Olaudah Equiano (1745 –1797)
Equiano’s autobiography powerfully described his experiences of being a slave between 1756 and 1766. His narrative reached a wide audience in Britain and America; his book was reprinted nine times during his lifetime, and was also translated into Dutch and Russian.
History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals
Omowale Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)