“Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.”
— James Baldwin
Black Women in History: A Comprehensive Timeline 1711-2022
Phillis Wheatley: 25 fascinating facts
Amelia Boynton Robinson: A Trailblazer in the Civil Rights Movement
Phyl Garland: Trailblazing Journalist, Music Critic, and Academic Pioneer
Alice Ball: The Unsung Hero Who Revolutionized Leprosy Treatment
Trachette Jackson: Pioneering Mathematical Oncology
The Untold Story of Alice Mae Redmond: Could She Be the Pioneer Behind Chicago’s Deep-Dish Pizza?
Ann Lowe: The Unsung Hero of American Fashion History
Marie Van Brittan Brown: The Trailblazing Inventor Behind the First Home Security System
Tressie Souders: 25 Facts About The First Black Female to Direct a Feature Film
Ruth Jean Baskerville: A Pioneer in Black Talent Representation
Mary Jane Richardson: 13 Fascinating Facts
Mary Jane Richardson
Hazel Johnson: Chicago's Unsung Environmental Justice Hero
Willa Brown: The First Black American Woman to Earn Both a Pilot's License and a Commercial License
Lyda D. Newman: The Inventor Who Revolutionized the Hairbrush
12 Facts About Clarice Phelps, First Black Woman to Help Discover a New Element
Shymane Robinson, the Youngest Black Lawyer to Open an Office on the Southside of Chicago
Sylvia Robinson: The Mother of Hip Hop
Valerie Thomas: The Inventor of the illusion transmitter 3D Movies
