Posts Tagged ‘Trailblazers’
First Black female sheriff in Louisiana inaugurated
Susan Hutson made history twice in December when she became the first woman elected to serve as sheriff in New Orleans, and the first African American.
Read MoreFirst Black woman nominated as Milwaukee’s assistant fire chief
After 19 years with Milwaukee’s Fire Department, Sharon Purifoy-Smoots will be Deputy Chief and highest-ranking black woman in state fire departments.
Read MoreMonroe teen makes history by receiving the Congress of Future Medical Leaders Award of Excellence
Just 15, Louisiana teen Valaysia Smith received the Congress of Future Medical Leaders Award of Excellence for her hard work and aspirations.
Read MoreMichelle Materre, Champion of Black Independent Film, Dies at 67
Through her distribution company and an educational series, Ms. Michelle Materre was for decades a tireless advocate for underrepresented filmmakers.
Read MoreJoe Biden Picks Ketanji Brown Jackson For The Supreme Court
President Joe Biden announced Friday that he is nominating Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, handing progressives a win and moving forward with his promise to put the first Black woman onto the nation’s highest court.
Read MoreIda B. Wells, Black journalist and suffragist, honored with new Barbie doll
By Adela Suliman, Washington Post Black American journalist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells will have her likeness transformed into a Barbie doll to honor her historic achievements. Wells, who was born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862 during the Civil War, went on to break boundaries as a prominent suffragist fighting to expand…
Read MoreCould Billionaire Robert F. Smith Become the NFL’s 1st Black Owner?
By Jay Connor, The Root The prolific philanthropist and entrepreneur would make our ancestors extremely proud. Apparently, actual billionaire Robert F. Smith—who spends his free time doing things like pouring money into organizations that focus on Black culture, education, and human rights, and paying the entire outstanding balance of student loans for Morehouse’s 2019 graduating class (which, by the…
Read MoreLusia ‘Lucy’ Harris, The Only Woman Ever Drafted In The NBA Draft, Passes Away At 66
By Travis Caldwell, CNN Lusia “Lucy” Harris, a star in women’s collegiate basketball during the 1970s and the first and only woman ever to be officially drafted by an NBA team, died Tuesday, according to a statement from her family as well as Delta State University. She was 66. “We are deeply saddened to share…
Read MorePioneering Black educator’s statue to replace Confederate statue at the Capitol
By Kynala Phillips, NBC News The statue of Mary McLeod Bethune, a civil rights activist born to former slaves, will represent Florida in the National Statuary Hall Collection, starting in 2022. Civil rights activist and Bethune-Cookman University founder Mary McLeod Bethune will soon make history again. She will be the first Black person to represent…
Read MoreShalanda Young set to become first Black woman to serve as White House budget director
Shalanda Young set to become first Black woman to serve as White House budget director
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