A self-taught teacher and surgical researcher, Hamilton Naki showed a natural aptitude for medicine while working as a gardener at the University of Capetown, South...
While still a young man, Archie Alexander broke through two deeply entrenched barriers. He was the second African-American football player at the University of Iowa...
Emmett Chappelle is a name synonymous with groundbreaking scientific research and innovation. Born in 1925 in Phoenix, Arizona, Chappelle’s journey from a small farm with...
Cell Biologist Jewell Plummer Cobb (born Jewel Isadora Plummer) was born on January 17, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois. Her father, Frank, was a physician and...
A Pioneer in Engineering and Innovation David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. was a trailblazing African American inventor and mechanical engineer, celebrated for his groundbreaking contributions to...
A Pioneering Voice in African American Literature and Civil Rights Nella Larsen, born in Chicago in 1891, was a prominent African American author and activist...