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Salima Mukansanga is the First Black Woman to O...
She’s calling the shots! Salima Mukansanga started on a path earning her bachelor's degree in Nursing and Midwifery from the University of Gitwe, located in Rwanda’s South Province, Ruhango District,...
Salima Mukansanga is the First Black Woman to O...
She’s calling the shots! Salima Mukansanga started on a path earning her bachelor's degree in Nursing and Midwifery from the University of Gitwe, located in Rwanda’s South Province, Ruhango District,...
Meet Mary J. Wilson, The First Black Senior Zoo...
She was a gem of a human! Mary Jeanette Wilson grew up in West Baltimore, born to parents Willie Wilson and Mary Henry, her mother passed away of diphtheria when...
Meet Mary J. Wilson, The First Black Senior Zoo...
She was a gem of a human! Mary Jeanette Wilson grew up in West Baltimore, born to parents Willie Wilson and Mary Henry, her mother passed away of diphtheria when...
Meet Mary J. Wilson, The First Black Senior Zoo...
She was a gem of a human! Mary Jeanette Wilson grew up in West Baltimore, born to parents Willie Wilson and Mary Henry, her mother passed away of diphtheria when...
Meet Mary J. Wilson, The First Black Senior Zoo...
She was a gem of a human! Mary Jeanette Wilson grew up in West Baltimore, born to parents Willie Wilson and Mary Henry, her mother passed away of diphtheria when...
Meet Andrew Watson, The First Black Soccer Play...
He made history more than a century and a half ago! According to the National Records of Scotland, Andrew Watson was the first Black soccer player to play at an international level. Born...
Meet Andrew Watson, The First Black Soccer Play...
He made history more than a century and a half ago! According to the National Records of Scotland, Andrew Watson was the first Black soccer player to play at an international level. Born...
Meet James Hemings, the First French-Trained Bl...
James Hemings was born enslaved, brought to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate when he was just nine years old with his siblings and mother, Elizabeth Hemings, Monticello.org reports. Jefferson inherited the Hemings family...
Meet James Hemings, the First French-Trained Bl...
James Hemings was born enslaved, brought to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate when he was just nine years old with his siblings and mother, Elizabeth Hemings, Monticello.org reports. Jefferson inherited the Hemings family...
Karen Bass Is Now Los Angeles' First Black Woma...
Taking office nearly three decades after Former Mayor Tom Bradley, she's now the second Black mayor of L.A. Karen Ruth Bass, born October 3, 1953, is a longtime congresswoman and state...
Karen Bass Is Now Los Angeles' First Black Woma...
Taking office nearly three decades after Former Mayor Tom Bradley, she's now the second Black mayor of L.A. Karen Ruth Bass, born October 3, 1953, is a longtime congresswoman and state...