Black Women’s History
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...
“America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner.” ~Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award...
“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...
Mahalia Jackson was gospel music’s first superstar and is considered the greatest gospel singer ever to live. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as “the single most powerful Black woman...
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...
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...
Mary Ann Shadd, was the first Black woman in North America to publish a newspaper and the first...
Faith Ringgold is an African-American painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor and performance artist best known for her...
“One day I know the struggle will change. There’s got to be a change—not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the...
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…
