Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers....
Richard Theodore Greener, the African-American educator, lawyer, consular officer and reformer was the first Black graduate of Harvard...
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 and pediatrics in the United States,...
[dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]ichmond Barthé was an African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Barthe was one of the first...
Ora Mae Washington was an African-American tennis player known as the “Queen of Tennis” in her Philadelphia neighborhood....
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illa B. Brown was the first African-American woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States. She was also the first Black officer of the Civil Air Patrol, and...
Leonard Roy Harmon was an African American sailor who died in action during World War II and was...
Edward Garrison Walker, the son of David Walker, came to prominence in his own right as an attorney...
John Hanks Alexander was the second African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, following Henry O. Flipper; but was the first African-American officer in the United States...
Harry Lew is best known for becoming the first African-American professional basketball player when he joined the New...
Carter G. Woodson, known as The Father of Black History, was the African American historian who first opened...
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., was a pioneering pilot, officer, and administrator who broke barriers as the first African American general in the U.S....
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…
