On this web page we consider a contemporary history of Blacks in Mathematics, not Who are the greatest Black Mathematicians. Here you can learn about (and even before) the first African Americans in the Mathematical Sciences, The First Africans, and Other Important Events in the past 300 years.

A review of the history of mental health includes few references to the African-American experience. Robert Meinsma's Brief History of Mental Therapy offers a review of philosophical and medical views on mental illness dating back to 600 BC that includes nearly a thousand entries. However, this very comprehensive document boasts fewer than five entries pertaining to the experiences of people of African descent.

This site is the largest online encyclopedia and social network dedicated to Black history and culture. Users can browse our collection of African American profiles of the past, and interact with thousands of today's Black history makers.

This is an effort to pay tribute to the many volunteer and paid firefighters of color. Not in recent years but in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. This time period is chosen because there is little written about these men and in most instances they are forgotten. You are free to use this material in any constructive way.