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"My desires were to be free as soon as I learned that there had been slavery of human beings." Rosa Parks was nationally recognized as the “mother of the civil rights movement” in America. Her refusal to s...

"We cannot undo the damage that was done to her. But at least we can summon the courage to speak the naked but healing truth that must comfort her wherever she may be." --Thabo Mbeki Sarah Baartman, the "first...

"I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there, I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there, I promoted myself into the business of manuf...

William Augustus Hinton was the first Black professor at Harvard Medical School and the first African American to publish an academic textbook. As a bacteriologist, pathologist and educator, he was a pioneer in...

T heodore K. Lawless was an internationally known African-American dermatologist, philanthropist, and medical pioneer. Dr. Lawless was renowned for his research into the treatment and cure of syphilis, leprosy,...

Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist, women's rights activist, and symbol of Black womanhood. Truth was born into the Maafa (slavery) in New York; enduring nearly 30 years of bondage to four dif...

Angelo Soliman who achieved considerable fame as a "Princely Moor" in eighteenth century Vienna, is historically recognized by some as the "First Moorish Freemason." Soliman was born in Africa, around 1721. ...

Nancy Green known as the Pancake Queen, was a storyteller, cook, activist, and the first of several African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark as "Aunt Jemima." The famous Aunt Jemima recipe...

Emmett Chappelle is an African American scientist who has made valuable contributions in several fields: medicine, philanthropy, food science, and astrochemistry. Chappelle is the recipient of 14 U.S. patents, ...

"Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well" Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921) was the Queen mother of Ejisu of the Ashanti Empire and Ga...