Who was Bessie Coleman? (Important Facts)
Bessie Coleman was a pioneer in the aviation industry. She would go down in history as the first indigenous American to receive an international pilot’s license. In 1921, the Texas-born...
Bessie Coleman was a pioneer in the aviation industry. She would go down in history as the first indigenous American to receive an international pilot’s license. In 1921, the Texas-born...
Arthur Wharton’s life and achievement have inspired many black soccer players over the years. He was probably the reason why players such as Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé), George Weah,...
At a time when African-Americans did not have the luxury of enjoying certain rights and freedoms in the United States, one woman decided to change that. Her name was Lucy...
Having grown tired of over three centuries of the worst form of oppression, social hierarchy and brutal enslavement, black African slaves in the prosperous French colony of Saint-Domingue began a...
On April 22, 1721 a ship from the Caribbean arrived in Boston carrying a sailor with smallpox. Though he was quarantined, it didn’t prevent a smallpox outbreak from ravaging the...