Lillian Evanti: The Classical Singer who could sing in five languages
Annie Lillian Evans, who would later become the famed classical singer Lillian Evanti, was the first African American to sing grand opera professionally anywhere in...
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Black Women’s History
Anna J. Cooper: A Woman from the South
“Only the BLACK WOMAN can say when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or...
Whitney Houston: The Greatest Love of All
Whitney Houston, singer and actress, has sold close to 100 million albums worldwide during her lifetime. Her recognitions include two Emmy Awards, five Grammy Awards,...
Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur: Empress of Haiti
Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur (1758-August 8, 1858 ), was the Empress of Haiti (1804-1806) as the spouse of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Félicité was born in...
Susie King Taylor: The First Black Army Nurse
Susie King Taylor was the first Black Army nurse, who tended to an all-Black army troop named the First South Carolina Volunteers, 33rd Regiment, during...
Abbey Lincoln: The last of the Jazz singers
Abbey Lincoln was an African American jazz singer, actor, and civil rights activist. Proclaimed “the last of the jazz singers,” Lincoln wrote songs about Black...
Anna Murray Douglass: His story was made possible because of her love
Anna Murray Douglass is best known as the first wife of Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Born as a free Black in rural Maryland, her parents,...
Henrietta Lacks: The birth of the Hela Cells
Henrietta Lacks, known as the Mother of Modern Science, is an African-American woman whose cancer cells became the world’s first immortal human cells. Lacks was...
Evonne Goolagong: Australian Tennis Heroine
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, nicknamed the “Sunshine super girl” is an Australian former World No. 1 female tennis player. She was one of the world’s leading...
Rita Marley: Queen of Reggae
Perhaps best known as the widow of reggae legend Bob Marley and often called the “Queen of Reggae,” Rita Marley has spent time and energy...