Alina Ernst
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin is considered by many literary critics and people around the world as Russia’s greatest poet, author, and the founder of...
Pearl Hobson (1879- ?)
In the decades prior to the Russian Revolution, Pearl Hobson became the most popular African American dancer and singer in Imperial Russia. Known by various names...
Oliver Golden (1887-1940)
Oliver Golden, born in 1887, in Yazoo County, Mississippi, was the son of former slaves who prospered during Reconstruction. Their house, however,...
Lily Golden (1934-2010)
Liya Oliverovna Golden was the prominent black Russian social activist, scholar, and mother of Russian TV star Yelena Khanga. Liya Golden—also known as...
Williana “Liana” Burroughs (1882-1945)
Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs was an American teacher, radical political activist, and the first African American woman to run for...
Rosalind G. Brewer (1962- )
Rosalind G. Brewer is an American businesswoman and the first African American woman to become chief operations officer (COO) of Starbucks. Brewer...
Miles K. Davis (1960- )
Miles K. Davis is the first black educator to become president of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Davis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1960....
