Tag: #blackexcellence
Queen Tiye: The Black Woman Who Was Egypt’s Most Powerful Queen
Tiye was the queen of Egypt of the 18th dynasty and the wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, the mother of Akhenaten, and the grandmother of…
The Story of Freddie Stowers – The First Black Soldier Who Was Awarded The Medal of Honor
Freddie Stowers was an African American corporal in the US Army who ultimately became renowned and celebrated for his heroism and bravery during World War…
Prudencia Ayala: The First Woman To Run For President In EL Salvador and Latin America
Prudencia Ayala was a renowned writer, activist, and women’s rights campaigner in El Salvador. She was a black woman of afro-indigenous descent who was the…
Ernest Fredric Morrison – The First Black Child Movie Star In Hollywood And The Highest Paid Actor in the Early 1900s
Ernest Fredric Morrison was an American child actor, comedian, and dancer who performed under the stage name Sunshine Sammy Morrison. He was the only black…
Meet Isaiah Gyamfi – The 2-year-old Ghanaian Math Genius Who Taught Himself How To Speak Japanese
Isaiah Gyamfi is a Ghanaian child prodigy who received international attention and grew popular after it was revealed that he can read, write, and count…
23-year-old Jessikah Inaba becomes the UK’s first blind Black barrister
23-year-old Jessikah Inaba has made history after becoming the first blind and Black barrister in the United Kingdom. Her success story was met with a…
Meet Elijah Muhammad Jr – The 12-Year-Old Cybersecurity Genius Who Made History As The Youngest Black College Student In Oklahoma
A phenomenal and exception Elijah Muhammad Jr. has recently became the youngest black college student in the history of Oklahoma. This feat was achieved after…
Violet Edwards – The Oldest Black Woman In The United States To Graduate From College At Age 96
Violet Edwards is the oldest African-American to receive a university degree at 96 years and 263 days old.
The Enslaved Black Man Behind The Jack Daniel’s Whiskey
Jasper Newton popularly known as “Jack Daniel” is celebrated for inventing Jack Daniel’s Whiskey in the 19th century. However, the company announced in 2016 that Daniel had learnt the skill of whiskey making from a black man named Nathan “Uncle Nearest” Green.
Meet 19-year-old Haley Taylor Schiltz: The Youngest Black Woman To Graduate From Law School In America
Haley Taylor Schlitz hits double success after becoming the youngest law school graduate at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the youngest black woman to graduate…
Meet Ramarni Wilfred: The Black Genius With An IQ Higher Than Scientist Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, And Physicist Stephen Hawking
Colonial backlogs and the rudiments of slavery have always circled black people as being inferior and mentally unfit. Well, the outstanding story of Ramarni Wilfred…