Be inspired by fascinating men and women whose drive and determination transformed our country and our lives.
• First African American woman to earn a medical degree at a time when advanced education for women was rare.• Wrote Book of Medical Discourses about medical care for women …
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The Battle of Forks Road in Wilmington, North Carolina, in February 1865, was one of the closing armed engagements bringing the Civil War to an end. By late 1864 almost …
Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority for Black women, found itself in the spotlight at election time in 2020. The very first woman to be elected Vice President of the …
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David Ruggles was among the early Black abolitionists and had a strong influence on those who followed. He was thoughtful, aggressive, and unapologetic in all that he undertook. It was …
Oscar Micheaux was the first Black film director to make a full-length movie. Over the course of his career, he told realistic stories of Black lives, beginning with his first …
Granville Woods was a prolific and exceptionally talented Black inventor. He specialized in creating new ways to use electricity. Many of Woods’s inventions related to the railroad, but he also …
