Category: History

Inez Beverly Prosser was a teacher, school administrator, psychologist, and the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology in the United States. Her dissertation The Non-Academic Development…

Environmental advocate Angelou Ezeilo was born December 11, 1970, in Jersey City, New Jersey to parents Helen and Walter Chiles. As a child, during the summer her family traveled to…

Entertainment reporter A. J. Calloway was born Albert Johnson Calloway Jr. on August 29, 1974, to Ava Claire Calloway and Albert Johnson Calloway Jr. in Newark, New Jersey.In 1993, he…

Bisila Bokoko, the award-winning entrepreneur, philanthropist, women’s advocate, and global leadership speaker, was born Bisila África Bokoko Toichoa in Valencia, Spain, in 1974. Her international roots trace back to her…

The 2nd Cavalry Division was unique the U.S. Army in World II in that it was composed of Black and White troops as early as 1941, at a time when…

Martine Watkins, born in June 1980, became the first biracial mayor of Santa Cruz City, California, in 2020 and served a four-year term. Watkins grew up in Santa Cruz and…

Author, playwright, poet, academic, and feminist Ama Ata Aidoo, a towering figure in African Literature, was born Christina Ama Ata Aidoo on March 23, 1942, in Abeadzi Kyiakor, Gold Coast,…

Christine Mann Darden is an internationally renowned aerospace engineer. In 1967 she became the youngest National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) data analyst and African American female mathematicians, hired by…

The Berkley Square Housing Project, opened in 1953 in Las Vegas, Nevada, was a historically significant project for African Americans because of its unique design and financing. Berkley Square is…

The first African American major of Atlantic City, James Leroy Usry, was born February 2, 1922, in Athens, Georgia. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Atlantic City, New…