Marjorie Stewart was born in 1896 in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to parents who were descended from slaves. When she was a teenager the family joined the Great Migration, moving to Chicago where so many African-Americans were moving for jobs
I once read an article claiming, with quite valid points, that the future of world economy rests on the shoulders of women entrepreneurs. It is a known fact that of all women in every race, the African woman is the most creative
Frederick McKinley Jones is the reason why perishable goods can be transported from place to place because he invented the portable refrigeration technology that makes it possible. If you are thankful for the ice cream truck you patronize in the park on
The Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, an elite girls’ school in Washington, D.C., founded in 1799, has always had an admirable reputation. It was once believed that the founding Catholic nuns allowed enslaved people to attend classes and taught them to read. But
