Mary Eliza Mahoney: The First Trained Black Nurse in America
Mary Eliza Mahoney is the First African-American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. […]
Mary Eliza Mahoney is the First African-American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. […]
Belford Vance Lawson Jr. made history as the first African American to win a Supreme Court case in the United States. His landmark victory paved the way for greater equality and justice for people of color.
Ralph Harold Metcalfe was a celebrated U.S. sprinter, track coach, and politician. Metcalfe’s years as a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was an incredible one. He won a lot of medals and was regarded as the world’s fastest human in 1934 and 1935.
Christian Frederick Cole was a Sierra Leonean lawyer who became an historical icon after becoming the first African barrister to practice in England and the first black African student to study at the University of Oxford.
In the annals of ancient Egyptian history, few pharaohs stand out with the same significance and impact as Shabaka, also
Freddie Stowers was an African American corporal in the US Army who ultimately became renowned and celebrated for his heroism
Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution inspired millions of free and enslaved people of African descent to seek freedom and equality
Aunty Polly Jackson was a bold and fearless black woman who took up arms to protect and safeguard runaway slaves
The term Adivasi derives from the Hindi word ‘adi‘ which means of earliest times or from the beginning and ‘vasi‘
Elizabeth Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman to obtain a civil aviator’s international pilot’s license. She was the first African-American woman to fly in public.