Although Serena had a surprising loss knocking her out of the US Open Sunday, we are still very proud of her. There is no denying her talent on the court. If she never wins another match, Serena Williams has accomplished the highest of accolades, she has become an ICON. She’s a symbol of tenacity, strength, …
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Long before the phrase “Black is beautiful” gained currency in the 1960s, Mrs. DeVore-Mitchell was preaching that ethos by example. In New York in the 1940s — an age when modeling schools, and modeling jobs, were overwhelmingly closed to blacks — she helped start the Grace del Marco Modeling Agency and later founded the Ophelia …
People often cite Arthur Ashe as the first African American to win Wimbledon (1975). He was indeed the first African American male to win the men’s singles title, but it was, in fact, Althea Gibson, who was the first African American to cross the color line playing and winning at Wimbledon (1957 and 1958) and at the …
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courtesy of Bio Michele Roberts rose from a childhood in a Bronx public-housing development to attend the UC Berkeley School of Law. She began her legal career as a public defender, eventually becoming a litigation partner for several top firms. In 2014, Roberts became the first female union leader in major North American professional sports …
It is important that we know our history told from our people. In the coming months you will hear about Assata Shakur. The media has already begun bringing up her name now that the US and Cuba’s relations have become friendly. They have painted her as a criminal, a felon, a radical, a terrorist. When …
On January 29, 1951, Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital because she felt a “knot” inside of her. She had told her cousins about the “knot”; they assumed correctly that she was pregnant. But after giving birth to her fifth child, Joseph, Henrietta started bleeding abnormally and profusely. Her local doctor tested her for syphilis, …
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