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      Uchenna Edeh
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      Walter Tull: Black British War Hero

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      March 25, 2018
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      William DeHart Hubbard: The first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event

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      November 25, 2017
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      Lt. Anna Mac Clarke: A Military Pioneer

      Meserette Kentake
      June 20, 2017
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      Josiah Henson: Founder of the Black community settlement of Dawn in Ontario, Canada

      Uchenna Edeh
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      Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song

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      Jo Ann Robinson: Organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott

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      Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes from “The Mis-Education of the Negro”

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      The best line from the Black Panther Movie

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      Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes from “The Mis-Education of the Negro”

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      Langston Hughes: Poet Laureate of the Black Race

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      Uchenna Edeh
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      Charles Alston: Reclaiming identity through art

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      Henry Ossawa Tanner: First internationally acclaimed African American artist

      Uchenna Edeh
      June 21, 2016
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      The Art of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

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      June 9, 2016
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      Aaron Douglas: Major artist of the Harlem Renaissance

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      May 26, 2016
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The Lena Baker Story

The Lena Baker Story

Meserette Kentake
June 8, 2016
African American, African American history, Black Firsts, Black History, Famous Gemini, Herstory
Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight in 1944. K...
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Barbara Ross-Lee: The first African-American woman to become a medical school dean

Meserette Kentake
June 1, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Gemini, Herstory
Barbara Ross-Lee, the sister of singer Diana Ross, was the first African American woman to be appointed dean of an American medical school. She is als...
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Laura Wheeling Waring: Portrait artist of prominent African Americans

Uchenna Edeh
May 15, 2016
African American, Art & Photograpy, Black Artist, Famous Taurus, Herstory
Laura Wheeler was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans including W.E.B. Du Bois and Ma...
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Matilda Evans: Medical Pioneer of South Carolina

Meserette Kentake
May 13, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Taurus, Herstory
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. Evans was an advocate for improved health...
Marie-Jose Perec

Marie-Jose Perec: The brilliant French athlete

Meserette Kentake
May 9, 2016
African-Caribbean, Famous Taurus, Herstory
Three-time Olympic gold medalist, Marie-José Pérec, is one of the greatest female sprinters of modern times. The French athlete, nicknamed "La Gazel...
Mary Mahoney

Mary Eliza Mahoney: The first African American professional nurse in the United States

Meserette Kentake
May 7, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Taurus, Herstory, History Makers
In 1879 Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first Black graduate nurse in the United States. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born on May 7, 1845, in the Dorchest...
Edgar Degas Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando is an oil on canvas

Anna Olga Albertina Brown: 19th Century Circus Performer

Meserette Kentake
April 21, 2016
Afropean, Famous Taurus, Herstory, History Makers
Anna Olga Albertina Brown was a famous 19th century circus performer known as Miss Lala. Lala was born on April 21st, 1858 in the former German (bu...
Shawna Kimbrell

Rochelle Kimbrell: The First Black Female Fighter Pilot

Meserette Kentake
April 20, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Taurus, Herstory, History Makers
“You have only one chance in this life so dream big, be true to yourself and don’t let anything stand in your way.” Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell ...
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie

Mary Elizabeth Carnegie: Nursing Legend

Meserette Kentake
April 19, 2016
African American, Black Firsts, Famous Aries, Herstory, History Makers
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie was a ground-breaking nurse and educator who championed the cause of African American nurses. She was the first Black nurse to...
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Addie Mae Collins: One of the four Birmingham girls

Meserette Kentake
April 18, 2016
African American, Famous Aries, Herstory
Addie Mae Collins was one of the four African-American girls, murdered in a racially motivated terrorist attack perpetrated by members of the Ku Klux ...
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