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Charlotte Wesley Holloman (1922-2015)
Charlotte Wesley Holloman was an opera singer and voice teacher who taught at Howard University for over twenty years as the only vocal faculty member. She was...
Muriel E. Poston (1950- )
Muriel E. Poston is an accomplished botanist and dedicated educator working to increase underrepresented populations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Her extensive science career crosses...
Theodore Judson Jemison (1918-2013)
Rev. Theodore Judson Jemison was a civil rights leader and president of the National Baptist Convention. He was responsible for leading the Baton Rouge Bus...
Marjorie Stewart Joyner (1896-1994)
Marjorie Stewart Joyner was the inventor of the Permanent Wave Machine thus ensuring her a prominent place in cosmetology history. She helped...
Julia Jeter Cleckley (1944- )
Brigadier General Julia Jeter Cleckley was the first African American female General in the U.S. Army National Guard. Cleckley spent twenty-eight years...
David L. Brewer, III (1946- )
Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III is 35-year veteran of the United States Navy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified...
Alice H. Parker (1895-?)
Alice H. Parker was an African American inventor famous for her patented system of central heating using natural gas. In the 1920s...
Walter J. Whitfield (1948- )
Brigadier General Walter John Whitfield was the first African American General in the Army National Guard. His career extends over thirty...
Garnet Douglass Baltimore (1859-1946)
Garnet Douglass Baltimore was the first African American to earn a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was an...
Johnnie Harrison Taylor (1934-2000)
Johnnie Harrison Taylor was an R&B and gospel singer prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. His career crossed genres and generations spanning around four decades and...