Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin
A Pioneer in Invention and Innovation Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin, born on September 16, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina, made significant contributions to the fields of...
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Terri L. Young, M.D.
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Pediatric ophthalmologist Terri L. Young, M.D., has researched the molecular genetics of myopia to help find better treatments for eye disorders. She has been an...
Dr. Jeanne Spurlock
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Physician, educator, and writer Dr. Jeanne Spurlock drew inspiration in her career from the challenges she faced in life as an African American woman. As...
Dr. JudyAnn Bigby
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JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., served as director of the Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. She is devoted to the health care needs...
Barbara Ross-Lee
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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...
Elizabeth Ofili
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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
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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...
William Leo Hansberry
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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
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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,...
Lucy Diggs Slowe
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Lucy Diggs Slowe lost both of her parents by the age of six and went to live with her Aunt Martha Price. She soon moved...