❌NO DMs.❌
02/28 - KAMALA HARRIS
Kamala Devi Harris was the first female U.S. vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. She was also the first African-American and the first Asian-American vice president.
(More in comments)
02/28 - KAMALA HARRIS
Kamala Devi Harris was the first female U.S. vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. She was also the first African-American and the first Asian-American vice president.
(More in comments)
02/27 - ANNIE TURNBO MALONE
Annie manufactured a line of beauty products for black women and created a unique distribution system that helped thousands of black women gain self-respect and economic independence.
(More in comments)
02/27 - ANNIE TURNBO MALONE
Annie manufactured a line of beauty products for black women and created a unique distribution system that helped thousands of black women gain self-respect and economic independence.
(More in comments)
02/26 - MAX ROBINSON
Maxie Cleveland Robinson Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, most notably serving as co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight alongside Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings from 1978 until 1983.
(More in comments)
02/26 - MAX ROBINSON
Maxie Cleveland Robinson Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, most notably serving as co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight alongside Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings from 1978 until 1983.
(More in comments)
02/25 - MARY CHURCH TERRELL
Mary was an American civil rights activist, journalist, teacher and one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree.
(More in comments)
02/25 - MARY CHURCH TERRELL
Mary was an American civil rights activist, journalist, teacher and one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree.
(More in comments)
02/24 - DR. REBECCA LEE CRUMPLER
Crumpler was the first Black American woman physician. She became a doctor of medicine at New England Female Medical College in 1864, just a year before the end of the Civil War.
(More in comments)
02/24 - DR. REBECCA LEE CRUMPLER
Crumpler was the first Black American woman physician. She became a doctor of medicine at New England Female Medical College in 1864, just a year before the end of the Civil War.
(More in comments)
02/23 - MARY KENNER
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner invented the sanitary belt (think today’s pads), a toilet paper holder, and a serving tray and pocket for walkers. She also filed more US patents than any other African American woman before her.
(More in comments)
02/23 - MARY KENNER
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner invented the sanitary belt (think today’s pads), a toilet paper holder, and a serving tray and pocket for walkers. She also filed more US patents than any other African American woman before her.
(More in comments)
02/22 - James Armistead Lafayette
Lafayette was a French general who helped the American colonists fight for their freedom as he infiltrated the British army as a double agent/spy near the end of the Revolutionary War.
(More in the comments)
02/22 - James Armistead Lafayette
Lafayette was a French general who helped the American colonists fight for their freedom as he infiltrated the British army as a double agent/spy near the end of the Revolutionary War.
(More in the comments)
02/21 - AMELIA BOYNTON ROBINSON
Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson was an American activist and supercentenarian who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
(More in comments)
02/21 - AMELIA BOYNTON ROBINSON
Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson was an American activist and supercentenarian who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
(More in comments)
02/20 - CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY
Constance was the first Black woman to argue before the Supreme Court. Does Brown vs. Board of Education ring a bell…?
(More in comments)
02/20 - CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY
Constance was the first Black woman to argue before the Supreme Court. Does Brown vs. Board of Education ring a bell…?
(More in comments)
02/19 - DAISY GATSON BATES
Daisy Bates was a civil rights activist and newspaper publisher who played a key role in desegregating schools in Arkansas.
(More in comments)
02/19 - DAISY GATSON BATES
Daisy Bates was a civil rights activist and newspaper publisher who played a key role in desegregating schools in Arkansas.
(More in comments)
02/18 - SADIE TANNER MOSSELL ALEXANDER
Sadie was the 1st Black person in the nation to earn a Ph.D. in economics in 1921. 3 years later, she earned a law degree & went on to become the 1st Black woman to pass the Pennsylvania bar & practice law in the state.
(More in comments)
02/18 - SADIE TANNER MOSSELL ALEXANDER
Sadie was the 1st Black person in the nation to earn a Ph.D. in economics in 1921. 3 years later, she earned a law degree & went on to become the 1st Black woman to pass the Pennsylvania bar & practice law in the state.
(More in comments)
02/17 - PHILLIS WHEATLEY
Despite never having received a formal education, Wheatley became the first African American to publish a book of poems, Poems on Various Subjects.
(More in comments)
02/17 - PHILLIS WHEATLEY
Despite never having received a formal education, Wheatley became the first African American to publish a book of poems, Poems on Various Subjects.
(More in comments)
02/16 - MAE JEMISON
Mae Jemison isn’t just the first African American woman who orbited into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. She's also a physician, teacher, and Peace Corps volunteer.
(More in comments)
02/16 - MAE JEMISON
Mae Jemison isn’t just the first African American woman who orbited into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. She's also a physician, teacher, and Peace Corps volunteer.
(More in comments)
02/15 - ALICE COACHMAN
Coachman became the first African American woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
(More in comments)
02/15 - ALICE COACHMAN
Coachman became the first African American woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
(More in comments)
02/14 - ETHEL WATERS
Ethel made history for her work in television—she was the first African American to star in her own TV show, The Ethel Waters Show, and she was nominated for an Emmy in 1962.
(More in comments)
02/14 - ETHEL WATERS
Ethel made history for her work in television—she was the first African American to star in her own TV show, The Ethel Waters Show, and she was nominated for an Emmy in 1962.
(More in comments)
02/13 - DOROTHY HEIGHT
Hailed the “godmother of the women’s movement,” Height used her background in education and social work to advance women’s rights.
(More in comments)
02/13 - DOROTHY HEIGHT
Hailed the “godmother of the women’s movement,” Height used her background in education and social work to advance women’s rights.
(More in comments)