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Learn about Dr. Charles Richard Drew, who discovered a method for long-term storage of blood plasma and organized America's first large-scale blood bank.

Bessie Coleman soared across the sky as the first African American, and the first Native American, woman pilot.

Jane Matilda Bolin made history as the first Black female judge in the United States and the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School.

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She was born a slave, built a successful business and eventually bought her freedom...and that was all before she met Mary Todd Lincoln.

Euphemia Lofton Haynes, Ph.D. 1943, the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics, was a prominent educator and an alumna of Catholic University who helped reform the segregated ...

Edmonia “Wildfire” Lewis is considered the first professional BIPOC sculptor in the United States and the first to achieve international acclaim.

Benjamin Banneker was a largely self-educated mathematician and astronomer who used his skills to create a series of almanacs.

Born in a rural farm community outside Fayetteville, North Carolina, Williston was the second of twelve children in a supportive and educated middle-class family. He was the first professionally train...

Not all civil rights activists marched and gave speeches, this one cooked.

News, actions, and education to end racism in your community, office or university.

A weekly podcast from All-American polymath Stacey Abrams focused on connecting the people and pieces in order to make our union a little more perfect.

We finish our series about women who ran for the US Presidency before Hillary Clinton with the life of Shirley Chisholm!

If you've never read The Constitution, you're like most of us. What does it even say? Most of Americans aren't law scholars, which is why we sat down with a Dean of USC's Gould School of Law, Professo...

Discover the captivating and untold story of Ann Lowe, the brilliant designer behind Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress, as we delve into her legacy with fashion historian and author, Elizabeth Way, who h...

The 50-year legacy of San Quentin’s deadliest day.

Back in the 1960s and 70s, in the city of Pittsburgh, there was a nickname for guys like John Moon – The Unemployables. This nickname meant that you simply could not get hired, no matter where you wen...

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