Accepting the position of an NFL team president during a time when this organization is going through a rough time indicates that Morgan is a risk-taker and a go-getter. (Read more...)
Basquiat is the author of "Untitled", a painting acquired by a Japanese billionaire for $110.5 million: the most paid for a work by an American artist. (Read more...)
At 33, Carson became the youngest head of pediatric neurosurgery in all of the United States. (Read more...)
Simutowe had to rely only on his own initiative to become Zambia's best player and the Sub-Saharan Africa's first International Chess Grandmaster. (Read more...)
"L'enfant noir" is arguably Camara Laye's most famous book. Its particularity is that the author recounts his own life. (Read more...)
Akintola Williams, a centenarian, is Africa's first black certified chartered accountant. (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...)
Bath is the first African-American woman to specialize in ophthalmology. (Read more...)
$2.1 billion, that was the amount in January 2020, according to Forbes, of the wealth of Isabel dos Santos. She who had been consecrated the first African woman billionaire in 2013, by the same Forbes magazine. (Read more...)
Born a slave, married at 14, mother at 17 and widowed at 20. (Read more...)
If you have ever used FaceTime, Skype or WhatsApp before, you should thank Marian Croak. (Read more...)
