Parks became the first African American woman by refusing to give up her bus seat for a white person. This protest was supported by many but landed her in jail. This was a small price for Parks who ended up launching the civil rights moment. 8. Frida Kahlo (弗里达·卡洛 1907.07.06 ...
10 Incredible African American Women One of the very first nods to black history was in 1976 when ‘Negro History Week’ was celebrated in February. Read More » August 22, 2017 Inspiration Women Entrepreneurs Can Have it All Award-winning strategist Racheal Cook believes in helping fem...
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She made history in 1992 when she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour as a mission specialist, becoming the first African American woman to travel into space. Jemison's pioneering spirit did not end with her astronaut career. She went on to start Jemison Group, a company that develops ...
Although anger expression made participants perceive the holdouts as more emotional regardless of race and gender, being perceived as more emotional was selectively used to discredit women and African Americans. These diverging consequences of anger expression have implications for societally important ...
14 Michelle Obama Getty Images 1964- FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRST LADY Before she was a First Lady, she was a lawyer andMom in Chief. During Barack Obama's time in office, she led several meaningful initiatives, most notably herLet's Move!campaign to fight childhood obesity. Herofficial...
As an African-American woman who was owned as a slave for around 28 years, Sojourner Truth had known a life of inequality. The speech she made at the 1851 Woman’s Rights Convention became her most famous, proving what women are capable of. She said: “Look at me! Look at my arm!
Elizabeth “Bessie” Colemanwas the first African-American female to earn an International Pilot’s License in 1921. But, before she could do so, she had to learn French! That’s because U.S flight schools wouldn’t license African-American females, but France would. So, Coleman landed ther...
An advocate for mental health, she founded the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, named after her late father, to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental health issues in the African-American community. Credits (Film): The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Hustle & Flow, Four Brothers, Smokin' ...
With her businesses Kiverdi and Air Protein, Dyson — only the fourth African-American woman in history to earn a PhD in theoretical physics — amplifies space-age Nasa research to build a virtuous circle of carbon capture from the atmosphere, ingeniously repurposing biomass as a hope for the ...