YOU HELPED INVENT THE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL?

DID YOU KNOW?
Thanks goes to Mexican Chemist, Luis MIramontes, for co-inventing the first oral contraceptive pill, patented in 1956!!!

INVENTING A WIRELESS TELEPHONE BEFORE THE iPHONE

DID YOU KNOW?

It wasn’t quite an iPhone, but Brazilian Roberto Landell de Moura is credited with inventing and patenting a wireless telephone.

FIRST BLACK AMERICAN FEMALE MILLIONAIRE

First black female millionaire. She gave most of her money away to charity!!

FIRST BLACK AMERICAN FEMALE CEO

In 2014 this black female was named one of Forbes most powerful woman in the world!!!

Happy President's Day, America

Serving two terms as President of the USA, this person proved that we were all equal and could be President regardless of colour, race or creed.

FIRST BLACK AMERICAN FEMALE DOCTOR TO RECEIVE A MEDICAL PATENT

In 1988, Dr. Patricia Bath invented a laser treatment that changed the lives of people with cataracts!!

FIRST BLACK AMERICAN MAN TO RECEIVE A PATENT

In 1821 his invention was the trail blazer to modern day cleaning!!!

A Black American who is a Famous Novelist

James Baldwin wrote many novels. He is best known for his novel  "Go Tell it on the Mountain".

FROM SLAVERY TO NOVELIST, ANTHROPOLOGIST AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

The daughter of two former slaves, ZORA NEALE HURSTON was an African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. 

Born: January 7, 1891, Notasulga, AL

Died: January 28, 1960, Fort Pierce, FL

Education: Columbia University (1928–1930), More

Movies: The Gilded Six Bits, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Quotes

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

A Queen salute to Dorothy Dandridge

In honor of Black History Month...

Born on November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, Dorothy Dandridge sang at Harlem's famed Cotton Club and Apollo Theatre and became the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress for her role in the 1954 block buster hit “Carmen Jones”. 

Dorothy has been called “one of the most stunning women who ever lived.” But her vocal and acting talents were legendary as well. Dandridge was pushed into show business at a young age by her mother and performed with her sister Vivian until her teenage years. Although her later years were troubled and her life was cut short on September 8, 1965 at the age of 42, her body of work has been an inspiration to many. Her ability to break new ground for African American women in film has drawn comparisons between her and baseball great Jackie Robinson.

A Queen salute to Dorothy Dandridge!

RUBY BRIDGES, FIRST BLACK AMERICAN TO ATTEND AN ALL WHITE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Ruby Bridges' first day in a Louisiana pubiic school in November 1960. She was blocked because America still had problems with segregation.