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…
Music & Arts
This Choreographer Taught the Temptations and Other Motown Acts How to Dance
The Temptations is one of the most successful and important groups of Motown Record…
Education & Politics
Meet Ralph C. Bunche, the First African American to Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Ralph C. Bunche helped end a war, and was recognized for his efforts when he was aw…
Sports & Entertainment
Lola Falana, a Black Woman, Was the Original First Lady of Las Vegas in the 1970's
Las Vegas is home to some of the greatest and most talented performers alive today …
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 …
Technology
Meet the Black Inventor Who Created the First Digital Cell Phone
Many people attribute the invention of the smartphone to Europeans, but in fact, th…
History & Exploration
Did Black Bounty Hunters and Slave Catchers Really Exist?
In the film Harriet about the heroic life and accomplishment of Harriet Tubman, th…
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Arrested 29 Times For These So-Called Crimes
Everybody knows who Martin Luther King, Jr. is, and what he did as a civil rights h…
Technology
Meet the First Black Astronaut to Travel to Space in 1983 (Since Then 14 Others Have Done the Same!)
There were several Black astronauts before him, but Guion "Guy" Bluford w…
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…
