Technology
Meet the First Black Electrical Engineer Who Owned More Than 60 Patents
Granville Tailer Woods was the first African-American to become a mechanical and el…
Business & Inventions
Meet Annie Malone, the Millionaire Black Hair Care Icon Who Owned Several Mansions
Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone was the first Black woman to become a millionaire. She …
Business & Inventions
Meet Maggie Lena Walker, the First African American Woman to Own a Bank
In 1903, Maggie Lena Walker founded St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virgin…
Business & Inventions
It Took Only 16 Hours to Destroy Black Wall Street — 1,000 Black-Owned Businesses and Homes!
Established in 1906, Black Wall Street (originally known as Greenwood Avenue) was a…
Business & Inventions
Meet the Founder of the Oldest and Largest Black-Owned Life Insurance Company
North Carolina Mutual is one of the most influential African-American businesses in…
Public Service
The History of the First African American Fire Company in Chicago
Engine 21 was Chicago’s first organized paid African American Firefighting Company. E…
Business & Inventions
Meet Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
In the mid-1800's, Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known African American figur…
Technology
This Former Slave Invented a Unique Propeller For Steamboats But Wasn’t Allowed to Patent It
Benjamin T. Montgomery was a great inventor, who tried to patent his propeller for …
Health & Science
Did Colonel Sanders Steal His KFC Recipe From a Black Woman Named Miss Childress?
For decades, there has been an ongoing controversial discussion about the origins o…
Business & Inventions
Atlanta’s First Black Millionaire Started Out as a Barber
Alonzo Herndon is best known as the first African-American entrepreneur from Atlant…
Technology
A Black Woman Invented the First Home Security System With TV Surveillance in 1966
Marie Van Brittan Brown, born on January 7, 1922, was an African American nurse and…
Music & Arts
A Stitch in Time: 4 Black Designers Who Made Fashion History
Ann Lowe designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress in 1953 Fashion designing is …
Business & Inventions
5 Black Inventors Who Made Their Mark on Society
Everything we use in our day-to-day life was once just an idea. It’s easy to forget…
Business & Inventions
The Oldest African-American Owned Business in the United States
Founded in 1881, E.E. Ward Moving & Storage is the oldest African-American owne…
Business & Inventions
Sarah Rector Was Just 11-Years Old When She Became the Richest Girl in America in 1913
Sarah Rector was born in 1902 in Taft, Oklahoma. She came from very humble beginnings…
Food & Beverages
George Washington Carver Did Not Invent Peanut Butter -- But He Did Invent 300 Ways to Use Peanuts (and Sweet Potatoes)!
George Washington Carver was a scientist, an accomplished pianist, and a world reno…
Business & Inventions
The First 6 African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
Immediately following Emancipation, there were 4,047 millionaires in the United Sta…
Food & Beverages
The Recipe For Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Was Actually Invented By a Black Man — A Former Slave!
Jack Daniel’s is a very popular whiskey and alcoholic beverage that people all arou…
Technology
Meet the Black Woman Who Created VOIP — The Technology Behind Skype, Zoom and More!
Most people have no idea that Marian Croak, an African American woman, is credited wi…
