by DaylanWoodall | Feb 6, 2022 | Global African History, People
Albertina Sisulu was a South African politician and nurse known for her anti-apartheid activism. Sisulu was born Nontsikelo Thethiwe on October 21, 1918 in Tsomo, Eastern Cape province, formerly a part of Transkei, then a British protectorate but later an autonomous...
by HornsbyAlton | Jan 7, 2021 | African American History, People
Cori Anika Bush is the first African America woman elected to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is also a single parent, a registered nurse, a former pastor, an activist, and a community organizer. Bush was...
by Mwansa Luchembe | Nov 18, 2019 | African American History, People
Dr. Leith Patricia Mullings was an anthropologist, author, and professor. She is one of triplets with Pauline Mullings and Sandra Mullings born on April 8, 1945 in Mandeville, Jamaica to Hubert Waite and Lillieth (Gayle) Mullings. She was the widow (m. 1996) of...
by Rita Fuller-Yates | Aug 4, 2019 | African American History, People
In 2018, Lauren Underwood was elected to the U.S. Congress representing the 14th Congressional district of Illinois which is suburban Chicago. She is the first African American woman to represent the district, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Randy Hultgren....
by KromSteve | Sep 22, 2018 | African American History, People
Bessie Virginia Blount, pioneer physical therapist, inventor, and scientist, was born in Hickory (today Chesapeake), Virginia, on November 24, 1914. In the sixth grade, she had to discontinue her elementary education, although she would later earn a GED after her...
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