U.S. LOCAL Problem: No Shame at School ". . . .a child goes through the cafeteria line, at the end of the line, because they have debt or they...

Learn about the life of Anna Julia Cooper, author, educator, speaker and a top Black U.S. history scholar, who was born into enslavement in Raleigh.

This organization was formed at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women and was a merging of about 100...

Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an...

Alex Haley is the author of Roots, a best selling novel which was adapted into a hugely popular TV mini-series in 1977. It tells the story of a...

Michael Jackson co-designed and patented a special shoe meant to provide anti-gravity illusions by nailing down dancers when necessary. Three...

Margot Lee Shetterly is an American non-fiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden...

In 1939, she started looking for an easier way for women to curl their hair, taking her inspiration from a pot roast cooking with paper pins to...

On July 17, 1888 she obtained a patent for her invention, the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. The chair would "reduce the expenses of hotels by...

Inspired by how long it would take the police to arrive in her neighborhood, Brown invented the first form of a home security system.

She invented a hairbrush that could be taken apart easily for cleaning. The hairbrush she invented is described in her patent as "simple and...

Unlike other plantations only two slaves were ever sold from Wessyngton, resulting in several generations of enslaved family members living and...