Education & Politics
This 11-Year Old Boy Scored Higher on His IQ Test Than Bill Gates and Albert Einstein
In 2014, 11-year old Ramarni Wilfred from London, UK took a Mensa test and was told…
Sports & Entertainment
The First Black Woman Soccer Player to Be Inducted into the Hall of Fame
Briana Scurry is widely recognized as one of the world’s most talented and influent…
Education & Politics
At 11-Years Old, He Became the Youngest Student Enrolled at His College
When he was just 8-years old, Elijah Precciely started taking business, biology, an…
Sports & Entertainment
At 17-Years Old, She Became the Youngest Black Golfer to Turn Professional
Meet Ginger Howard from Darby, Pennsylvania, who made history as a professional gol…
Sports & Entertainment
Meet the Only White Owner of a Negro League Baseball Team
J.L. Wilkinson, born in 1878, was the only white man among the eight team owners in…
Education & Politics
Meet Dehlia Umunna, Harvard Law School’s First Nigerian Professor
In 2015, Dehlia Umunna made history as Harvard’s first ever Nigerian Law professor.…
Education & Politics
Student Makes History as Princeton University’s First Ever Black Valedictorian in 274 Years
In April 2020, Nicholas Johnson, who belongs to the 2020 class of Princeton Univers…
Health & Science
Everything You Need to Know About the Tuskegee Experiment
The Tuskegee Experiment, a controversial clinical study carried out between 1932 an…
Criminal Justice
Miami Police Once Shot an Unarmed Black Man Who Had His Hands Up
In July 2016, 47-year old Charles Kinsey, an African American behavioral therapist …
Public Service
Savannah Fire Department Hires First Ever Black Woman Chief Fire Marshall
In 2020, the Savannah Fire Department in Savannah, Georgia welcomed Whitney Williams…
Music & Arts
At 8-Years Old, She Was Already Speaking 8 Languages and Playing 8 Instruments
In 2015, when Mabou Loiseau from Queens, NYC was just 8-years old, she was already …
Sports & Entertainment
Former WNBA Player Becomes 1st Black Woman to Coach Men’s College Basketball Team
Tamara Moore, a former WNBA player, is the first African American woman to become t…
Sports & Entertainment
The First African American Player to be Drafted into the NBA
In 1950, Chuck Cooper became the first African American basketball player ever sele…
Education & Politics
Black Woman Earns Two Degrees From Two Different Universities in the Same Week
In 2019, Ashley Williams made history after earning two degrees simultaneously from…
Education & Politics
Ruby Bridges Was the First Black Girl to Attend an All-White School in the South
Ruby Bridges, born in 1954, was the first African American student to attend an all-w…
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
First Black Woman Judge to Serve on Washington's Supreme Court
In April 2020, Judge G. Helen Whitener became the first African American woman to be …
Writing & Publishing
Meet the First Black Woman to Cover the White House
Alice Allison Dunnigan had a natural talent for writing, and nothing prevented her fr…
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…
Education & Politics
12-Year Old Genius Makes Historical Mathematics Discovery
Chika Ofili, a 12-year old boy from the UK has made a significant mathematical discov…
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…
Sports & Entertainment
Meet America's First Black Supermodel -- The First to Be Featured on the Cover of Vogue
Donyale Luna, who was born Peggy Ann Freeman on August 31, 1945, was a model and ac…
Technology
This Former Slave Was Making Cars More Than 100 Years Ago!
Henry Ford is definitely the father of the American automobile industry, but many p…
