Ethel L. Payne

Ethel L. Payne is the only black person to be honored by the U.S. Postal Service on a “Women in Journalism” stamp in 2002.

Camilla Williams

Camilla Williams was the first black person to sing a major role with the Vienna State Opera in 1954.

Morgan DeBaun

Morgan DeBaun founded Blavity, a tech and media company that shapes conversations and brings new insights to the black millennial community in 2014.

Missy Elliot

Missy Elliot will become the first female hip-hop artist to receive an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in May 2019.

Sarah Boone

Sarah Boone was granted a patent for her invention of the ironing board in 1892

Vivian Johnson

Vivian Johnson, professor and historian who unearthed the deed showing that Zipporah Potter Atkins was the first black landowner in Boston Massachusetts of either gender.

Zipporah Potter Atkins

Zipporah Potter Atkins in 1670 was the first black person to own land in Boston.

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was the first black woman to earn a PhD in 1921 and the first woman to earn a law degree from University of Pennsylvania in 1927.

Evelyn Preer

Evelyn Preer became the first black actress to achieve celebrity status, nicknamed the “First Lady of the Screen” in the early 20th century.

Daisy Bates

Daisy Bates was President of the Arkansas Conference of the NAACP branches in 1952. She published the Arkansas State Press, a black newspaper. She advised the Little Rock Nine when they integrated the Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The Long Shadow of Little Rock was her memoir.

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