Matthew Henson in 1909 became the first coloured man to go where
Matthew Henson Residence Matthew Henson Residence The Matthew Henson Residence is a historic apartment residence at 246 West 150th Street in Manhattan, New York City. Apartment 3F in this building is where Matthew Henson (1866-1955), the African American polar explorer, lived from 1929 until his death. Henson was arguably the first man to reach the Geographic North Pole, a feat that is disputed in part by his own diary. His residence was named a National Historic Landmark in 1975. 246 West 150 Street is located in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, on the south side of the street east of Frederick Douglass Boulevard. It is
Matthew Henson along the way. When he and Henson boarded his ship "Roosevelt", leaving Greenland on August 18, 1909, they were accompanied by Peary selected Henson and four Inuit as part of the team of 6 who would make the final run to the Pole. Before the goal was reached, Peary could no longer continue on foot and rode in a dog sled. Various accounts say he was ill, exhausted, or had frozen toes. He sent Henson on ahead as a scout. In a newspaper interview, Henson later said: In 1912 Matthew Henson published his memoir about his arctic explorations, "A Negro