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Meet Hercules Posey, George Washington’s Unsung Black Chef
Carla Hall, Marcus Samuelsson, Robert W. Lee - These are the names of only three of America's top African-Americ an chefs. There is truly no shortage of these skilled persons …

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 in finding a cure for cancer. Stonewall first gained recognition at the age of just seventeen,…

Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges Continues Her Fight Against Racism in Schools
Ruby Bridges is famously known for being the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school …

Earlene Dennis Brown, the First African American Woman to Win an Olympic Shotput Medal
History was made time and time again with the accomplishments of Earlene Dennis Brown. In the 1950s through the 1960s, Brown blazed a trail for African American women in the Olym…

Cicely Tyson, an Unforgotten Advocate for Strong African-American Women on the Big Screen
Two-time Emmy winner Cicely Tyson achieved groundbreaking success through her many roles in films as strong African-American female characters. According to Elle, after Tyson s…

Leroy “Satchel” Paige, The Oldest Rookie to Ever Play in Minor League Baseball
Born in Mobile, Alabama, Leroy Paige grew up to become a legend in the Negro Leagues. Later, in 1948, he was finally allowed to join the major leagues. Britannica describes Pai…

WIC Program was Originally Created by the Black Panther Party in the Late 1960s
"WIC", which stands for Women, Infant & Children, is a federal nutrition program to help families of all races across the country with low-cost food products, but …

Oshkosh B'Gosh Store Was Named After a Black Indian Named Chief Oshkosh
African Americans and Indians have had a strong association and connection that dates back many decades. Many Indians became leaders and chiefs of their own tribes including a …

Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., the First Black CEO of a Fortune 500 Company
In 1987, Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. became the first black CEO and chairman of a Fortune 500 company. It was TIAA-CREF, a multi-billion dollar corporation that is the leading p…

Kurtis Blow, the First Rapper to be Signed by a Major Label
Often regarded as a founding father of Hip-Hop, Kurtis Blow became a huge part of music history at the age of 20. In 1979, Blow, born Kurtis Walker, became the first rapper to b…

Charlie Sifford, the First African-American to Join the PGA Tour
The world of golf has had a long history of exclusivity regarding race and sex. In fact, it took many years before even lower-class white men were allowed to participate as a pl…

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 make history as the first professional Black dentist in America. According to BlackPast.org , F…

Vivian Malone Jones, the First Black Graduate of the University of Alabama
In 1965, a woman named Vivian Malone Jones became the first African American to ever graduate from the University of Alabama. However, this accomplishment took years of dedicati…

First African American Woman to Win a Golden Globe
In 1986, Whoopi Goldberg became the first Black actress to win a Golden Globe award. However, it wasn't until 2021 that another Black woman won a Golden Globe in succession …

First African American to Receive a Ph.D. From Harvard University
In 1895, history was made when a man named William Edward Burghardt Du Bois became the first African American man to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University. This amazing accomp…

Meet the First Black Woman to Win a Gold Medal in Olympic Wrestling
In the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, 28-year old Tamyra Mensah-Scott made history by becoming the first Black woman to win a gold medal for wrestling. She is also only the second woman i…

Daisy Bates Launched One of the First Black Newspapers and Helped Desegregate Schools
Daisy Bates was a natural-born leader, known commonly as a heroine of the civil rights movement. After getting married, Bates and her husband started a newspaper called The Arka…

Lusia Harris, the First and Only Black Woman to Play in the NBA
In 1977, professional basketball changed forever when a player named Lusia Harris became the first and only Black woman to play in the NBA. Growing up in Mississippi, Harris beg…