by LaKisha | Feb 8, 2020 | Black History
After seeing Anderson Cooper’s recreation of the famous black/white doll experiment from decades ago, Dr. Lisa decided to start a multicultural doll collection. She was in tears to see that even decades later our girls still thought the white dolls looked better than...
by LaKisha | Feb 7, 2020 | Black History
Medgar Evers was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi, the state’s field secretary for the NAACP, and a World War II veteran who had served in the United States Army. He worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the...
by LaKisha | Feb 6, 2020 | Black History
Dr. Vernon Johns was an American minister, born in Virginia in 1892. He graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary and College in 1915 (AB) and earned a BD from Oberlin College three years later. He was a minister at several black churches in the South and a pioneer...
by LaKisha | Feb 5, 2020 | Black History
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was born on January 26, 1892, in Atlanta, Texas to Susan and George Coleman. Bessie was an American aviator and the first black woman to earn a pilot’s license. After graduating from school, she went to Oklahoma to attend...
by LaKisha | Feb 4, 2020 | Black History
Esther Lee Jones (Baby Esther), born in 1919, was a child entertainer who lived in Chicago, Illinois. She was managed by her mother and father, Gertrude and William Jones. Esther was a trained scat singer, dancer, and acrobat who used to perform regularly at...
by LaKisha | Feb 3, 2020 | Black History
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. The Higher Education Act of...
