by KempValerieJ | Dec 31, 2010 | African American History, People
Jill Elaine Brown became the first African American woman to serve as a pilot for a major U.S. airline when she was hired by Texas International Airlines at the age of 28. Her passion for flying began as a teenager, leading her into the U.S. Navy flight training...
by CarverGaytonPhD | Dec 31, 2010 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Simmons College of Kentucky, the state’s oldest African American college, was founded in 1879. The college was established by former slaves to train the sons and daughters of fellow African Americans. In August of 1865, Rev. Henry Adams led the effort to create the...
by KinsonChristopher | Dec 30, 2010 | African American History, People
Cecil Bassett Moore was a lawyer, civil rights activist and leader of the Philadelphia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1963 to 1967. A charismatic politician, Moore was able to mobilize large numbers of working class African...
by KinsonChristopher | Dec 30, 2010 | African American History, People
Benjamin Pelham was a powerful Detroit politician and journalist. He was the Wayne County accountant from 1906 until 1942 and the proprietor and editor of the first successful black newspaper in Detroit, the Plaindealer. Pelham, the youngest of six children born to...
by BeyMarquis | Dec 30, 2010 | African American History, People
William “Bill” Pinkney is the first African American, and only the fourth person in the world to circumnavigate the globe alone by boat. Pinkney was born on September 15, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois to Marion Henderson Pinkney and William Pinkney, Sr. He...
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