From Baltimore, Maryland, Reginald Lewis became one of the richest Black men in America. He was the first African American to build a billion-dollar company: TLC Beatrice International Holdings Inc.…
read moreThe Queen of Rock and Roll was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, a town she described in a song as having “a church house, gin house, a schoolhouse…
read moreAccording to Forbes magazine, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, one of the greatest NBA players of all time, has a net worth of $1.2 billion most of which was earned as a…
read moreGeorge Foreman was a professional boxer who was born in Marshall, Texas. He dropped out of school at 15 and spent time as a mugger and a brawler on the…
read moreOn August 19, 2023, attorney Charles "Chuck" Fuller appeared once again on "Law Talk with Ethel Mitchell" to share the legal guidance he gives in his publication The Black Man’s…
read moreLonnie Bunch III was the Founding Director of The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and is the current Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the first African…
read moreMorgan DeBaun was born in 1990 in St. Louis, MO. While living in a predominantly White suburb, her family inculcated in her an appreciation for positive African American figures in…
read moreAn immensely popular TV series, "The Lone Ranger" began as a radio program in the 1930s. The television show aired from 1949-1957 on ABC. It was the highest-rated television program…
read moreShirley Ann Jackson was born in the District of Columbia in 1946. Her parents read her books about Benjamin Banneker, an African American scientist and mathematician who helped design and…
read moreGregory Robinson is partially responsible for the largest step toward learning about the universe in history. He was Director of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) which…
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