Evelyn Carmon Nicol
Evelyn Carmon Nicol was born on June 2, 1930, to Daniel and Margarite Carmon in Little Rock, Kentucky. From a young age, she faced the...
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Herbert Alphonso Dixon
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Herbert Alphonso Dixon was a Negro Baseball League (NBL) baseball outfielder. Nicknamed “Rap,” Dixon was born on September 15, 1902, in Kingston, Georgia to John...
Dr. Gladys West
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If you rely on your GPS for directions, you can thank a mathematician whose little-known contributions to the mathematical modeling of the Earth recently earned...
Michelle McMurry-Heath
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Michelle McMurry-Heath is the President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). A medical doctor and molecular immunologist by training, Dr. McMurry-Heath leads BIO as...
Lillie May Carroll Jackson
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Lillie May Carroll Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader in Baltimore, served as president of the city’s NAACP chapter for 35 years, earning the title...
Prathia Hall Wynn
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Prathia Hall Wynn was a womanist, theologian, ethicist, and civil rights activist who has been credited with being a key inspiration for Martin Luther King...
Marcella Nunez
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Marcella Nunez is a physician and associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine. Most recently she was appointed by President-Elect Joe...
Madeline M. Turner
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Madeline M. Turner is the inventor of Turner’s Fruit Press (the original blueprint/ design on which all modern juicers are based). The machine engineered by...
Dr. John Morton-Finney
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Dr. John Morton-Finney was an accomplished lawyer, civil rights activist, and academic who accumulated eleven degrees over the course of his life. Born in Kentucky...
Gardner Calvin Taylor
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Gardner Taylor was a civil rights advocate, social change agent, prominent minister, and leader within the National Baptist Convention. Taylor became known as “the dean...