Born in New York in 1963, Williams was thrust into the limelight when she became the first African-American woman to win the Miss America title in 1984. However, this triumph was marred with controversy as a scandal later led to her relinquishing the title. Despite this setbac...
Michelle Dumaresq is a Canadian professional downhill mountain bike competitor and post-operative trans woman. She competes with other professional female downhill mountain bike racers. She entered the sport in 2001, six years after completing sex reassignment surgery, when she was discovered riding on...
president of the British Society for the History of Science, who nominated the Polish-born French scientist. "She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, first female professor at the University of Paris, and the first person - note the use of person there, not woman - to win a seco...
Norman Washington Manley was born to mixed-race parents in Roxborough in Jamaica's Manchester parish, on 4 July 1893. His father Thomas Albert Samuel Manley, … Merlene Ottey - Jamaica's Most Decorated Athlete Not rated yetMerlene Ottey was born to Hubert and Joan Ottey in Cold Spring,...
Coleman was born Jan. 26, 1892, andgrew upin Waxahachie, Texas, the daughter of a mixed-race Native American and Black father and an African American mother, who both worked as sharecroppers. As the 12th of 13 children, Coleman was put to work in the cotton fields after her father le...
Advice to graduates: "As you go into the world beyond these walls and those hallowed halls that have surrounded you at Spelman these last few years, there will be times when you may feel like the unnamed Black woman. This is especially true when you come across people in your workp...
He has also been open about his own experiences growing up in a mixed-race family. In 2015, he was named one of Time magazine's “100 Most Influential People.” 33. Viola Davis Viola Davis is an actress, producer, and director best known for her work on the television show “How to...
Before joining the BBC, Alagiah worked as a print journalist and went on to write a number of books including A Home From Home, which looked at what it means to be British. He also presented other shows such as Mixed Britannia, looking at the UK's mixed-race population....
Trevor Noah’s parents, Patricia and Robert Noah, were a brave mixed-race couple during the oppressive apartheid regime.This union was illegal at the time, making Trevor’s birth a symbol of defiance against the discriminatory system. While his father, Robert, played a more distant role in hi...
she supports disadvantaged girls with camps and scholarships. She also offers them the opportunity for "life-changing experiences". Recently, the Olympic champion was the first woman to race down the Streif in Kitzbühel at night from the original start, and wrote to her followers afterwards: "An...