me?
James Weldon Johnson---A Gentleman of Letters
Richard Wright---A Sound of Thunder
Langston Hughes---A Bardic Voice
Gwendolyn Brooks---Pulitzer Prize Winner
Arna Bontemps---Many-Faceted Writer
Ira Aldridge---Black Tragedian
Charles Gilpin---Pioneer Dramatic Actor
Bert Williams---A Comedian's Comedian
Richard B. Harrison---The Original "De Lawd"
Frank Silvers---An "Everyman" of the Theatre
Canada Lee---"Bigger Thomas"
Ethel Waters---Thirty Years on Stage
Katherine Dunham---With Roots in Rhythm and Race
Sidney Poitier---Oscar-Winning Dramatic Star
George P. Bridgetower---Composer
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor---English Composer
James Bland---Composer of Southern Songs
Blind Lemon Jefferson---Best of the Blues Bards
Harry T. Burleigh---SInger, Composer, Arranger
Nathaniel Dett---Composer
W.C. Handy---"The Father of the Blues"
William Grant Still---Modern Composer
William L. Dawson---Composer-Arranger
Paul Robeson---A Baritone To Remember
Roland Hayes---God's Own Tenor
Dean Dixon---Conductor International
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong---The Jazz Ambassador
Duke Ellington---The Maestro
Marian Anderson---This Century's Contralto
Ulysses Kay---In a Classical Vein
Leontyne Price---Prima Donna
Robert Duncanson---Early American Artist
Edward M. Bannister---Landscape Painter
Henry Ossawa Tanner---A Painter of Religious Subjects
Edmonia Lewis---Pioneer Woman Sculptor
Horace Pippin---Modern Primitive
Malvin Gray Johnson---Symbolic Abstractionist
Richmond Barthe---Realistic Sculptor
Jacob Lawrence---Painter, Contemporary Primitive
Marion Perkins---Sculptor
Charles White---Modern Painter
Charles Alston---Famed Muralist
Geraldine McCullough---Painter-Sculptor
Richard H. Hunt---Master of Metals
E. Simms Campbell---Cartoonist
Gordon Roger Parks---Master of the Camera
St. Maurice of Aganaum---Roman General and Saint of the Catholic Church
Benedict the Moor---Saint of the Catholic Church
Alessandro de' Medici---First Reigning Duke of Florence
Antonio Vieria---Portugal's Grandest Personage
John VI---King of Portugal and Maker of Modern Brazil
Chevalier de St. Georges---Dazzling Black Nobleman of Versailles
Jean-Louis---World-famed Swordsman and Duelist
Joachim Murat---Renowned Cavalry Leader of Napoleon and King of Naples
Jose T. De Sousa Martins---Medical and Sanitary Expert of Portugal
Claudio J.D. Brindis de Sala---German Baron and Court Violinist
Sosthene H. Mortenol---French Naval Captain and Commander of the Air Defenses of Paris
Blaise Daigne---African Barefoot Boy Who Became a French Cabinet Minister
Henrique Dias---Ex-Slave Who Broke the Power of Holland
Manuel Carlos Piar---Hero of Venezuelan Democracy and Martyr to the Cause of True Democracy
Vicente Guerrero---Mexican Liberator and President
Bernaardino Rivadavia---First President of the Argentine Republic
Rafael Carrera---Liberator of Guatemala Who Was Worshipped as a God by the Indians
Carlos Gomes---First Great Operatic Composer of the New World
Dom Pedro II---"The Magnanimous," Brazilian Emancipator
Machado de Assis---First Great Writer of Brazil
Captain Cudjoe---Dauntless Maroon Chief of Jamaica
Alexander Petion---Haiti's First and Noblest President
Louis Delgres---Guadeloupe Patriot Who Defied Napoleon
Richard Hill---Scientist, Judge, and Champion of Human Rights
Mary Seacole---Forerunner of the Modern Red Cross Nurse
Antonio Maceo---"The Lion, the Centaur, the Invincible"
Ulises Heureaux---Iron-fisted Dictator of Santo Domingo
Sir Conrad Reeves---Chief Justice of Barbados
Edward Wilmot Blyden---Linguist, Educator, Statesman, and African Partriot
Felix Eboue---Great Statesman of France, Africa, and the West Indies
Peter Jackson---Gallant Knight of the Prize Ring
William Burghardt Du Bois---Scholar, Educator, and Fighter for Human Rights
Hubert Henry Harrison---Intellectual Giant and Free-Lance Educator
Jack Johnson---World Heavyweight Champion and Demolisher of "The White Hope"
Joe Louis---The Superman of the Prize Ring
Seti The Great---One of Egypt's mightiest rulers.
