Overview
This directory brings together political leaders from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, and the wider African diaspora. The collection includes presidents, prime ministers, governors, legislators, revolutionaries, independence leaders, monarchs, military rulers, diplomats, and other political figures whose careers intersected with Black political power, national liberation, governance, civil rights, or the development of African and African-descended communities.
Biographies
- Alassane Ouattara
- Amadou Toumani Touré
- Amílcar Cabral
- Andrew Young
- Assimi Goïta
- Barack Obama
- Blaise Compaoré
- Carol Moseley Braun
- King Cetshwayo kaMpande
- Choguel Kokalla Maïga
- Clarence Thomas
- Cory Booker
- Félix Tshisekedi
- Franklin Nyamsi
- Hiram R. Revels
- Ibrahim Traoré
- Jasmine Crockett
- John Conyers Jr.
- John Lewis
- Joseph Rainey
- Mamady Doumbouya
- Marion Barry
- Maurice Bishop
- Menelik II
- Muammar Gaddafi
- Nelson Mandela
- Patrice Lumumba
- Patrice Talon
- Paul Biya
- Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
- Raphael Warnock
- Robert Mugabe
- Roland Harris
- Samory Touré
- Shaka Zulu
- Shirley Chisholm
- Thomas Sankara
- Thurgood Marshall
- Tim Scott
- Toussaint Louverture
- Wes Moore