Dana RovangFeb 15, 20224 minBlack HistoryMaude Callen: Nurse-Midwife provided medical care to the poorest in her communityIn the mid-twentieth-century American South, Black women had limited access to medical services and maternal care. Many gave birth at...
Dana RovangFeb 3, 20228 minAfricaPhillis Wheatley: A Black and enslaved poet who helped shape Revolutionary AmericaPhillis Wheatley (1753-1784), was a Black and enslaved poet who lived in the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War. Through her...
Dana RovangJan 15, 20226 minArcticIntrepid Arctic Explorer: Matthew A. Henson was the first Black man at the North Pole, Co-DiscovererIcon of Arctic Explorer, Matthew A. Henson, depicting a person in a winter parka.
Brendan WolfeJan 27, 20153 minBlack HistoryIRENE MORGANBefore Rosa Parks, a Woman Refused to Give Up Her Seat In 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery,...