Health & Science
Actor Richard Roundtree, Now 81 Years Old, is a Breast Cancer Survivor
Richard Roundtree is an iconic actor who rose to fame in the 1970s with his leading …
History & Exploration
Jane Cooke Wright, M.D., an African American Who Pioneered The Advancement of Cancer Medicine
Born just after World War II, Jane Cooke Wright was exposed to greatness at a young ag…
Technology
Keven Stonewall, a Black Student From Chicago, Makes History With His Research on Colon Cancer
A young medical student by the name of Keven Stonewall has been making great strides i…
Health & Science
Meet Robert Tanner Freeman, the First African American Dentist
Born in 1846, Robert Tanner Freeman was a child of slaves. However, he grew up to ma…
Health & Science
Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the First Black Woman in America to Become a Medical Doctor
Today, health workers have become some of the most important laborers around the wor…
Technology
Thomas L. Jennings Was the First African American to Ever Hold a Patent
In 1821, Thomas L. Jennings, an African American from New York City, became the firs…
Health & Science
20-Year Old Student Discovers Why Patients With Darker Skin Tones Are Often Misdiagnosed
For hundreds of years, doctors and researchers assumed that skin conditions like jau…
Health & Science
Here's How Albert Einstein Responded to Racism
Albert Einstein, often considered to be a genius and the most influential physicist…
Health & Science
Everything You Need to Know About the Tuskegee Experiment
The Tuskegee Experiment, a controversial clinical study carried out between 1932 an…
Health & Science
Black Doctor Removed a Baby, Operated on Her, and Then Safely Returned Her to Her Mother's Womb
In 2016, Dr. Oluyinka O. Olutoye (who is from Nigeria) made history after he succes…
Public Service
Meet the Black Doctor Fighting COVID-19 as the Director General of WHO
Meet Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the man who is currently taking the lead as Dire…
Public Service
Meet the Man Who Became America's First Black Doctor in 1837
Dr. James McCune Smith, one of the leaders of the movement in the 1800s to abolish sl…
Health & Science
Black Woman Makes History as the 1st Doctor to Cure Cancer Using Nanoparticles
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is a physicist best known as the first person to have succ…
Health & Science
The Scientist Behind the Ebola Cure is Black
Ebola can no longer be called an incurable disease thanks to Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyem…
Health & Science
A Black Woman is Taking the Lead to Develop a Vaccine For the Coronavirus
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett, a viral immunologist working with the National Institute …
Health & Science
Young Female Doctor Credited For Diagnosing, Quarantining 1st Coronavirus Patient in Nigeria
Dr. Amarachukwu Allison is being credited as the first doctor to have diagnosed the…
Health & Science
Meet the First Black Patient To Receive a Full Face Transplant
After a severe car crash in Los Angeles disfigured Robert Chelsea's body, surge…
Health & Science
Meet the First Black Woman to Win a Nobel Peace Prize
Wangari Muta Maathai, also known as "Tree Woman", was an activist and eco…
Health & Science
Meet the First Ever Black Woman to be President of the American Medical Association
In June 2019, Patrice A. Harris, M.D., M.A., a psychiatrist from Atlanta, was sworn…
Health & Science
Black Surgeon Successfully Performs First Ever Transplant Surgery to Cure Deafness
A pioneering surgical procedure using 3D-printed middle ear bones, developed by Profe…
