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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Barak Obama, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela Black History Month, Black History Facts, Art Black Love, Very Important Person, Afrique Art, Black Knowledge, Black African American, Native American, American Women
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Barak Obama, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela
Katherine G. Johnson is a pioneer in American space history. A NASA mathematician, Johnson's computations have influenced every major space program from Mercury through the Shuttle. Watch her story: http://www.makers.com/katherine-g-johnson #InspireHerMind #STEM African History, Women In History, Black History, Black Girls, Black Women, Katherine Johnson, Hidden Figures, Space Race, Science
Katherine G. Johnson is a pioneer in American space history. A NASA mathematician, Johnson's computations have influenced every major space program from Mercury through the Shuttle. Watch her story: http://www.makers.com/katherine-g-johnson #InspireHerMind #STEM
Odell Horton (1929-2006) was the first African American United States federal judge and first US assistant district attorney in Tennessee. He received a B.A. from Morehouse College in 1951 and received an LL.B. from Howard University School of Law in 1956. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Western District of Tennessee from 1962 to 1968. He was a judge on the Shelby County Criminal Court, Tennessee from 1969 to 1970. He was President of Lemoyne-Owen College from 1970 to 1974. Black Like Me, Black Is Beautiful, Us History, History Facts, Western District, American Story, Howard University, Male Man, African Diaspora
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Odell Horton (1929-2006) was the first African American United States federal judge and first US assistant district attorney in Tennessee. He received a B.A. from Morehouse College in 1951 and received an LL.B. from Howard University School of Law in 1956. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Western District of Tennessee from 1962 to 1968. He was a judge on the Shelby County Criminal Court, Tennessee from 1969 to 1970. He was President of Lemoyne-Owen College from 1970 to 1974.
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~The Daughters Of Malcom X~AllPower2thePeople...By any means necessary!!
Dr. Dickens was the first African American woman admitted to American College of Surgeons. Afro, We Are The World, African American History, Black Pride
Changing the Face of Medicine
Dr. Dickens was the first African American woman admitted to American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Olivia Hooker became the first African American woman to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1945. To honor this trailblazer on her 100th birthday, the Coast Guard has named a building on Staten Island in her honor! At the ceremony this past Thursday, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft unveiled a plaque, stating: “Dr. Olivia Hooker …is an inspiration and a hero to every member of the Coast Guard and our nation.” American Art, Great Women, Before Us
Dr. Olivia Hooker became the first African American woman to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1945. To honor this trailblazer on her 100th birthday, the Coast Guard has named a building on Staten Island in her honor! At the ceremony this past Thursday, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft unveiled a plaque, stating: “Dr. Olivia Hooker …is an inspiration and a hero to every member of the Coast Guard and our nation.”
Ed Bradley : A 1964 graduate of Cheyney University with a Degree in Education. He began working for CBS News in 1971 as a stringer covering the Paris Peace talks. In 1972 he volunteered to be transferred to Saigon to cover the Vietnam War. In 1974 he went to Washington DC where he became the first black White House television Correspondent  while working for CBS News.He is also best known for his 26 years of award-winning work on 60 Minutes. Beautiful People, Amazing People, Black Tv, Black White
Ed Bradley : A 1964 graduate of Cheyney University with a Degree in Education. He began working for CBS News in 1971 as a stringer covering the Paris Peace talks. In 1972 he volunteered to be transferred to Saigon to cover the Vietnam War. In 1974 he went to Washington DC where he became the first black White House television Correspondent while working for CBS News.He is also best known for his 26 years of award-winning work on 60 Minutes.
Educator, Writer, and Activist Hallie Quinn Brown, 1849. Quinn was dean of Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama under Booker T. Washington and a professor at Wilberforce. She founded the Colored Woman's League of D.C., served as president of the Ohio State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs  the National Association of Colored Women, and later directed campaign work among African American women for President Calvin Coolidge. African American Culture, African American Women, African Americans, Brave, Beautiful Feet, Beautiful Bodies, Beautiful Quotes
Educator, Writer, and Activist Hallie Quinn Brown, 1849. Quinn was dean of Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama under Booker T. Washington and a professor at Wilberforce. She founded the Colored Woman's League of D.C., served as president of the Ohio State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs the National Association of Colored Women, and later directed campaign work among African American women for President Calvin Coolidge.
The African-American Suffragists History Forgot by Lynn Yaeger [T]hough we may have vague notions of the American women who fought so heroically for the ballot on this side of the Atlantic, they are, in our minds, in our imaginations, in the photographs and first-person narratives that have come down to us, uniformly white people.[Read Lynn Yaeger’s Vogue.com article in its entirety here.] Strange History, World History, Ancient History, Ancient Aliens, Art History, History Medieval
Eternally Beautifully Black
The African-American Suffragists History Forgot by Lynn Yaeger [T]hough we may have vague notions of the American women who fought so heroically for the ballot on this side of the Atlantic, they are, in our minds, in our imaginations, in the photographs and first-person narratives that have come down to us, uniformly white people.[Read Lynn Yaeger’s Vogue.com article in its entirety here.]
Bessie Coleman was the world's first black female pilot and the first woman to receive an international pilot's license. She flew in the United States 3 years before Amelia Earhart. Black History People, Black People, Bessie Coleman
First Black Woman Pilot
Bessie Coleman was the world's first black female pilot and the first woman to receive an international pilot's license. She flew in the United States 3 years before Amelia Earhart.
☥ The state of California was named after the mythical Black Queen Califia. According to the story, California was an island where only Black women lived. The women were the most powerful women in the world. When Cortez arrived in California, searching for this mythical queen, her influence on him was so severe, he paid tribute to this powerful Black Woman Queen Califia by naming the state after her. California literally means, “the land where Black women live." Statues, Black Art, Monument
☥ The state of California was named after the mythical Black Queen Califia. According to the story, California was an island where only Black women lived. The women were the most powerful women in the world. When Cortez arrived in California, searching for this mythical queen, her influence on him was so severe, he paid tribute to this powerful Black Woman Queen Califia by naming the state after her. California literally means, “the land where Black women live."