Meet Bessie Coleman, The First African American Woman To Become An International Pilot In 1921

Meet Bessie Coleman, The First African American Woman To Become An International Pilot In 1921

Bessie Coleman became the first black woman to obtain an international pilot’s license in 1921. After studying French, she enrolled in the prestigious Ecole d’Aviation des Frères Caudron in Northern France. No school in America would educate a black student. Her brother John, who served in France during World War I, inspired her to fly … Read more

Meet Mary Mcleod Bethune, Without Who the Historic Tuskegee Airmen May Not Have Existed

Meet Mary Mcleod Bethune Without Who the Historic Tuskegee Airmen May Not Have Existed

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American aviators in America, serving during a time when the American Army was segregated. Despite encountering discrimination both inside and outside the service, the 332nd Fighter Group and the 99th Pursuit Squadron were regarded as highly successful during World War II. During World War II, they flew over 15,000 … Read more

The Moore’s Ford Lynching – Murder Of Four African American Sharecroppers Known As The Last Mass Lynching In America In 1946

The Moores Ford Lynching Murder Of Four African American Sharecroppers Known As The Last Mass Lynching In America In 1946

Four African American sharecroppers were killed near Moore’s Ford, Georgia, on July 14, 1946, in what is now known as the “last mass lynching in America.” The murderers of George Dorsey, Mae Murray Dorsey, Roger Malcolm, and Dorothy Malcolm, however, were never apprehended. The event’s violence and public uproar mirrored growing African American resistance to … Read more

Meet Clarence Sumner Greene, The Iconic Neurosurgeon Who Came Before Ben Carson

Meet Clarence Sumner Greene, The Iconic Neurosurgeon Who Came Before Ben Carson

Ben Carson’s inspirational life story of how he rose from obscurity to graduate first in his class is a best-seller among African Americans and millions of Africans worldwide. He achieved cult status in the African-American community by becoming the first Black neurosurgeon to successfully separate a pair of Siamese twins who were conjoined at the … Read more

Meet D.A. Dorsey, Miami’s 1st Black Millionaire Who Owned Fisher Island, A Wealthy Community In U.S.

Meet D.A. Dorsey Miami’s 1st Black Millionaire Who Owned Fisher Island, A Wealthy Community In U.S.

Dana Albert Dorsey began his career with a single lot on which he constructed homes, rented them, and re-invested his profits, repeating the process over and over. Dorsey, a carpenter by trade, built a real estate empire in a handful of years. Thanks to his various business activities, including banking, he would become Miami’s first … Read more