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Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr. | Video

Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr. was the first African American astronaut to travel to space. In 1978, Guion Stewart Bluford was selected as an astronaut candidate.

Katherine Johnson (1918-2020) | Video

Katherine Johnson officially began working as mathematician in 1953 alongside other women like Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan in the NACA West Computing department. After

Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919) | Video

Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove) was America’s first African American millionaire businesswoman. Mixing one concoction of oils after another in a washtub, she

Miriam Benjamin (1861-1947) | Video

Miriam Benjamin, a teacher and attorney, became the second African American woman to be awarded a patent. In 1888, she invented a special type of