The chocolate chip cookie (toll house cookie) was first invented by Ruth Graves Wakefield (1903-1977). She was a trained dietitian who ran the kitchen of the Massachusetts inn she and […]
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Detroit is an American city that deserves far more respect than it’s getting right now.
Detroit People–Past and Present–Who Made a Difference Read More »
Ormes’ comic strips were syndicated in black newspapers in the 1930s and ‘40s, making her the only nationally syndicated black woman cartoonist until the 1990s. Her characters were fashionable and
Jackie Ormes (1911-1986), First African-American Female Cartoonist Read More »
What can a 100-year-old dyed-blue blanket tell us? Plenty, if we have the right interpreter. At the Journey through Hallowed Ground Conference in Gettysburg in late May (2013), John P.
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Hazel Bishop’s intention to be a doctor ended with the stock market crash of 1929. Instead, she got a job as a biochemical technician at a hospital. Eventually, her chemical
Hazel Bishop (1906-1998), Research Chemist Who Made Name in Cosmetics Read More »
Youngest American and first black playwright to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award
First black woman to have a play on Broadway
Active in the civil rights movement
Lorraine Hansberry 3rd (1930-1965), Influential Playwright Read More »
