“Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.”
— James Baldwin
Phillis Wheatley: 25 fascinating facts
Alice Ball: The Unsung Hero Who Revolutionized Leprosy Treatment
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams: Pioneering Heart Surgeon and Medical Trailblazer
Dr. Percy Lavon Julian, the Chemist Who Defied Boundaries and Changed Medicine
Harry Hoosier: The Forgotten Orator Who Inspired a Nation
Charles Henry Turner: 15 Essential Facts About the Pioneer of Animal Cognition
Oscar Micheaux: The First Black Filmmaker-20 Unknown Facts
Tressie Souders: 25 Facts About The First Black Female to Direct a Feature Film
Ruth Jean Baskerville: A Pioneer in Black Talent Representation
Willa Brown: The First Black American Woman to Earn Both a Pilot's License and a Commercial License
12 Facts About Clarice Phelps, First Black Woman to Help Discover a New Element
Sylvia Robinson: The Mother of Hip Hop
Muriel Tramis: The First Black Woman Video Game Designer
Ruth Carter – The First Black Woman to Win Two Oscars for Costume Design
Haben Girma - The Inspiring Story of the First Deaf-Blind Woman to Graduate from Harvard Law School
"Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Legacy of Harold Washington, Chicago's First Black Mayor"
Ketanji Brown Jackson: The First Black Justice on the Supreme Court
Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson: A Child Prodigy
Matthew Alexander Henson: One of the First to Reach the North Pole
