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.
In 1951, Mary Jackson was recruited by NACA and worked as a human computer. In 1953, Mary began working for a NASA engineer named Kazimierz
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
Dr. Mae C. Jemison is an engineer, physician and former astronaut. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in chemical engineering and later earned
Born in Maryland on November 9, 1731, Benjamin Banneker is often known as the “First African American Scientist.” He built a wooden clock that kept
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. On April
Dorothy and her co-workers, Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson, worked together in the NACA West Computing department. Dorothy received a promotion in 1949, becoming the
In 1916, Ella Phillips Stewart graduated from the University of Pittsburgh* School of Pharmacy. She was the first African American woman to graduate from the
Born a slave, an aunt bought Fanny’s freedom for $125 and then sent her to school in Rhode Island. Coppin was one of the first
Dr. Susan McKinney Steward is the first African American woman physician in New York and the third African American woman physician in the U.S. In
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American registered nurse in the United States. She enrolled in the New England Hospital for Women and Children
Dr. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson is the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University. She has worked as an aerospace engineer
After Ida Gray graduated from high school in 1887, she entered the University of Michigan Dental School. In 1890, she became the first African American
Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961. He is the first African American to be elected President of the United States. This historic win made
Condoleeza Rice enrolled at the University of Denver at the age of 15, graduating at 19 with a bachelor’s degree in political science (cum laude).
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