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Black is Beautiful’ pioneer Ophelia DeVore

Photo credit: New Pittsburgh Courier online "I wanted America to know that beauty isn't just white, it's all colors. I wanted to change the...

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Jerry Lawson: The man who Pioneered the Video Game Cartridge.

(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...

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Dr. Percy Lavon Julian, the Chemist Who Defied Boundaries and Changed Medicine

Introduction Black History Month is a time to celebrate the contributions of African Americans who have shaped our world. While figures like Martin Luther King...
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Harry Hoosier: The Forgotten Orator Who Inspired a Nation

Introduction In the annals of American history, there are countless unsung heroes whose contributions have shaped the nation’s cultural and spiritual fabric. One such figure...

Muriel Tramis: The First Black Woman Video Game Designer

Men controlled the video gaming industry in the 1980s. The first black woman to design a video game was Muriel Tramis, a French-Caribbean woman...

Sylvia Robinson: The Mother of Hip Hop

Introduction Hip-hop has become among the most well-known and significant musical genres worldwide, but it wasn't always that way. Hip-hop was largely an underground movement...

Jerry Lawson: The man who Pioneered the Video Game Cartridge.

(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...

12 Facts About Clarice Phelps, First Black Woman to Help Discover a New Element

"I often find myself the only black woman or the only woman in a room all the time. I mean, all the time,” she...
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The Black Woman who invented Rock n’ Roll Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Podcast Notes Sister Rosetta Tharpe is the topic of this podcast today. Hey everybody, welcome to Tellers of the Untold I'm Vanessa, your host. And...
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