To end this week's theme, I will focus on Hazel Johnson and Charlotte E. Ray. Hazel Johnson was the first African American woman to become a general in the U.S. Army. She was appointed the Chief of the Army Nurse Corps in 1979. Johnson held a doctorate in education administration from Catholic University (1978) and had honorary degrees from Morgan State University, … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Firsts and Innovations
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Saturday Open Thread: Black Firsts, Inventors and Scientists
This week's open threads have focused on the lesser known inventors and scientists in the black community. Meredith Gourdine Dr. Meredith Gourdine was born in Newark New Jersey on September 26, 1929, and grew up in the streets of Harlem and Brooklyn. Meredith Gourdine attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and received a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Firsts, Inventors and Scientists
Saturday Open Thread: African-American Female Entrepreneurs and Executives
This week's open threads have focused on the accomplishments of successful African-American Female Entrepreneurs. There are plenty. It's unfortunate, I could only cover a small size. This is a topic that I would like to revisit in the future. Emma Carolyn Chappell founded United Bank of Philadelphia, in 1992 after a five-year effort to raise the required five million … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Female Entrepreneurs and Executives
Saturday Open Thread: African-American Pioneers in Healthcare
I hope everyone enjoyed this week's open thread about African-American Pioneers in Healthcare. Joycelyn Elders was born Minnie Lee Jones in Schaal, Arkansas on August 13, 1933. In college, she changed her name to Minnie Joycelyn Lee (later using just Joycelyn). In 1952, she received her B.A. in biology from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. After … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Pioneers in Healthcare
Saturday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
This week the work and style of African-American Playwrights were highlighted. The last playwright that I am highlighting is Adrienne Kennedy. Adrienne Kennedy is an African-American playwright and was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's and 1970's. She is best known for her first major play Funnyhouse of a Negro. Many of Kennedy's plays explore … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights