Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illa B. Brown was the first African-American woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States....
On December 21, 1855, at 2.30pm, Celia an enslaved woman was hanged for the murder of her abusive enslaver, Robert Newsom. In 1850, Celia was sold to Robert Newsom when she...
Maria W. Stewart, essayist, teacher, and political activist, is thought to be the first woman in America and...
Shirley Chisholm was a pioneering African-American politician, who became the first Black woman to serve in the United...
Cathay Williams (1844 – 1892), a.k.a. William Cathay, was the first known African American woman to enlist in the United States Army, and the only black woman documented to serve in...
Sarah Jane Woodson Early was an African American educator, author and temperance activist. For 30 years Early was...
“America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner.” ~Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy...
Patricia E. Bath discovered and invented the Laserphaco Probe, a new device for cataract surgery. Bath is also the first Black woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose....
Mahalia Jackson was gospel music’s first superstar and is considered the greatest gospel singer ever to live. She...
Juanita Moore was an Oscar-nominated African-American actress, best known for her starring role in the remake of Imitation...
Fanny Jackson Coppin was an African-American educator and missionary and a lifelong advocate for female higher education. Fanny Jackson was born enslaved in Washington D.C. on October 15, 1837. She gained...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
