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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 […]

Black History

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 […]

Black History Month

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 […]

Black History Month, Home, Inspiring Stories

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. […]

Inspiring Stories

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 […]

Inspiring Stories

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 […]

Inspiring Stories

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. […]

Inspiring Stories

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.

African History, Inspiring African Stories

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

Inspiring Stories

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 […]

Human interest, Inspiring Stories

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 […]

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