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Among the Black women honored on the Forbes “50 over 50” list are (from left) singer Patti LaBelle, actress Viola Davis, and Claudine Gay, who last month became president of Harvard University.
Carol Moseley Braun entered the Senate in 1993 and was the first African-American woman in the Senate. [ 4] She served one term. Barack Obama entered the Senate in 2005 and, in 2008, became the first African American to be elected president of the United States. [ 5] Obama was still a senator when he was elected president and Roland Burris ...
Yaya DaCosta – African-American actress and fashion model. Runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model. Elibeidy Dani – Dominican model who has walked for Prada and Burberry. Agbani Darego – Nigerian model and winner of Miss World competition 2001. She worked for brands such as L'Oréal cosmetics.
Joshua Dolezal (brother) Nkechi Amare Diallo (born Rachel Anne Dolezal; [ a] November 12, 1977 [ fn 1]) is an American former college instructor and activist known for presenting herself as a black woman despite being born to white parents. She is also a former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter president.
The United States House of Representatives has had 157 elected African-American members, of whom 151 have been representatives from U.S. states and 6 have been delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. [ 1] The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, which is the legislative ...
1855–1905. Inventor. Folding "cabinet-bed", forerunner of the Murphy bed; first African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. [ 81][ 82][ 83] Grant, George F. 1846–1910. Dentist, professor. The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee .
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Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [ 1 ] was an African-American woman [ 4 ] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [ A ] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific ...