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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...

This new orientation film from the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site traces the trials and triumphs of Richmond's pioneering banker and...

Movie Trailer - the first African-American as well as the first woman to deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention.

A student-initiated effort results in the installation of a statue of Barbara Jordan, the first female public figure honored on the universitys...

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to run for President when she sought the Democratic nomination in 1972.