Who was the first African American to earn a Phd? Which colony had the first orphanage in America? Who were the first Europeans to explore the New World we now call the U.S.? Who supplied Kilwa with slaves? What country colonized Nigeria? Who created the first slave codes? Who was the...
1The first female African to lead WTO世贸组织首位非洲女性Nigerian-American economist Okonjo-Iweala was named the new chief of the WorldTrade Organization(WTO) on February 15. She has become the first African and thefirst woman ever to lead the global trade organization.The WTO was founded in ...
African AmericansPrisonersOhioMaleChester Himes's novel Cast the First Stone is an avowedly autobiographical account of the prison world Himes knew from his incarceration during the late 1920s and early 1930s in an Ohio state prison (where he had been sentenced to a twenty-year sentence for ...
Lawrence was the first African-American astronaut, but due to his untimely death and the relative secrecy surrounding the MOL program, Lawrence’s name remained largely unknown. It wasn’t until 30 years later that NASA fully recognised his achievements. The Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Space ...
Data Shows Strong Growth in International Flying to and from Africa African aviation is experiencing remarkable... The National Coalition of Black Veterans “Salutes” the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion and Women in the service of the Nation ...
Apart from her position as Must vice-chancellor, Malata is former vice-president of International Confederation of Midwives, and she said she did it for African women. She joined Must, as deputy vice-chancellor in early 2016 and was appointed to her current position in August 2016. ...
saw US$81 billion in development financing in Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia. In 2012 she made an unsuccessful bid for the top post with the backing of African and other developing countries, challenging the traditional practice that the World Bank is always headed by an American...
The American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) has announced its selection of the African Caribbean Cancer Consortium to receive its coveted 2023 Team Science Award. The consortium is comprised of an interdisciplinary group of researchers and physicians, including urologists, surgeons, on...
Sherald has become one of the most influential portrait artists of our time. She made history as the first African American woman to paint a presidential portrait for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery—the now-famous image of Michelle Obama. But as this book shows, her artistry and ...
To remedy this, Woodson—alongside the minister Jesse E. Moorland—founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now theAssociation for the Study of African American Life and History, or the ASALH) in 1915. Their organization sought to promote the study of Black history and...