Quote of the day
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet—you've not got your niche in creation.
Martin Delany
Born: May 6, 1812
Died: January 24, 1885 (aged 72)
Bio: Martin Robison Delany was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, and arguably the first proponent of black nationalism. He was one of the first three black people admitted to Harvard Medical School.
Known for:
- Blake or The Huts of America
- Origin of Races And Color (1879)
- Martin R. Delany