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Clara Williams: Black student who wasn’t allowed in class, took notes from hallway to later raise doctors
Clara B Williams’ professors did not allow her inside the lecture room because she was black. She didn’t give up. She stayed and took notes from the hallway standing up and became the first...
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Remembering the Carr sisters who created beaches exclusively for blacks during the segregation era
During the 1900s Black Americans were under the Jim Crow laws, preventing them from using the same accommodations and services as white people. However, two black women in Maryland created “The Black...
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This designer is inspiring the blind by blending Braille into her fashion designs
In a bid to represent and celebrate blind people, Zimbabwean-born fashion designer Tapiwa Dingwiza blends Braille into her fashion designs. Her collection is inspired by her childhood experiences. “My...
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Imane Ayissi becomes the first Black African to enter Paris’ fashion elite club
Imane Ayissi made history last Thursday by becoming the first black African designer to show his clothes on the elite Paris haute couture catwalk. “I’ve worked very hard to get to this point....
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This 7-year-old raised over $4k to pay for kids who can’t afford school lunch
Emauni Jeanise Manley became an author at the age of five and she is already making a difference in the lives of her classmates. The second-grader in Charles County, Maryland, realized some of her classmates...
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Remembering Mahalia Jackson, the ‘Queen of Gospel’ loved by all
Mahalia Jackson, one of the world’s greatest gospel singers, who earned a spot in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame was born today – January 27. Jackson had one of the greatest and...
