Marie-Joseph Angelique: Symbol of Black resistance in Canada
In 1734, Marie-Joseph Angélique was accused of setting a fire that destroyed the city’s merchants’ quarter in Montreal. Authorities claimed that Angélique started the blaze...
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Black Women’s History
The Lena Baker Story
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...
Laura Wheeling Waring: Portrait artist of prominent African Americans
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 Marian Anderson. A...
Matilda Evans: Medical Pioneer of South Carolina
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. Evans was an advocate for improved health care for...
Mary Eliza Mahoney: The first African American professional nurse in the United States
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...
Anna Olga Albertina Brown: 19th Century Circus Performer
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...
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie: Nursing Legend
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 serve...
Addie Mae Collins: One of the four Birmingham girls
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 Klan,...
Lucy Craft Laney: The Dark Vestal Virgin
Lucy Craft Laney was an early African-American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia, which became known as...
Pearl Bailey: Legendary Vaudeville, Broadway and Hollywood Performer
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918–August 17, 1990) was an African American singer and actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years in all forms of...