Nefertari Aahmes---Egyptian Queen
Sabacon---Ethiopian conqueror of Egypt and the founder of the 25th Dynasty
Taharka---Son of Piankhy, Ethiopian conqueror of Egypt
Mustapha El Nahas Pasha---Successor to Zaglul Pasha
Mohammed---Founder of Islam
Zaid Bin Harith---Negro Slave and third convert of Mohammed
Barjawan---Negro Eunuch, virtual ruler of the Mohammedan Empire
Karakoosh---Negro Eunuch, famous architect and statesman
Mabed Ibn Oubad---Son of a Negro Slave, Islam's greatest singer in the 10th century
Hafiz Beheram---Grand Eunuch of Turkey, a Sudanese Negro
Sheikh Hafiz Wahba---Minister Plenipotentiary for Saudi Arabia in England
Tarik Bin Zaid---Ex-slave, First Islamic conqueror of Spain
Judith---Queen of the Falashas
Prestor John---Emperor of Ethiopia
Abd-El-Malik---Emperor of Morocco
Alvaki---King of the Congo
Muley Archid---Emperor of Morocco
Dingaan---Zulu King
Lobenguela---King of Matabeleland, an immensely rich region of South Africa
Mohammed Abdullah---"The Mad Mullah"
Sir Apolo Kagwa---Prime Minister of Uganda
El Hadj Omar---West African Conqueror, Organizer, and Statesman
Sir Samuel Lewis---Acting Chief Justice of Sierra Leone
Lewanika---King of Barotseland, one of South Africa's greatest modern rulers
King Nana Ofori Atta---King of Kings of the Gold Coast, West Africa
Herbert S. Macauley, C.E., F.R.G.S.---Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party
Sir Adeymo Alakija---Distinguished Lawyer from Nigeria
Sir Abdel Rahman El-Mahdi---Religious Leader of UMMA (Independence Party of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)
Nnamdi Azikiwe---Africa's Leading Newspaper Editor and Journalist
Lusius Quietus---One of Rome's Greatest Generals
Macrinus---Emperor of Rome
Nicephorus Phocas---Greatest of the Byzantine Rulers
Leo Africanus-(Athasan Ibn Mohammed)---Geographer and Protege of Pope Leo X
Juan Latino---Professor of Rhetoric, Greek, and Latin at the University of Granada in the 16th Century
Sebastian Gomez---Disciple of Murillo
Luis Molina---Great Religious Reformer
Annita Garibaldi---Native Brazilian Woman and Heroine of Italiam Independence
Mikhail M. Egypteos---Son of a Negro Artist in the Service of the Imperial Court and a Russian Nobleman
Robert Browning---One of England's Greatest Poets and Dramatists
Angelo Solliman---Friend, Favorite, and Tutor of European Royalty
Ludwig van Beethoven---
Joseph Damingue---"Hercules"
Severiano De Heredia---Cuban Negro, Naturalized Frenchman
Francois Fournier de Pescay---One of France's Greatest Physicians
Theodore Chasseriau---One of the World's Most Gifted Painters from Haiti
Victor Sejour---One of France's Most Prolific and Popular Playwrights
Louis A. Briere de L'Isle---Frence General of Engineers
Gratien Candace---Under-Secretary of State in the Paul Boncour Cabinet
Rene Maran---One of France's Greatest Living Writers
Georges Biassou---Chief Leader of Black Revolt in Haiti prior ot Toussaint L'Ouverture
J.B. Belley---Ex-Slave, Adjutant-General in Napoleon's army, Delegate to the French Convention from Haiti
Chistophe (Henry I)---Builder of the Mighty fortress of La Ferriere
General Jean P. Boyer---President of Haiti
Dantes Bellegarde---Haitian Diplomat and Author
Lorimer Denis---Noted Lawyer, Educator, and Ethnologist of Haiti
Louis Vergniaud Pierre-Noel---Scientific Artist
Candelario Calor Mota---Head of the Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico
Manuel Del Socorro Rodriquez---Founder of Latin American Journalism
Placido (Gabriel de la Concepcion)---Spontaneous Poet
Jao Do Patrocinio---"The Abolition Tiger"
Andre Reboucas---Engineer
Joseph White---Violinist
H.E. Nilo Pechana---Statesman
Juliano Moreira---Brazil's Leading Neurologist and Psychiatrist
Ruben Dario---Poet
Thomas Bethune---"Blind Tom"
Joe Gans---"The Old Master"
Mary M. Talbert---Internationally known for her Work among Women
Lewis Howard Latimer---Pioneer in the Development of Electricity
Thomas Wyatt Turner---Expert on Plant Physiology and Pathology
William A. Hinton, M.D.---Syphilologist, Bacteriologist
Lloyd A. Hall, Ph.D.---Chemist, Inventor, and Holder of more than 50 US Patents
James W. Ford---Founded and Edited The Negro Worker
William S. Townsend---International President of United Transport Service Employees of America, CIO
Rudolph Dunbar---Clarinetist and Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Imhotep---God of Medicine, Prince of Peace, and the First Christ
