Ora Washington, the tennis legend you have probably never heard of
Ora Washington was the top female tennis player of her day, a widely unknown precursor of trailblazing Black…
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13 Facts about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and her Supreme Court role
On 7 April 2022, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman in US history to serve…
Campaigner Sarah Parker Remond honoured with Blue Plaque 130 years later
Sarah Parker Remond is an African American traveller, freedom fighter, intellectual and doctor who finally received her “flowers”…
Because of them we can: Alek Wek
Born into the southern Sudanese Dinka tribe in 1977, Alek Wek started her career in modelling at just…