Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., has worked in private practice, for the U.S. Public Health Service, and on numerous committees, and in 1993 was the first African...
Because she had trained overseas, when Elizabeth Ofili, M.B.B.S., first came to the United States from Nigeria in 1982, she had to work especially hard...
Dr. Janice E. Douglas, a fellow of the American Heart Association, decided to research hypertension and how cells control blood pressure after two of her...
Historian and anthropologist, William Leo Hansberry began his college education at Atlanta University, but (at the urging of W.E.B. DuBois) he transferred to Harvard in...
Melissa Harris-Perry is an American author, professor, television host, and political commentator who focuses on African American political issues. Harris-Perry has written for The Nation,...
Dr. Edmund W. Gordon (born June 13, 1921, in Goldsboro, North Carolina), a professor of psychology, “had a tremendous influence on contemporary thinking in psychology,...
Charlotte Forten Grimké, née Charlotte Louise Bridges Forten, (born August 17, 1837, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 23, 1914, Washington, D.C.), American abolitionist and educator best...
George Washington Williams, (born Oct. 16, 1849, Bedford Springs, Pa., U.S.—died Aug. 2, 1891, Blackpool, Eng.), American historian, clergyman, politician, lawyer, lecturer, and soldier who...