Curator Koyo Kouoh, 1967- 2025, the first African woman tapped to helm the Venice Biennale. Her home institution, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), in Cape Town, South Africa, where she was executive director and chief curator
Read more "Koyo Kouoh"What are you good at? Storytelling. First show 5/27/2025 streaming at https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/tellitontuesday/tell-it-on-tuesday-at-the-marsh/
Read moreSydney Barber the first black woman to head students at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Read more "Sydney Barber"Johnny Mathis born 1935. One of the first global superstars to come out publicly
Read more "Johnny Mathis"Do you have any collections? I collect Wheaties, one cent coins from 1909 to 1959 with two stalks of wheat on them.
Read more "I collect Wheaties"What is the legacy you want to leave behind? That I poured love into everyone and everything.
Read moreAnna Johnson born 1955, the first woman from Oakland, California and the Bay Area to play professional basketball, SF Pioneers in 1979.
Read more "Anna Johnson"Born Laurence Tureaud May 21, 1952.
Read more "Happy 73rd Birthday Mr.T"How do you feel about cold weather? Love watching it on the screens. Do not enjoy being in it.
Read moreSara Saartjie Baartman 1789-1815. One of the first Black women to be human Trafficked. AKA “Hottentot Venus”. Exhibited as a freak show attraction.
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