Category : Education

Education

Patrick Healy

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Patrick Healy was one of the successful Healy siblings of the early 19th century who openly acknowledged being of part African or black ancestry. Known...
EducationInternational

Walter Rodney

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Walter Rodney, whose father was a tailor and whose mother was a homemaker, was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He won a government scholarship that enabled...
Education

George Washington Carver

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George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who made significant contributions to the fields of agriculture and botany. Born into slavery in...
Education

Tuskegee University

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Tuskegee University is a private, coeducational, historically black institution of higher education in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. Its establishment as a school for training African American teachers...
Civil RightsEducationPolitics

Dorothy Height

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Dorothy Height was a civil rights and women’s rights activist focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African-American women. Born in Virginia...