Emma Reed Wright
Emma Reed (Wright) was born on May 30, 1925, on the family farm in rural Redwood, Mississippi to parents Sallie and Smith Reed. She grew...
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Alyce Chenault Gullattee
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Alyce Chenault Gullattee, M.D., was a prominent Howard University Hospital psychiatrist, civil rights activist, member of Union Temple Baptist Church, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority...
Philip A. Payton Jr.
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Philip A. Payton Jr., a renowned real estate magnate, left an indelible mark on the landscape of Harlem, transforming it into a thriving black mecca....
Richard “Cannonball Dick” Redding
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Richard “Cannonball Dick” Redding was a pitcher, outfielder, and manager in the Negro Leagues. Redding was born on April 15, 1893, in Atlanta, Georgia. Much...
How Black America Fell Out Of Love With Africa
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By Alden Young March 8, 2022 Alden Young is an assistant professor of African American studies and a member of the International Institute at UCLA....
Beatrice Coleman
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Beatrice Coleman was a pioneering civil rights activist in Fairbanks, Alaska. In 1946 she challenged Jim Crow segregation in the city by calling for the...
Evelyn Carmon Nicol
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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...
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...