by Peder Punsalan-Teigen | Sep 28, 2020 | African American History, People
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner is an inventor of numerous products we use today and has the most patents of any African American woman. Kenner was born on May 17, 1912, in Monroe, North Carolina. Her father was inventor Sidney Nathaniel Davidson, and her mother is...
by Karina Mendez Soto | Sep 28, 2020 | Global African History, People
Dr. Denis Mukwege is a Nobel Prize-winning gynecologist, human rights activist, and Pentecostal pastor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He specializes in the treatment of women who have experienced sexual violence during armed conflicts. The recipient...
by JonesCynthia | Sep 28, 2020 | African American History, People
Yvonne Young Clark, a pioneer in the field of science and engineering, was born April 13, 1929, in Houston, Texas. Her father was Dr. Coleman Milton Young Jr., a medical doctor and surgeon. Her mother was Hortense Houston Young, a library specialist and journalist....
by Karina Mendez Soto | Sep 28, 2020 | African American History, People
William Murrell is an entrepreneur and computer scientist who started Boston’s largest Black-owned computer store and pioneered Black-themed websites in the 1990s. William Murrell was born in Harlem, New York in 1955, and at the age of six moved with his mother to...
by Karina Mendez Soto | Sep 28, 2020 | African American History, People
Barry Cooper is a journalist, technology entrepreneur, and CEO who founded BlackVoices.com, a groundbreaking website in the early days of the Internet. Cooper graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He began working as a sportswriter for the...
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