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...)
In "Brenda's Got a Baby", 2Pac exposes the lives of young girls growing up on drugs, sexual abuse, immorality, illiteracy, poverty, and parental exploitation. (Read more...)
Bolt is 6 feet and 5 inches (1.96 meters) tall. He has disproved conventional thoughts regarding tall athletes being at a disadvantage when it comes to fast starting. (Read more...)
Born a slave, married at 14, mother at 17 and widowed at 20. (Read more...)
Bath is the first African-American woman to specialize in ophthalmology. (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...)
Dynamic, passionate, enthused, energetic, determined, and compassionate. These words perfectly fit the profile of Dr. Winifred Byanyima, fondly called Winnie, the lady at the helm of the United Nations program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). (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...)
Usain Bolt formerly held the record of the most decorated athlete in history until the stunning victory of Allyson Felix in a 4x400 mixed-gender relay at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. (Read more...)
Dr. Williams also founded the first interracial hospital in the United States. (Read more...)