“Graduating from Fisk University in Nashville in 1888, he took a second bachelor’s degree at Harvard in 1890 and an MA in history there in 1892, then went to Europe for two years’ study at Friedrich-Wilhelm University in Ohio and the next year became the first black to be awarded as Ph.D. at Harvard. In […]
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In 2007, Barrington Irving successfully took a flight around the world. He became the youngest person to pilot a plane around the world solo. His trip lasted 96 days and 150 hours. He took his flight in a Columbia 400 plane that he named “Inspiration.” Barrington Irving turned down several football scholarship to focus on […]
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In 2004, Phylicia Rashad became the first African-American to win a Tony Award for best actress in a play. Tweet
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On this day in 1925, civil rights activist, Medgar Evers was born. Tweet
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In 1919, Alice Parker invented a new and improved gas heating furnace that allowed for central heating. Tweet
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George Washington Carver created at least 300 products from the peanut, 118 products from the sweet potato, and 75 products from the pecan. Tweet
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Eatonville, Florida is reportedly the first town in the United States to be incorporated by African-Americans. Tweet
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Elbert Frank Cox was the first African-American to earn a doctorate degree in math. He received his degree from Cornell University in 1925. Tweet
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Frederick Drew Gregory, the nephew of Dr. Charles Drew, became a NASA astronaut and a NASA Deputy Administrator. Tweet
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Professor, historian, and scholar, Annette Gordon-Reed was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History and over a dozen other awards for her work on the Hemings family and their relationship to Thomas Jefferson. Tweet
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