Born a slave, married at 14, mother at 17 and widowed at 20. (Read more...)

If you have ever used FaceTime, Skype or WhatsApp to communicate, then you should thank Marian Croak. The so-called "Ma Bell" made it all possible, thanks to her leadership and forward-thinking vision. (Read more...)

Known as the biggest critic of her time, imprisonment and exiles could not stop Ellen Johnson defiance and courage towards reaching her goal. (Read more...)

Colin Powell, the first African American Secretary of State to the United States of America, not only made history but further distinguished himself by occupying the highest ranking position in the U.S. military. (Read more...)

Charles Drew discovered that there was a possibility of storing blood plasma for up to two months or more. An yet, it is popularly told and even transcribed in fiction, such as M*A*S*H TV series, that Drew would have died due to a refusal of a blood transfusion because of his skin color. (Read more...)

At 33, Carson became the youngest head of pediatric neurosurgery in all of the United States. (Read more...)

In 1978, Howroyd founded a small temporary employment business in Beverly Hills called Act 1, with her $1,500 savings, a small office, a telephone, and her brother-in-law Tom Noolan as her first client. (Read more...)

Akintola Williams, a centenarian, is Africa's first black certified chartered accountant. (Read more...)

Woods registered close to 60 patents in his lifetime, including a telephone transmitter, a trolley wheel and the multiplex telegraph in which he defeated Thomas Edison's lawsuit. (Read more...)

The street in front of the building had already been named "Hidden Figures Way", in tribute to Jackson and all the women who devoted their lives to the American space program. (Read more...)