Althea Gibson
Before Serena Williams, there was Althea Gibson. Althea Gibson is the first African American woman to compete at the U.S. National...
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley St. Hill was born on November 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. She spent part of her childhood with her grandmother in Barbados....
Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin was born in Montgomery, Alabama on September 5, 1939. Colvin is known for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a...
Cathay Williams
Cathay Williams was born in 1844 as a slave in Independence, MO. She is known as the only black woman documented to enlist and serve in...
Linda Martell
Linda Martell was born in Leesville, South Carolina on June 4, 1941. She grew up with an appreciation for different types of music....
Mary Jane Patterson
Mary Jane Patterson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1840. She became the first African American woman to receive a college degree....
Angela Davis
Angela Davis born January 26,1944 in Birmingham Alabama, was and is a activist, scholar, and writer who fought for the oppressed. She is...
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel is an actress who was the 13th child born to Henry McDaniel and Susan Holbert in Wichita, Kansas on June 10, 1893. There...
Natural Hair Tips
As a fellow natural hair girl, I thought I could give some tips. Being natural can be a tough road. Even if you are starting out, I think...
Hair Detangle Methods
Detangling hair can be a whole proccess, it just all depends what type of hair you have. There are different ways of detangling hair and...