Hatshepsut---The Ablest Queen of Far Antiquity
Thotmes III---The Napoleon of Far Antiquity
Akhenaton---The First Messiah and Most Remarkable of the Pharaohs
Lokman---First Great Fabulist and Wisest Man of the Ancient East
Aesop---Inspirer of the World's Greatest Minds
Makeda---Queen of Sheba
Clitus---King of Bactria and Cavalry Leader of Alexander the Great
Hannibal of Carthage---Father of Military Strategy
Massinissa---King of Numidia and Arbiter of the Destiny of Two World Empires
Terence---Foremost of the Latin Stylists and Great Humanitarian
Cleopatra---Exemplar of Feminine Fascination Throughout the Ages
Zenobia---Beautiful Warrior Queen of the East
Antar---Poet, Soldier, and Great Chivalrous Figure of the East
Bilal---the First Muezzin and Treasurer of Islam
Ibrahim Al-Mahdi---Islam's Greatest Songster and Caliph of Bagdad
Al-Jahiz---Lord of the Golden Age of Arab Literature
Malik Ambar---Brilliant Military Leader and Statesman of India
Fidel Castro---Great Cuban Warrior
Malik Andeel---Benevolent Sultan of Benegal, India
Eugene Chen---China's Dynamic Statesman
Ibn-Saud---King of Saudi Arabia and Leader of Islam
Abraha---Emperor of Ethiopia Whose Adoption of Christianity Changed the Face of the World
Abraha Al-Arsham---Emperor of Yemen and Ehtiopia Who Started a Thousand Years' World War
Kafur the Magnificent---Eunuch and Ex-Slave Who Became Lord of Egypt
Yusuf I---Sultan of Africa and Conqueror of the Championns of Christendom
Yakub Al-Mansur---Greatest of the Moorish Rulers of Spain
Abu Hassan Ali---"The Black Sultan" of Morocco
Ann Zingha---Amazon Queen of Matamba, West Africa
Osei Tutu---Founder of the Ashanti Nation
Mulai Ismael---Most Extraordinary Ruler of the 18th Century
Moshesh---Basuto King, Warrior, and Statesman
Cetewayo---Zulu King Who Defeated a British Army and Killed the Prince Napoleon
Paul Belloni Ddu Chaillu---Explorer of Africa and Beloved Storyteller
Tippoo Tib---Trailblazeer for the Great Explorers of Africa
Behanzin Hossu Bowelle-"The King Shark"---African Poet-King Who Defeated France from His Throne of Gold
Samuel Adjai Crowther---Explorer, African Educator, and Bishop of the British Realm
Samory---"The Napoleon of the Sudan"
Rabah Zobeir---Africa's Warlike Champion Against European Domination
Bu-Ahmed---Iron Chancellor of Morocco
Bambaata---Gallant African Chief Who Defied the White Rulers of South Africa
Khama---The Good King of Bechuanaland
Alfred A. Dodds---French General and Empire Builder
Prempeh of the Golden Stool---King of the Ashanti
Glaoui Pasha---"The Black Panther" of Morocco
Issac Wallace-Johnson---Africa's Indomitable Labor Leader
Dr. Walter Rodney---Lecturer in History at Univ. of West Indes, Revolutionary Author and Leader
Jomo Kenyatta---Revolutionary Leader
Paul Bogle---Revolutionary Leader
J.A. Rogers---Great Author
Maurice Bishop---Revolutionary Leader, The Bloodless Coupe
Mohandas K. Gandhi---Revolutionary Leader
Leonard P. Howell---"The Promised Key", Doctor of Divinity
Dr. Eric Williams---Brilliant Educator and Leader
The Wailers---Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingston---Musical Prophets
Nat Love---African Cowboy
Kareem Abdul-Jabar
Cassius Clay--Muhammad Ali---Fighter fo African Liberation
Geronimo---Apache Leader
Cochise---Leader of the Chiricahuas (Guerilla Warfare)
Kimathi---Mau Mau freedom fighter and great leader that led the struggle against British colonialism in Kenya in the 1950s.
Noble Drew Ali
Ziryba --A slave in the Abbisaid Calipthe & was the court muscian for the sultan in Spain.
Zera Yacob--An Ethiopian philosopher and a court official, author of Tefut.
Rev. Earl Little--Baptist Minister, organizer for the UNIA
Osama Bin-Laden--A Muslim who fought capitalism.
Victims of Terrorism and War--Persons who willingly or unwillingly became martyrs.
Alan Page--Black NFL Football player who became a Justice on Supreme Court.
Rep. Barbara Lee--Only Black representative to have a descenting vote in taking action for 9-11 events.
Michael Jackson--Humanitarian and Musical Icon.
Bob Marley--Rasta Revolutionist
Robert Athlyi Rogers--from Anguilla, author of The Holy Piby.
January, Louis Joseph (May 7, 1885 - 1911) Writer, Political activist,
Diplomat, the Republic of Haiti
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