Jamaican Poet and Writer, Claude McKay

Claude McKay was born, Festius Claudius McKay, in Sunnyville, Jamaica on September 15, 1889. He migrated to the United States where he attended the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. While there he attempted to study Agriculture, however, he ended up finding his life’s work in Poetry and Writing. Claude McKay, later moved to New York where […]

Jamaican Hall of Fame: Dr. Frederic Gomez Cassidy

Dr. Frederic Gomes Cassidy was born in Kingston, Jamaica on October 10, 1907 and died on June 14, 2004. In the early years of his studies he attended the University of The West Indies, located in Mona Heights, Jamaica. Dr. Cassidy was also a student at Oberlin College and the University of Michigan in America. […]