Michelle Banks is an African American deaf actress. She played many film and television roles, and she was the founder and artistic director of Onyx Theater Company, the first deaf theater oriented toward people of colour in the United States. Michelle feels that becoming deaf when she was only...
Included is information about people (men and women) of all different cultural backgrounds including African American, White, and Asian. What makes a person famous? The definition of famous is simply "widely known". Based on this definition a person can achieve fame in many ways. Below we ...
African American history has a lot of incredible firsts from a lot of incredible people. From the Black men and women who contributed to the efforts during World War I and World War II, to heroes of the Civil Rights Movement to ground-breaking pioneers in science, medicine, and the arts,...
Theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his theory on quantum physics. He revolutionized the way people thought about the atomic process. George Washington Carver (1864-1943) Nationality: American Known for: Used peanuts in a variety of inventions and products Scientist...
Also ranks #346 on The Most Influential People In History, Ranked 461 votes Is this cool? Photo: National Air and Space Museum Wikimedia Commons Public domain 4 Bessie Coleman 1921 - First Woman of African American and Native American Descent to Earn Her Pilot's License Bessie Coleman (Januar...
Benjamin Oliver Davis (1877-1970) Army officer who became the first African American general in the US Army (1940). John Foster Dulles (1888- 1959) Helped to found the United Nations. J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) First director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Sharon Pratt ...
These famous Black Jewish celebrities either converted to Judaism, or were raised in the Jewish faith. Some well-known Black Jews are actors while other African American and Jewish celebs are musicians. Several famous Black athletes also identify as Jewish. Who will you find on thi...
several poetry works to her name, Angelou is one of the more successful African-American authors to date. She was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 and she was selected to read her poem –“On the Pulse of Morning” – at the inauguration of Bill Clinton in 1993.Anne Frank(1929-...
American women’s history has been full of pioneers: Women who fought for their rights, worked hard to be treated equally and made great strides in fields like science, politics, sports, literature and art.
Alice Walker, African American novelist and author of "The Color Purple," as well as an activist, depictedsexism, racism, and poverty that were met with the strengths of family, community, self-worth, and spirituality. 29 of 100 Virginia Woolf ...