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William Sanders Scarborough: The first African American classical scholar

Meserette KentakeFebruary 16, 2016April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeFebruary 16, 2016April 15, 20181

[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illiam Sanders Scarborough is generally thought to be the first African American classical scholar. Born into slavery, Scarborough became a world-respected scholar of Greek...

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Moneta Sleet Jr.: The Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist

Meserette KentakeFebruary 14, 2016August 24, 2020

by Meserette KentakeFebruary 14, 2016August 24, 20200

Moneta Sleet Jr. was the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, best remembered for his photograph of Coretta Scott King and her daughter at the funeral of the...

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Oliver Wendell Harrington: “America’s Greatest Black Cartoonist”

Uchenna EdehFebruary 14, 2016March 1, 2020

by Uchenna EdehFebruary 14, 2016March 1, 20200

Oliver Wendell Harrington was a political cartoonist and originator of Dark Laughter and Jive Gray comic strips and has been called the “greatest” African American...

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Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler: The first Black woman awarded a medical degree in the United States

Meserette KentakeFebruary 8, 2016August 16, 2020

by Meserette KentakeFebruary 8, 2016August 16, 20201

“I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the suffering of others.” [dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]ebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, was the first African-American...

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Peter Hill: The First African-American Clockmaker

Meserette KentakeFebruary 2, 2016June 19, 2020

by Meserette KentakeFebruary 2, 2016June 19, 20200

Peter Hill was the first known African American clockmaker, and the only Black clockmaker known to have worked in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth...

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Jackie Robinson: Breaking Major League Baseball’s Color Barrier

Uchenna EdehJanuary 31, 2016April 22, 2018

by Uchenna EdehJanuary 31, 2016April 22, 20180

Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. A talented player, Robinson won the National...

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Richard Greener: The first Black graduate of Harvard University

Meserette KentakeJanuary 30, 2016April 15, 2018

by Meserette KentakeJanuary 30, 2016April 15, 20180

Richard Theodore Greener, the African-American educator, lawyer, consular officer and reformer was the first Black graduate of Harvard University and dean of the Howard University...

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Sarah Loguen Fraser: A Pioneering Pediatrician

Meserette KentakeJanuary 29, 2016August 16, 2020

by Meserette KentakeJanuary 29, 2016August 16, 20200

Sarah Loguen Fraser was one of the first African American women to earn a medical degree, the first African American female physician specializing in obstetrics...

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Richmond Barthé: A Distinguished American Sculptor

Meserette KentakeJanuary 28, 2016April 13, 2018

by Meserette KentakeJanuary 28, 2016April 13, 20182

[dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]ichmond Barthé was an African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Barthe was one of the first sculptors to focus on Black people as...

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Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Pioneering Historian

Meserette KentakeJanuary 24, 2016August 16, 2020

by Meserette KentakeJanuary 24, 2016August 16, 20200

[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]rthur Schomburg was a Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States who researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that...

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