Waverly Woodson, Jr. was a medic from Philadelphia who served in World War II with the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only Black combat unit to participate in D-Day. As one of the first Black soldiers to make it onto Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944, Woodson ended up saving the lives of Read More…
Horace King had all the odds against him as he was born into slavery on a South Carolina plantation. He, nevertheless, rose to become a prolific architect and the most respected bridge builder in west Georgia, Alabama, and northeast Mississippi from the 1830s until the 1880s. King built a number of massive bridges, industrial facilities, Read More…
One of the greatest warriors ever to emerge from Africa in the sixteenth century was Queen Amina of Zazzau. Like the great Nzingha of Angola, Queen Amina’s leadership skills were discovered early by her grandfather who allowed her to attend state meetings. Her mother, the Queen Bakwa of Turunku, an influential political figure in Amina’s Read More…
Chess, to Jessica Hyatt’s mom, was a hobby but to the 15-year-old from Brooklyn, it was a passion, and now that passion is paying off. Hyatt was presented with the Daniel Feinberg Success in Chess Award in a virtual ceremony on October 13, an award that comes with a $40,000 in college scholarship. The award Read More…
Three counties in Atlanta are going to have the first Black sheriffs in their respective history after the three men, who are all Democrats, were elected to fill the seats during Tuesday’s election. According to Channel 2 Action News, Craig Owens, a police major, defeated long-time Cobb County Republican Sheriff Neil Warren whilst electorates in Read More…
For two decades in public life, powerful Harris has achieved a lot of firsts: the first Black woman to serve as San Francisco’s district attorney, the first woman to be California’s attorney general, first Indian American senator, and now she will be working by Biden’s side after he named her for the nomination to the Read More…
