Mary Church Terrell was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree, and became known as a national activist for civil rights and suffrage. She taught in the Latin Department at the M Street school —the first African American public high school in the nation—in Washington, DC. Continue reading Profile: Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954)
Charlotte “Lottie” Wilson Jackson was an American artist and activist from Michigan. She was the first African‐American to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1901, Wilson oversaw the exhibition of African-American artists at the Pan-American Exposition. Continue reading Profile: Lottie Wilson Jackson (1854-1914)
A. B. Jackson was an American painter. Continue reading Profile: A. B. Jackson (1925-1981)
Nia Imara is an American astrophysicist and artist. Imara was involved in work that deals with galactic mass, star formation, and detecting exoplanets. Imara was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in astrophysics at the University of California, Berkele Continue reading Profile: Nia Imara
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