Ida Gray Nelson Rollins
Ida Gray Nelson Rollins, the first African American Woman dentist, was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, on March 4, 1867. She became an orphan when her...
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Daniel Hale Williams III
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Daniel Hale Williams III was a pioneering surgeon best known for performing 1893 one of the world’s first successful open-heart surgeries.  Williams was born on...
Dr. Rebecca J. Cole
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Dr. Rebecca J. Cole was one of the first African American women to become a physician in the United States. She was born in Philadelphia...
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
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Born Rebecca Davis in Delaware on February 8, 1831, she grew up in Pennsylvania, where her aunt provided care for the ill. A bright girl,...
David Harold Blackwell
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David Harold Blackwell, mathematician, and statistician was the first African American to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1965) and is especially known...
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr
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Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., was the first African American selected to be an astronaut. He was also a test pilot and senior the United States...
Guion Bluford
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Guion Bluford, in full Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr., (born November 22, 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.), an astronaut who was the first African American launched into...
Frederick Drew Gregory
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Frederick Drew Gregory was a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut, administrator, and the first black man to command a space shuttle mission. Born...
The Georgia Infirmary
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The Georgia Infirmary was the first hospital for African Americans built in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection...
David Jones Peck
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David Jones Peck was the first black man to graduate from an American medical school. He was born to John C. and Sarah Peck in...