Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner was quite the inventor at an early age, but her most innovative creation was the sanitary belt. Because of Mary’s skin color, an interested manufacturing company failed to market her product, and the great invention wasn’t used until 1956, 30 years after its creation.
“There was a novel — and later a movie starring Oprah Winfrey as Henrietta’s daughter — called The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which explained how Henrietta’s HeLa cells have contributed to medical research.”
“The singer and actress was acknowledged for her performance in the 1954 film Carmen Jones.”
“He also founded the first hospital that employed black healthcare workers.”
“He also founded the first hospital that employed black healthcare workers.”
Find ‘Big Band and Quartet in Concert’ online.
Betty Boop was inspired by the black jazz singer Esther Jones, commonly known as Baby Esther in Harlem’s Cotton Club. Her signature singing style was stolen by Helen Kane and adapted by the cartoonist Max Fleischer.”
“Students should learn more about the king of the Mali Empire. It’s been said that there’s really no way to put an accurate number on his wealth.”
See movie Hidden Figures. Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, and all the ladies who worked as the “computers” served as the brains behind launching John Glenn, the first successful American astronaut to orbit Earth.
“Also known as the “mayor of Christopher Street” Marsha was a visible figure in the gay civil rights movement, yet was completely left out of the 2015 movie Stonewall. She remained on the frontline of the protest, advocating for universal gay rights”
“Bayard Rustin was a social rights activist who helped install various organizations like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1947 Freedom Ride. He was the head of the 1963 March on Washington and helped fight for civil, social, and gay rights.”
He shipped himself from Virginia to Philadelphia so that he could be free!
“This was a huge deal not only for an African American but for a woman as well.”
“That honor goes to Ralph Bunche, the political scientist and US diplomat from Detroit. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his efforts with resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict.”
Taken from https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristenmartin/black-history-facts-you-wont-find-in-a-textbook