Patricia E. Bath: World-famous Ophthalmologist
Patricia E Bath discovered and invented laserphaco, a new device for cataract surgery. Bath is also the first Black woman doctor to receive a patent...
Tag : Scorpio
Fredrick L. McGhee: One of the founders of the Niagara Movement
Fredrick L. McGhee was a Black civil rights activist and one of America’s first African American lawyers. McGhee was born on October 28, 1861 in...
Mahalia Jackson: Queen of Gospel
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...
Funmilayo Ransome Kuti: The Lioness of Lisabi
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the mother of musical legend, Fela Kuti, was also a legend, herself. Known as the Lioness of Lisabi, she was a Nigerian teacher,...
Josephine Silone Yates: The first Black woman to hold a full professorship
Josephine Silone Yates was an African American teacher, journalist and clubwoman, who was the first African American certified to teach in the public schools of...
Rafael Cordero: The Father of Public Education in Puerto Rico
Rafael Cordero, known as “The Father of Public Education in Puerto Rico”, was a self-educated Puerto Rican who provided free schooling to children regardless of...
Hidden Colors: An Interview with Professor Kaba Kamene (Booker T. Coleman)
“I tell people in most of my presentations don’t believe a word I say. I’m not here to make you believe me, I’m here to...