Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Black Women’s History
On December 21, 1855, at 2.30pm, Celia an enslaved woman was hanged for the murder of her abusive...
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 States Congress. Chisholm was also the first African American woman to run for...
The Aba Women’s Riot, also known as the Women’s War, was an insurrection in Nigeria when it was...
Cathay Williams (1844 – 1892), a.k.a. William Cathay, was the first known African American woman to enlist in...
Sarah Jane Woodson Early was an African American educator, author and temperance activist. For 30 years Early was a teacher and school principal in Ohio, and in the South after the...
“America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner.” ~Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy...
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In...
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...
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the mother of musical legend, Fela Kuti, was also a legend, herself. Known as the Lioness...
Juanita Moore was an Oscar-nominated African-American actress, best known for her starring role in the remake of Imitation of Life (1959). Moore was the fifth African American to be nominated for...
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…
