Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first African-American woman and federal public defender to sit on the supreme court. Jackson will replace Associate Justice Stephen...
(December 1, 1940- April 9, 2011)
Photo credits: The Estate of Jerry Lawson (Jerry Lawson)
Before Xbox, PlayStation, or even Atari, you had to buy a...
Jean Baptiste DuSable, also known as Jean Baptiste Point DuSable (Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable), was a black pioneer trader and...
A Black, Deaf-Blind woman who graduated from Harvard Law School created history. Haben Girma, a lawyer, activist, and public speaker born and raised in...
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Years after relocating to Chicago, I learned about Bessie Coleman, the first black woman to obtain a pilot's license in the United States in...
Gertrude Hadley Jeannette became the first woman in New York City licensed to drive a motorcycle. She was the first woman licensed to drive a cab. She became...