Bath is the first African-American woman to specialize in ophthalmology. (Read more...)

Greenwood's District of Tulsa also called the Black Wall Street, was the oil capital of the world. African-Americans were entrepreneurs and innovators. They were "bold, visionary and of national renown", in the words of Johnson. (Read more...)

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

In 2013 when she was only 8 years old, Mabou was able to articulate 8 languages; English, Kreyol, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin and Sign Language. (Read more...)

Cheick Sanou, was a very bulky child who suffered from bullying at a young age and received the nickname "Biby" added to the bullying. (Read more...)

Nikole argues that the history of the United States does not begin in 1776 with the declaration of independence, but in 1619 with the arrival of the first slaves in Virginia. (Read more...)

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

If you have ever used FaceTime, Skype or WhatsApp before, you should thank Marian Croak. (Read more...)

Onwenu stands out as the only musician to have crossed pop with "juju" music and highlife, harmoniously combining English and local language. (Read more...)