Category: Featured
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Nashville honors Elizabeth Duff, its first African American female bus operator, with a 1,400-square-foot mural at the WeGo Transit Center, celebrating her groundbreaking 33-year career.
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Henry Whitehorn, Caddo Parish’s first Black sheriff, to deliver Constitution Day speech at Grambling State University, reflecting on his four-decade career in public service.
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Captain Harvey Hicks, Richmond’s first Black fire captain, is honored among fallen heroes at the Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial, celebrating its 10th anniversary.
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Ventris C. Gibson makes history as the first Black American to lead the U.S. Mint, launching the Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coin Program to honor the abolitionist’s legacy.
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Ruby Bridges, who integrated Southern schools at age 6, turns 70. Her story of courage continues to inspire the fight for racial equality in America.
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Explore the remarkable story of Richard Henry Greene, Yale’s first Black graduate and a pioneering Civil War physician who left an indelible mark on 19th-century America.
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Explore Pauli Murray’s restored childhood home in Durham, NC, now a hub for social justice programming honoring the civil rights leader and first Black woman Episcopal priest.
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Jenni Asher’s journey from London synagogues to becoming America’s first black woman cantor, blending musical talent with spiritual exploration and embracing Sephardic traditions.
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Sybil Morial, civil rights activist and wife of New Orleans’ first Black mayor, dies at 91. Her life of activism and education left an indelible mark on the city’s history.
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Bishop Joseph Howze, the first openly Black U.S. diocesan ordinary, to be honored with a plaque in Biloxi for his groundbreaking leadership and community impact.
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