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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | Abolitionist and Author
Orphaned at the age of three, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) would go on to become an influential abolitionist, suffrage...
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Maggie Lena Walker | First Black Woman to Found a Bank
More than fifteen years before women had the right to vote, Maggie Lena Walker (1864-1934) became the first Black woman to start a bank...
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Floyd Joseph Calvin | Host of First Black Radio Show
At the height of radio broadcasting, Floyd Joseph Calvin (1902-1939) became the host of the first radio show that targeted an African...
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Dr. Frank S. Greene, Jr. | Tech Innovator
In the relatively tech-light 1960s, when a push-button phone was considered cutting edge, Dr. Frank S. Greene, Jr. (1938-2009) was...
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Zipporah Potter Atkins | First Black Woman Property Owner
In 1670, more than 100 years before Paul Revere would famously ride through the nearby countryside, Zipporah Potter Atkins (1645-1705)...
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