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A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
Interesting facts about Black historical figures who have made such an impact. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
Each year from Feb. 1 to March 1, Black History Month is recognized in the U.S. Set aside to commemorate the many contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans, the observation provides an ...
First known African-American woman to graduate from one of the Seven Sisters colleges: Hortense Parker (Mount Holyoke College) [88] [Note 7] First African-American woman to earn a PhD. Nettie Craig-Asberry June 12, 1883, earns her doctoral degree in music from the University of Kansas one month shy of her 18th birthday.
Daisy Myers 1957. Daisy D. Myers (February 10, 1925 – December 5, 2011) was an African-American woman who lived with her family in Levittown, Pennsylvania, reportedly designed to be an all-white town, beginning in 1957.
First African-American musicians inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in the inaugural class: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, and Little Richard First African-American woman, and first woman, to top the Billboard 200 year-end list: Whitney Houston ( Whitney Houston )
Books about Coleman’s life include “Brave Bessie: Flying Free,” “Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman” and “She Dared to Fly: Bessie Coleman.” 17. Ruby Bridges (born 1954)
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1872. Frances Ellen Watkins was born free on September 24, 1825 [3] in Baltimore, Maryland (then a slave state), the only child of free parents. [4] [5] Her parents, whose names are unknown, both died in 1828, making Watkins an orphan at the age of three. [3]